Note: not all objectives will apply to all fisheries; many fisheries will be concerned by other issues, objectives and, hence, data requirements.
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Objective |
Example indicator |
Data requirements |
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Fishery resources (target species) |
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Reduce fishing effort |
Fishing effort of different fleets |
Vessels, time fished and gear type per fleet |
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Reduce fleet capacity |
Fleet capacity |
Vessels registered and gear type per fleet |
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Increase/maintain fish landings of commercially valuable species by area |
Fish landings by major species by area |
Total landings by major species per fleet per year |
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Increase/maintain spawning stock biomass of key retained species above a pre-defined limit |
Spawning stock biomass of key retained species (or suitable proxy such as standardized cpue) |
Length and/or age composition of major retained species |
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Decrease/maintain the level of fishing mortality for key retained species below a predefined limit |
Level of fishing mortality for key retained species |
Length and/or age of the discarded component of the target species catch |
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Other ecological concerns |
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Reduce discards to the extent practical |
Total amount of discards |
Total catches of by-catch species (or species groups/indicator species),per fleet per year |
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Reduce discards of high- risk species (or species groups) to predefined level |
Amount of discards of high-risk species (or species groups) |
Length and/or age of high-risk by-catch species |
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Reduce number of deaths of vulnerable and/or protected species to predefined level |
Number of deaths of vulnerable and/or protected species |
Catch of vulnerable and/or protected species Catch of non-fishery material (critical habitat) |
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Decrease/maintain same area of the fishery impacted by gear |
Area of the fishery impacted by gear |
Area fished by each fleet |
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Increase amount of habitat protected by MPAs to predefined level |
Amount of habitat protected by MPAs |
Area under MPAs by habitats |
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Increase ratio of large fish in the community |
Size spectrum of fish community |
Length of fish in a representative sample of community |
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Minimize the impact of other activities on fish resources and habitats |
Area of fish nursery habitat degraded |
Area of habitat, e.g. seagrass beds, mangroves and coral reefs |
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Maintain ecological balance |
Mean trophic level of catch |
Species composition from sample catches |
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Economic |
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Increase the contribution of fishing to the national economy |
Net economic return for fishery |
Revenue from fishing per fleet per year. Costs per fishing unit per |
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Increase/maintain profit of the harvesting sector to that of similar industries |
Profit to harvesting sector |
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Increase exports |
Export value |
Destination of landings from each fleet |
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Maintain or increase economic contribution to community |
To be developed |
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Social |
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Health benefits/Increase fish consumption per capita |
Fish consumption per capita |
Fish consumption from representative sample |
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Ensure seafood quality meets food safety requirements |
Number of food compliance reports |
Food safety compliance reports |
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Increase/maintain employment in the harvesting and processing sector by fleet |
Employment in the harvesting sector by fleet |
Total number of fishers employed in each fleet Total number of people employed in fishery-associated activities (e.g. processing) |
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Maintain or improve lifestyle value |
Life-style value |
Social surveys |
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Maintain or improve cultural values |
Cultural value |
Cultural sites and values |
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Maintain/increase level of activity of indigenous community |
Number of indigenous fishers |
Dependence of local community on fishing as a source of income and/or food. |
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Reduce the dependence of community on fishing |
Dependence of community on fishing |
Other income or livelihoods of the fisher |
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Management activity Have well-developed management plans, including indicators and reference points and evaluation procedure in place for all fisheries |
Number of fisheries with well-developed management plans, including indicators and reference points |
Number of fisheries with a well developed management plan, including operational objectives, indicators and reference points |
