SEDAR 42: US Gulf of Mexico Red grouper assessment Review Workshop Data inputs SEFSC July , 2015
SEDAR 42 Red Grouper Assessment Data inputs Assessment model configuration Model fit to data Model diagnostics Stock status determination Projections U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 2
Data inputs Landings Handline: Longline: Trap: Charter/Headboat/Private: Discards Handline: (observer program)* Longline: (observer program)* Trap: (self reported)* Charter/Headboat/Private: Length composition of discards Handline: (observer program) Longline: (observer program) Charter: (observer program) Headboat: , (observer program) Age composition of retained catch Handline: Longline: Charter/Headboat/Private: U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 3 Abundance indices Handline: ** Longline: ** Charter/Private: Headboat: Combined video survey: , 2002, *** SEAMAP summer groundfish survey: NMFS bottom longline survey: 2001, Length composition of fishery-independent indices Combined video survey: SEAMAP summer groundfish survey: NMFS bottom longline survey:
U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 4 Data inputs
Landings Commercial Fleets Handline ( ) Longline ( ) Trap ( ) Recreational Fleets Charter/Private: (1986 – 2013) Headboat: (1986 – 2013) U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 5
Commercial landings Data Sources Accumulated landings system (ALS) Florida trip ticket Florida landings Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program Landings in IFQ years U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 6
Mean annual commercial trips by area U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page
Mean annual commercial landings by area U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page
Commercial landings Longline predominant fishery followed by handline and trap Longline and handline landings similar at start and end of time-series Longline landings ~2x greater than handline between 1993 and 2005 Trap landings drop to zero after 2006 Outlawed fishing practice U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 9
Recreational landings Data sources: Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS) and Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) Provides estimates for all recreational modes except headboat after 1986 Covers Florida to Louisiana Southeast Region Headboat Survey (SRHS) logbook program U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 10
Recreational landings Majority of recreational landings are from the Charter/Private fleet Charter/Private landings show high variability with periods of higher and lower average landings U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 11
Commercial and recreational landings Predominant fleets are commercial longline and handline, and recreational charter/private ~76% commercial ~24% recreational U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 12 Avg ~ 43% Avg ~ 26% Avg ~ 22.5% Avg ~ 0.9% Avg ~ 7.2%
Discards Commercial Trap Commercial HL & LL Recreational Charter/Private Recreational Headboat U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 13
Commercial Trap Discards ( ) Self-reported effort Self-reported discard rate Method from SEDAR12 update (2009) Discards = Self. Reported Rate * Annual Total Effort (by strata: targeting only significant factor/strata in GLM) : Average rate for : Annual rates U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 14
Preliminary estimates based on SEDAR update Commercial HL and LL Discards ( ) Self-reported total effort Observed discard rate Preliminary discard estimation method: Discards = Obs. Discards Rate * Annual Total Effort (by strata: gear, area, size limit, season, allocation, depth) : Average rates for (Pre-IFQ) : Annual rates U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 15
Preliminary estimates based on SEDAR update Commercial HL and LL Discards ( ) Discards = Obs. Discards Rate * Annual Total Effort DW recommended exploring total effort To do so, calculated observer landings were compared to official estimated landings for HL and LL (next slide): Obs. Calculated landings = Obs. Kept Rate * Total Effort Based on results, HL and LL estimates of total effort were deemed unreliable U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 16
Preliminary estimates based on SEDAR update Commercial HL and LL Discards ( ) Official landings compared to calculated landings Obs. Calculated landings = Obs. Kept Rate * Total Effort U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 17 ~ 5x ~ 2/3 most years
Commercial HL and LL Discards ( ) Official landings by strata Observer discard and kept rates Current discard estimation method: (by strata: year, subregion, season, fishery, allocation) : Average rates for (Pre-IFQ) : Annual rates U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 18
Commercial HL and LL Discards ( ) Strata : subregion, season, fishery : year, subregion, season, fishery, allocation U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 19 Subregion East, West Season Open season, Closed Season IFQ allocation None, 1+ Pounds, applicable to only Fishery shark or reef fish, applicable to bottom longline only Commercial discards for present assessment were substantially higher than commercial discards in previous assessments.
