State of the Ecosystem:

State of the Ecosystem:New England 2020Sean Lucey, Sarah Gaichas, Kim Bastille, 
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State of the Ecosystem (SOE) Reporting: Context for busy people

Clear linkage of ecosystem indicators with management objectives
Synthesis across indicators for big picture
Objectives related to human-well being placed first in report
Short (< 30 pages), non-technical (but rigorous) text
Emphasis on reproducibility

relating environment marine habitat and the marine community to human activities social systems and objectives

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In 2016, we began taking steps to address these common critiques of the ESR model

State of the Ecosystem 2020: Response Memo

Our response to the need for more formal response to comments:

30 comments or requests from 2019
One addressed by having the response memo
21 addressed within the SOE at SSC/Council request
- New summary section with synthetic overview addresses 3 requests
- 5 new indicators added
- 3 existing indicators modified
- 5 editorial updates
- 5 partially addressed requests
8 not currently addressed within SOE
- 2 have information summaries in the response memo
- 2 may be addressed by student projects
- 1 needs feedback on how to deal with known data issue
- 1 seeking data
- 1 relevant to 2019 visualization that was replaced in 2020
- 1 beyond capacity to address at present

SSC/Council feedback requested on the approach and all details, memo has specific questions

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State of the Ecosystem 2020: Structure

Report Structure

Summary 2 pager
Human dimensions
Protected species
Fish and invertebrates (managed and otherwise)
Habitat quality and ecosystem productivity

Established ecosystem-scale objectives from Legislature

Objective Categories	Indicators reported here
Seafood Production	Landings by feeding group
Profits	Revenue decomposed to price and volume
Recreation	Days fished; recreational catch
Stability	Diversity indices (fishery and species)
Social & Cultural	Commercial engagement trends
Biomass	Biomass or abundance by feeding group from surveys
Productivity	Condition and recruitment of managed species, Primary productivity
Trophic structure	Relative biomass of feeding groups, Zooplankton
Habitat	Estuarine and offshore habitat conditions

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New 2 page summary with visualizations

State of the Ecosystem page 1 summary bullets

State of the Ecosystem page 2 infographic

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Research: linking report indicators for management use

Diagram with possible relationships between oceanographic and habitat indicators

Same diagram as on the left

Conceptual model links indicators in the report with management objectives.

A subset of objectives are currently under investigation. We plan to extend this work in 2020.

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Document orientation

Spatial scale NEFSC survey strata used to calculate Ecosystem Production Unit biomass

This year, we mapped trawl survey strata to Ecological Production Units (EPUs)

More information on EPUs
More information on survey data

Key to figures Aggregate species distribution metrics for species in the Northeast Large Marine Ecosystem.

Trends assessed only for 30+ years: more information

Orange line = significant increase

Purple line = significant decrease

No color line = not significant or too short

Grey background = last 10 years

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Commercial fisheries and ecosystem productivity

Fraction of primary production used by fisheries

$Primary production required to support New England commercial landings. Included are the top species accounting for 80\% of the landings in each year, with 15\% transfer efficiency assumed between trophic levels.$ $Primary production required to support New England commercial landings. Included are the top species accounting for 80\% of the landings in each year, with 15\% transfer efficiency assumed between trophic levels.$

Declining since 2000
Landings have remained steady with a slight increase in primary production
Many assumptions to explore

Georges Bank Species Composition

species included in 80% of landings in the Mid Atlantic

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Commercial fisheries: Engagement

Moderate to highly engaged New England communities have increased since 2004
Engagement scores for medium-highly engaged communities increasing
Linked to landings/revenue

Commercial engagement scores (total pounds landed, value landed, commercial permits, and commercial dealers in a community) for New England fishing communities, 2004-2018.

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Commercial fisheries: Revenue

Total Revenue in both regions is up
Largely dependent on single species
Fluctuations on Georges Bank associated with rotational management (Scallops)

Georges Bank Total revenue for the region (black) and revenue from NEFMC managed species (red).

Revenue change from the 2015 base year in 2015 dollars (black), Price (PI), and Volume Indicators (VI) for commercial benthos landings on Georges Bank

Gulf of Maine Total revenue for the region (black) and revenue from NEFMC managed species (red).

