Standard Actions Timescale / milestones Progress / outcome Revised milestone requirement Action #1: Develop 6 months. Position paper produced, inc. identification of 1.2.1 Harvest strategy formal harvest effort distribution by different fleets around the UoA, & strategy that includes identifying current harvest strategies, gaps and potential adaptive conflicts. management Yr 1: Based on the Position Paper, proposals for a holistic measures where harvest strategy. appropriate. Yr 2: Public consultation and formal acceptance of agreed strategy. 1.2.2 HCRs & Action #2: Yr 1: Develop proposals for harvest control rules, based on tools Development of the strategies identified in Action #1 above. formal harvest Yr 2: Proposals put out for consultation and finalised. control rules Yr 3: Improved harvest control regime embedded in management processes. Yr 4. Review and finalisation of harvest control rules. 2.1.2 Primary & Action #3: Review 6 months: Conduct review of alternative management 2.2.2 Secondary alternative measures for non-target species. species management management measures to Yr 1: Mainstreaming of alternative measures into strategy minimise mortality of management. all non-target 1° & 2° species 2.2.3 Information Action #4: Yr 0: Risk assessment based upon SeaScope FR and other (secondary Information available sources. species) on 2° species caught Yr 1: Based on the risk assessment, further data collection by the fisheries (1° or 2°) as required (possibly via FSP funding). quantified & made Yr 2. Formal report published. available to managers. 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3 Action Yr 0: #5: GIS-based Gather risk assessment. Listing of potential ETPs ETP species additional interacting information with UoAs, and then mapping of ETP distribution outcome, on overlap nature & with scale UoA of potting effort. management & ETP interactions and Yr 1. Based on the risk assessment, further data collection information impacts. (1° or 2°) as required (possibly via FSP funding).
Standard requirement Actions Timescale / milestones Progress / outcome Revised milestone 1.2.1 Harvest strategy Action #1: Develop formal harvest strategy that includes adaptive management measures where appropriate. 6 months. Position paper produced, inc. identification of effort distribution by different fleets around the UoA, & identifying current harvest strategies, gaps and potential conflicts. Yr 1: Based on the Position Paper, proposals for a holistic harvest strategy. Yr 2: Public consultation and formal acceptance of agreed strategy. 1.2.2 HCRs & tools Action #2: Development of formal harvest control rules Yr 1: Develop proposals for harvest control rules, based on the strategies identified in Action #1 above. Yr 2: Proposals put out for consultation and finalised. Yr 3: Improved harvest control regime embedded in management processes. Yr 4. Review and finalisation of harvest control rules. 2.1.2 Primary & 2.2.2 Secondary species management strategy Action #3: Review alternative management measures to minimise mortality of all non-target 1° & 2° species 6 months: Conduct review of alternative management measures for non-target species. Yr 1: Mainstreaming of alternative measures into management. 2.2.3 Information (secondary species) Action #4: Information available on 2° species caught by the fisheries quantified & made available to managers. Yr 0: Risk assessment based upon SeaScope FR and other sources. Yr 1: Based on the risk assessment, further data collection (1° or 2°) as required (possibly via FSP funding). Yr 2. Formal report published. 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3 ETP species outcome, management & information Action #5: Gather additional information on nature & scale of ETP interactions and impacts. Yr 0: GIS-based risk assessment. Listing of potential ETPs interacting with UoAs, and then mapping of ETP distribution overlap with UoA potting effort. Yr 1. Based on the risk assessment, further data collection (1° or 2°) as required (possibly via FSP funding).
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