Commercial HL and LL Discards ( ) Compared to 2009 SEDAR Estimates ( ) New method leads to larger estimated of discards High discards are supported by high discard fractions on observed trips U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 20
Commercial discards Longline over 50% of annual discards Except 2009 and 2010 At its highest in 1996, trap 22% of annual discards U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 21
Recreational Charter/Private Discards ( ) Self-reported discards : estimated/adjusted in the same manner as self-reported landings U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 22
Recreational Headboat Discards ( ) Self-reported landings/discards CB proxy Self-reported HB discards and landings Observed data : Self-reported discards validated by obs. data : Charterboat proxy: U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page
Recreational Discards U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 24
Discards U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 25 49%53% 12%18% 33%26% 1.5%0% 4%2.5% ‘93-’06‘07-13
Discard Mortality FleetData SourceDiscard RateSensitivity Rates Recreational FleetsFWC Obs. Program11.6% 5.8%, 14.5% Commercial HLFWC Obs. Program (41-50m only)19%10.0%, 31.0% Commercial LL Pre-IFQNMFS Obs. Program41.4%34.3%, 48.7% Commercial LL Post-IFQNMFS Obs. Program43.6%36.7%, 50.8% Commercial Trap*SEDAR update 2009*10% U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 26 *No new data on discard mortality rates available. 10% used in past assessments (2002, 2006, and 2009) FWC Observer Program NMFS Observer Program
Indices of abundance Indices working group recommended four fishery- dependent indices and three fishery-independent indices for use in the assessment model U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 27
Indices of abundance U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 28 Fishery-dependent Commercial handline ( ) Commercial longline ( ) Charter/Private ( ) Headboat ( ) Fishery-independent SEAMAP summer groundfish survey: NMFS bottom longline survey: 2001, Combined video survey: , 2002, SEAMAP video: , 2002, PC Lab video: FWRI video: PC lab video FWRI video SEAMAP video Fishery-dependent indices, SEAMAP summer groundfish, & NMFS bottom longline
Fishery-dependent indices U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 29
Indices Fishery-dependent U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 30
Fishery-independent indices U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 31
Indices Fishery-independent U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 32
Age composition Data sources Commercial fleets ( ) Trip Interview Program (TIP) Recreational fleets ( ) MRFSS/MRIP SRHS GulfFIN TIP U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 33
Age composition U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 34 Commercial HandlineCommercial LonglineCommercial Trap Charter/PrivateHeadboat
U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 35 Age composition Cohort Commercial HandlineCommercial LonglineCommercial Trap Charter/PrivateHeadboat 1988, 1995, 1998, 2001, , 2001, , 1995, 1998, , 1998, 2005
Length composition Data Sources Discards NMFS Observer Program Commercial handline ( ) Commercial longline ( ) FWRI At-Sea Observer Survey Charter ( ) Headboat ( , ) Fishery-independent surveys Video surveys (2008 – 2013) SEAMAP summer groundifsh survey ( ) NMFS bottom longline survey ( ) U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 36
Length composition - discards U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page inch TL size limit 18 inch TL size limit Commercial HandlineCommercial Longline IFQ program CharterHeadboat
Length composition – Fishery independent surveys U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 38 Combined video 20 – 100 cm FL SEAMAP summer groundfish 0 – 80 cm FL NMFS bottom longline 30 – 90 cm FL
EXTRA SLIDES U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 39
Combined video index Standardization method Poisson sub-model for nonzero data Binomial sub-model for presence-absence data U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 40 PC Lab FWRI SEAMAP
Standardization methods Delta-lognormal model (Lo et al., 1992 ) Commercial handline Charter/Private Headboat SEAMAP summer groundfish survey NMFS bottom longline survey Lognormal model Commercial longline (high proportion of positive trips) Delta-Poisson model Combined video survey U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 41
Indices U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 42 commHLcommLLMRFSSHBVideoNMFS_BLLSEAMAP_GF commHL 1 commLL CBT_PR HB Video NMFS-BLL SEAMAP- GF
Discard Fractions Discard fractions from commercial observer data: LL: depending on strata HL: depending on strata Discard fractions calculated from annual recreational landings and discards estimates HB: 0.88 mean annual fraction discarded CBT/PRI: 0.31 mean annual fraction discarded U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 43