Revenue change from the 2015 base year in 2015 dollars (black), Price (PI), and Volume Indicators (VI) for commercial benthivore landings in the Gulf of Maine

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Commercial fisheries: Landings (Georges Bank)

No long term trends for NEFMC-managed species
Fluctuations, like revenue, associated with rotational management
Planktivore landings (mainly Atlantic herring) returned to the long term average

Total commercial seafood landings (black) and New England managed seafood landings (red).

NEFMC managed species landings (red) and total commercial landings (black) by feeding group on Georges Bank.

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Commercial fisheries: Landings (Gulf of Maine)

Significant decrease in NEFMC-managed commercial seafood production (non-bait landings)
Several long-term negative trends
Non-NEFMC managed benthivores increasing
Drop in lobster landings in 2019 (not-included) likely to have impacts

Total commercial seafood landings (black) and New England managed seafood landings (red).

NEFMC managed species landings (red) and total commercial landings (black) by feeding group on Gulf of Maine.

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Other ocean uses: wind energy fish habitat overlap

	Existing - North		Proposed - North		Existing - Mid		Proposed - Mid		Existing - South
Season	Species	Trend	Species	Trend	Species	Trend	Species	Trend	Species	Trend
Spring	Little Skate	` $\nearrow$ `	Atlantic Herring		Little Skate	` $\nearrow$ `	Spiny Dogfish	` $\nearrow$ `	Spiny Dogfish	` $\nearrow$ `
Spring	Atlantic Herring	` $\searrow$ `	Little Skate	` $\nearrow$ `	Atlantic Herring	` $\searrow$ `	Atlantic Herring	` $\searrow$ `	Longfin Squid	` $\nearrow$ `
Spring	Windowpane	` $\nearrow$ `	Longhorn Sculpin	` $\nearrow$ `	Spiny Dogfish	` $\nearrow$ `	Little Skate	` $\nearrow$ `	Summer Flounder	` $\nearrow$ `
Spring	Winter Skate	` $\nearrow$ `	Windowpane	` $\nearrow$ `	Windowpane	` $\nearrow$ `	Alewife	` $\searrow$ `	Clearnose Skate	` $\nearrow$ `
Spring	Longhorn Sculpin	` $\nearrow$ `	Alewife	` $\searrow$ `	Winter Skate	` $\nearrow$ `	Silver Hake	` $\nearrow$ `	Spotted Hake	` $\nearrow$ `
Fall	Butterfish	` $\nearrow$ `	Butterfish	` $\nearrow$ `	Summer Flounder	` $\nearrow$ `	Longhorn Sculpin	` $\nearrow$ `	Longfin Squid	` $\searrow$ `
Fall	Longfin Squid	` $\nearrow$ `	Fourspot Flounder		Longfin Squid	` $\nearrow$ `	Little Skate	` $\nearrow$ `	Northern Searobin	` $\nearrow$ `
Fall	Summer Flounder	` $\nearrow$ `	Longhorn Sculpin	` $\searrow$ `	Butterfish	` $\nearrow$ `	Butterfish	` $\nearrow$ `	Clearnose Skate	` $\nearrow$ `
Fall	Winter Flounder	` $\searrow$ `	Summer Flounder	` $\nearrow$ `	Smooth Dogfish	` $\nearrow$ `	Sea Scallop	` $\nearrow$ `	Butterfish	` $\nearrow$ `
Fall	Spiny Dogfish	` $\searrow$ `	Spiny Dogfish	` $\searrow$ `	Windowpane	` $\nearrow$ `	Fourspot Flounder	` $\nearrow$ `	Spiny Dogfish/Spotted Hake	` $\nearrow$ `

Map of BOEM existing (black) and proposed (red) lease areas in North (N), Mid (M) and South (S) portions of the coast as of February 2019.

Fishery overlap to be added

What habitat model outputs most useful?

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Protected species

North Atlantic right whale abundance

$1990-2018 right whale abundance estimates with 95\% credible intervals. These values represent the estimated number of animals alive sometime during the year referenced and NOT at the end of the year referenced. Three known deaths were recorded in 2018, but these deaths were not reflected in the 2018 estimate because those animals were alive sometime during the year. An additional 10 known deaths occurred in 2019.$

New indicator

North Atlantic right whale calf births

Number of North Atlantic right whale calf births, 1990 - 2019.

Seal population snapshots

~75,000 harbor seals, trend analysis in progress
30,000 - 40,000 grey seals in US; 425,000 in Canada and ↗

Seal diet studies in progress

Unusual Mortality Events

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Fish stock status

Summary of single species status for NEFMC and jointly managed stocks (Goosefish and Spiny dogfish).

