Investigating and Improving Applications of Ecosystem Status Reports in U.S. Fisheries Management: Report from a 2021 Workshop organized by the National Marine Fisheries Service Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Working Group

In August 2021, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Working Group held a workshop to evaluate progress on ecosystem status reports (ESR). Ecosystem status reports have been included as important components in multiple recent policy documents, including the NMFS National Climate Science Strategy (Link et al. 2015), EBFM Policy (NMFS 2016a), and Road Map (NMFS 2016b). These documents highlight the importance of ESRs that are produced at varying intervals (annual to periodic) in the Alaska, California Current, West Hawaii, New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico regions, with South Atlantic and Caribbean ESRs soon to be released. 2022 Ecosystem based fisheries management, ecosystem approach, ecosystem status reports, NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) OSF (Office of Sustainable Fisheries) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/71m5-8k52 Public Domain 2073