1. BlueBRIDGE receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 675680 www.bluebridge-vres.eu
What can «blue» do for you:
overcoming ICES challenges with
BlueBRIDGE tools
Scott Large, International Council
for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
scott.large@ices.dk
@nucellagrande
“BlueBRIDGE Workshop
21 September 2016, Riga, Latvia
ICES ASC 2016
#ICESASC16

2. Overview of workshop goals
• Brainstorm on how to better implement VREs into ICES
processes
• How can VREs be set up to solve specific problems
• What are new collaborative opportunities that VREs can
facilitate?
• What tools does BlueBRIDGE need to implement to
support ICES activities
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3. The International Council for
the Exploration of the Sea
• Role in BlueBRIDGE –
develop VREs under
BlueASSESSMENT Pillar
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4. Background
• ICES provides advice on the
sustainable use of living marine
resources and protection of the
marine environment.
• Fishing opportunities – for >225 fish
stocks across the northeast Atlantic
• Ecosystem Overviews
• Fishery Overviews
• Technical Services
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5. Scientific and Technical
Challenges
• Ecosystem approach to
management
• Increasing need for high
powered computing:
• Ecosystem models
• Mixed-fisheries models
• Single-stock forecasts
• Management strategy
evaluations
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6. Scientific and Technical
Challenges
• Ecosystem understanding required for marine
management
• Universal tools to support management action
are being developed, but broad
implementation is challenging
• Within the EU
• FAO, ICCAT, National Governments, and etc.
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7. Use cases
• Horse makerel (Trachurus
trachurus) Management
Strategy Evaluation
(MSE)
• José de Oliviera - CEFAS
• North Sea Multi-fleet,
mixed-fishery model
(MS-model)
• Robert Thorpe - CEFAS
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FAO
Thorpe et al 2015

8. MSE
• Identify robust harvest control rules
• Maximize economic and sustainable yield
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FAO

9. MS-model
• Identify trade-offs
among fished species
and between yield and
ecosystem
characteristics
• Ensemble approach
provides uncertainty
intervals for
management
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Thorpe et al 2015
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10. Outcomes
• Facilitate ICES advisory process
• Improve the tools managers use to make
decisions
• «Sand box» for model development and
exploration of parameter settings
• State of the art models for training, education,
and dissemination to other interested users
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11. Future Steps
• VRE production began in June 2016 and first
version will be available by autumn
• Expand MSE and MS-model for additional
stocks and regions
• Additonal VREs for mixed-fisherys, data
limited stock assessment, single-species
forecasting are also in development.
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12. Thank you
BlueBRIDGE receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 675680
www.bluebridge-vres.eu
@BlueBridgeVREs
info@bluebridge-vres.eu