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Aggregate fish distribution and southern species

Overall fish biomass tracking northeast and deeper

Aggregate species distribution metrics for species in the Northeast Large Marine Ecosystem.

Southern species not increasing in surveys, but further north?

Blue runner presence on Northeast Shelf

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Updated fish feeding groups to look at aggregate biomass
Feeding groups and management bodies.
 
    Feeding Group 
    MAFMC 
    Joint 
    NEFMC 
    State or Other 
  


    Apex Predator 
    NA 
    NA 
    NA 
    bluefin tuna, shark uncl, swordfish, yellowfin tuna 
  

    Piscivore 
    bluefish, longfin squid, northern shortfin squid, summer flounder 
    goosefish, spiny dogfish 
    acadian redfish, atlantic cod, atlantic halibut, clearnose skate, little skate, offshore hake, pollock, red hake, silver hake, smooth skate, thorny skate, white hake, winter skate 
    fourspot flounder, john dory, sea raven, striped bass, weakfish, windowpane 
  

    Planktivore 
    atlantic mackerel, butterfish 
    NA 
    atlantic herring 
    alewife, american shad, blackbelly rosefish, blueback herring, cusk, longhorn sculpin, lumpfish, menhaden, northern sand lance, northern searobin, sculpin uncl 
  

    Benthivore 
    black sea bass, scup, tilefish 
    NA 
    american plaice, barndoor skate, crab,red deepsea, haddock, ocean pout, rosette skate, winter flounder, witch flounder, yellowtail flounder 
    american lobster, atlantic wolffish, blue crab, cancer crab uncl, chain dogfish, cunner, jonah crab, lady crab, smooth dogfish, spider crab uncl, squid cuttlefish and octopod uncl, striped searobin, tautog 
  

    Benthos 
    atlantic surfclam, ocean quahog 
    NA 
    sea scallop 
    blue mussel, channeled whelk, sea cucumber, sea urchin and sand dollar uncl, sea urchins, snails(conchs) 
  

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Feeding groups and management bodies.
Feeding Group	MAFMC	Joint	NEFMC	State or Other
Apex Predator	NA	NA	NA	bluefin tuna, shark uncl, swordfish, yellowfin tuna
Piscivore	bluefish, longfin squid, northern shortfin squid, summer flounder	goosefish, spiny dogfish	acadian redfish, atlantic cod, atlantic halibut, clearnose skate, little skate, offshore hake, pollock, red hake, silver hake, smooth skate, thorny skate, white hake, winter skate	fourspot flounder, john dory, sea raven, striped bass, weakfish, windowpane
Planktivore	atlantic mackerel, butterfish	NA	atlantic herring	alewife, american shad, blackbelly rosefish, blueback herring, cusk, longhorn sculpin, lumpfish, menhaden, northern sand lance, northern searobin, sculpin uncl
Benthivore	black sea bass, scup, tilefish	NA	american plaice, barndoor skate, crab,red deepsea, haddock, ocean pout, rosette skate, winter flounder, witch flounder, yellowtail flounder	american lobster, atlantic wolffish, blue crab, cancer crab uncl, chain dogfish, cunner, jonah crab, lady crab, smooth dogfish, spider crab uncl, squid cuttlefish and octopod uncl, striped searobin, tautog
Benthos	atlantic surfclam, ocean quahog	NA	sea scallop	blue mussel, channeled whelk, sea cucumber, sea urchin and sand dollar uncl, sea urchins, snails(conchs)

Aggregate fish biomass (Offshore)

Spring (left) and fall (right) NEFSC surveyed biomass on Georges Bank. The shaded area around each annual mean represents 2 standard deviations from the mean.

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Aggregate fish biomass (Inshore)

Spring (left) and fall (right) surveyed biomass from the MA state inshore bottom trawl survey. The shaded area around each annual mean represents 2 standard deviations from the mean.

