24 Highly Migratory Species Landings
Description: Aggregated Atlantic highly migratory species landings data prepared for the Fisheries of the United States (FUS) report, spanning 2015-2022.
Indicator family:
Contributor(s): Heather Baertlein, Jackie Wilson, George Silva, Jennifer Cudney
Affiliations: NEFSC
24.1 Introduction to Indicator
HMS landings and approximate value of landings are presented separately as an indicator, and are combined in several datasets presented in the SOE report (e.g., total commercial landings as discussed under “Seafood Production” and total commercial revenue as presented under “Commercial Profits”).
24.2 Key Results and Visualizations
TBD - recommend including a version of the plots or tables generated in the Technical Document / code that is linked. Pending finalization of the dataset for this year’s report.
24.4 Implications
TBD – pending finalization of dataset for 2024 report
In 2021 the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) finalized recommendations for a two-year retention ban for shortfin mako (ICCAT Rec. 21-09), which will also affect total overall landings of pelagic sharks in coming years.
24.5 Get the data
Point of contact: Jennifer Cudney (jennifer.cudney@noaa.gov)
ecodata name: ecodata::hms_landings
Variable definitions
Year: data are summarized/aggregated by year. EPU: region, Mid Atlantic Bight (MAB) or New England (NE). HMS_Group: Management group for HMS, as defined below in “Data Processing”. Var: description of data, whether total landings or revenue. Units: description of unit of measure for data. Value: Represents either metric tons of landings or dollar value of landings by year and region.
Indicator Category:
24.7 Accessibility and Constraints
Data that has been properly screened to meet data standards and confidentiality are publicly available via the Fisheries of the United States (FUS) landings portal. Canadian landings information, which are included in this analysis, are not included in the FUS portal (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/sustainable-fisheries/commercial-fisheries-landings). Data should be aggregated to protect data confidentiality (raw data are lumped by year and species). Please email jennifer.cudney@noaa.gov for further information and queries of source data.
tech-doc link https://noaa-edab.github.io/tech-doc/hms_landings.html