As of Arpil 1st of 2024 this repostiry has been archived as the project is concluded
Repository for project on Isla Cocos and Bicentenario in Costa Rica with MarViva
^1^Juliano Palacios Abrantes, ^2^Sarah M. Roberts, ^1^Tayler M. Clarke
^1^Changing Oceans Research Unit, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada ^2^University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CITY, NC, United States
- Understand the role of Cocos National Park (PNC) and Marine Area Bicentenario (AMM) in the protection of highly migratory and commercialy important fish species.
- September 15th, 2023, Gridded MPAs for DBEM (S)
- September 15th, 2023, Run DBEM for sens analysis (J)
- September 30th 2023, Results of sensitivity analysis (S+J)
- September 30th 2023, Final scenario decision (T+M)
- October, Run DBEM for all scenarios and species (J)
- November, Analyse results for scenarios (S+J)
- November/December, Write report (S+J)
- December,report due date (Hard deadline)
This project is a sub-component of a larger project and will be integrated with a larger report. The report should have a summary of trends for all species aggregated and figures for all species should be avaiable. Specifically we need:
- Results for each scenario and species
- mini report with methods, results and description of results.
- Estimates of changes in biomass of pelagic fishery species under future climate scenarios.
- Estimates of potential biomass gains for tuna species resulting from the implementation and expansion of the ACMC.
- Maps of potential climate refuges and areas of high climate impacts within the ACMC.
- Develop different scenarios with Taylor and MarViva
- Run a sensitivity analysis to make decision on how to re-distribute fishing effort
- Integrate MPAs into DBEM grid
- Run the DBEM under the different scenarios and species
- Data analysis for report
- PNC, 100% MPA
- AMM, FMSY = 1/2MSY
- Everything else F = MSY
- PNC, 100% MPA original
- AMM, FMSY
- Everything else F = 1.5MSY
- PNC, 90% MPA original and expansion
- AMM, FMSY1.5
- Everything else F = 1.5MSY
- Re-distribution of F effort, a sensitivity analysis on re distribution of effort within the PN MPA:
- Only the perimeter (as in NE Atlantic case)
- All grid cells of MPA
- ** Getting species list**, ge a list of important species to model, mostly tunas, sharks and billfishes
- ** Understand what is the F effort of the region using IATTC parameters and data or literature
- Area of study, How far we are limiting the region
- Do we want a no-mpa scenario?
- Report in English or Spanish?