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Fish condition

Female fish "fatness" from fall surveys

Georges Bank

Gulf of Maine

Condition factor for fish species in the GB

Condition factor for fish species in the GOM

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Forage fish energy density (New)Forage fish energy content varies seasonally and annually
Atlantic herring energy content may be half what it was in the 1980s-90s

 

Spring 2017

Fall 2017

Spring 2018

Fall 2018

Total

1980s

1990s


    Species 
    ED (SD) 
    N 
    ED (SD) 
    N 
    ED (SD) 
    N 
    ED (SD) 
    N 
    ED (SD) 
    N 
    ED 
    ED (SD) 
  


    Alewife 
84 (1.62) 

12 (1.46) 

45 (1.21) 

41 (1.6) 

1 (1.62) 

4 
     
  

    Atl. Herring 
34 (0.94) 

77 (1.31) 

69 (0.85) 

41 (1.34) 

69 (1.19) 

6 
4 (1.4) 
  

    Atl. Mackerel 
     
    NA 
24 (1.13) 

33 (0.86) 

89 (1.07) 

48 (1.32) 

0 
     
  

    Butterfish 
13 (1.59) 

31 (1.45) 

91 (1.12) 

1 (2.7) 

92 (2.04) 

2 
     
  

    Illex 
54 (0.4) 

43 (0.51) 

5 (0.52) 

76 (0.79) 

33 (0.63) 

1 
9 (0.56) 
  

    Loligo 
22 (0.36) 

24 (0.26) 

84 (0.63) 

6 (0.72) 

02 (0.56) 

6 
     
  

    Sand lance 
66 (0.54) 

     
    NA 
78 (0.34) 

99 (0.74) 

17 (0.81) 

8 
4 (0.82) 
  

    Silver hake 
25 (0.39) 

42 (0.45) 

19 (0.39) 

55 (0.63) 

31 (0.46) 

6 
     
  

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	Spring 2017	Fall 2017	Spring 2018	Fall 2018	Total	1980s	1990s
Alewife	6.84 (1.62)	128	8.12 (1.46)	50	6.45 (1.21)	47	7.41 (1.6)	42	7.1 (1.62)	267	6.4
Atl. Herring	5.34 (0.94)	122	5.77 (1.31)	52	6.69 (0.85)	51	5.41 (1.34)	50	5.69 (1.19)	275	10.6	9.4 (1.4)
Atl. Mackerel		NA	7.24 (1.13)	50	5.33 (0.86)	51	6.89 (1.07)	50	6.48 (1.32)	151	6.0
Butterfish	7.13 (1.59)	65	7.31 (1.45)	89	4.91 (1.12)	53	8.1 (2.7)	50	6.92 (2.04)	257	6.2
Illex	5.54 (0.4)	77	5.43 (0.51)	52	5.5 (0.52)	50	4.76 (0.79)	50	5.33 (0.63)	229	7.1	5.9 (0.56)
Loligo	5.22 (0.36)	83	5.24 (0.26)	60	4.84 (0.63)	52	4.6 (0.72)	50	5.02 (0.56)	245	5.6
Sand lance	6.66 (0.54)	18		NA	5.78 (0.34)	60	7.99 (0.74)	8	6.17 (0.81)	86	6.8	4.4 (0.82)
Silver hake	4.25 (0.39)	189	4.42 (0.45)	50	4.19 (0.39)	50	4.55 (0.63)	50	4.31 (0.46)	339	4.6

Habitat condition: large ocean current changes

Three dimensional map of the Northeast US shelf showing major bottom

More northerly Gulf Stream
More Gulf Stream warm core rings
Almost no Labrador slope water entering the Gulf of Maine 2017-2019

Index representing changes in the location of the Gulf Stream north wall. Positive values represent a more northerly Gulf Stream position.

Interannual Variability of the WCR formation between 1980 and 2019. The regime shift (denoted by the split in the red solid line) is significant at the turn of the century. Figure reproduced with permission from Gangopadhyay, et al. (2019). 2018 and 2019 data points based on personal communication with A. Gangopadhyay (2020).

Proportion of Warm Slope Water (WSW) and Labrador slope water (LSLW) entering the GOM through the Northeast Channel.

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Regional temperatures

Seasonal sea surface temperature anomalies GOM and GB 2019 seasonal sea surface temperature spatial anomalies.

Annual bottom temperature anomalies GOM and GB annual bottom temperature anomalies.

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Marine heatwaves: Georges Bank (New)

Three distinct marine heatwaves
Strongest: Aug 17 - Sept 5 (20 days)
- 15th maximum intensity (+3.14 °C above average on Aug 23)
Strongest heatwaves
- Maximum intensity - 2016 (+4.06 °C above average)
- Cumulative intensity - 2012 (485 °C-days)

img: January - December 2019 sea surface temperatures above 90th percentile of average, 90%

Marine heatwave cumulative intensity (left) and maximum intensity (right) on Georges Bank.

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Marine heatwaves: Georges Bank (New)

Maximum intensity heatwave anomaly on Georges Bank occurring on August 23, 2019.

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Marine heatwaves: Gulf of Maine (New)

Four distinct marine heatwaves
Strongest: July 3 - Aug 24 (53 days)
- 12th maximum intensity (+3.27 °C above average on Aug 1)
- 12th cumulative intensity (112 °C-days)
Strongest heatwaves
- Maximum intensity - 2010 (+4.83 °C above average)
- Cumulative intensity - 2012 (630 °C-days)

img: January - December 2019 sea surface temperatures above 90th percentile of average, 90%

Marine heatwave cumulative intensity (left) and maximum intensity (right) in the Gulf of Maine .

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Marine heatwaves: Gulf of Maine (New)

Maximum intensity heatwave anomaly in Gulf of Maine occurring on August 1, 2019.

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Patterns in primary production

Above average primary production
- Summer production (warmer, nutrient recycling)
- likely smaller-celled species
Spring bloom below average both regions

Map of 2019 chlorophyll a anomalies by season from satellite data

Weekly chlorophyll concentrations and primary productivity for 2019 in Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank are shown by the colored lines in the above figures. The long-term mean is shown in black and shading indicates +/- 1 sample SD.

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Patterns in Zooplankton

Large-bodied are mostly Calanus finmarchicus (an important prey for larval fish and the north Atlantic right whale)
- Low abundance in GOM 2010-2014, GB 2010-2017
Abundance of small-bodied Temora longicornis and Centropages typicus highest value observed in 2018

Abundance anomaly time series for copepod size groups found in the GOM and GB.

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SOE Take Home Messages

Fishing icon made by EDAB Fishing industry icon made by EDAB Other human uses icon made by EDAB

Proportion of total primary production required to support commercial landings declining

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SOE Take Home Messages

Fishing icon made by EDAB Fishing industry icon made by EDAB Other human uses icon made by EDAB

Proportion of total primary production required to support commercial landings declining
Moderately engaged communities have increased since 2004

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SOE Take Home Messages

Fishing icon made by EDAB Fishing industry icon made by EDAB Other human uses icon made by EDAB

Proportion of total primary production required to support commercial landings declining
Moderately engaged communities have increased since 2004
New England commercial fisheries remain dependent on single species
- Gulf of Maine - lobster
- Georges Bank - scallops

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SOE Take Home Messages

Fishing icon made by EDAB Fishing industry icon made by EDAB Other human uses icon made by EDAB

Proportion of total primary production required to support commercial landings declining
Moderately engaged communities have increased since 2004
New England commercial fisheries remain dependent on single species
- Gulf of Maine - lobster
- Georges Bank - scallops
2018 commercial catch and revenue increased in both New England ecosystems
- 2019 lobster catch is down substantially

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SOE Take Home Messages

Fishing icon made by EDAB Fishing industry icon made by EDAB Other human uses icon made by EDAB

Proportion of total primary production required to support commercial landings declining
Moderately engaged communities have increased since 2004
New England commercial fisheries remain dependent on single species
- Gulf of Maine - lobster
- Georges Bank - scallops
2018 commercial catch and revenue increased in both New England ecosystems
- 2019 lobster catch is down substantially
Habitat modeling indicates several species that are highly likely to occupt wind energy lease areas
- Habitat conditions have become more favorable over time for most

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SOE Take Home Messages

Other fish icon made by EDAB Forage fish icon made by EDAB Invertebrate icon made by EDAB

Few apparent trends in aggregate biomass of predators, forage fish, bottom feeders, and shellfish sampled by trawl surveys
- Haddock biomass is high

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SOE Take Home Messages

Other fish icon made by EDAB Forage fish icon made by EDAB Invertebrate icon made by EDAB

Few apparent trends in aggregate biomass of predators, forage fish, bottom feeders, and shellfish sampled by trawl surveys
- Haddock biomass is high
Continued northward shift in aggregate fish distribution and a tendency towards deeper waters

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SOE Take Home Messages

Other fish icon made by EDAB Forage fish icon made by EDAB Invertebrate icon made by EDAB

Few apparent trends in aggregate biomass of predators, forage fish, bottom feeders, and shellfish sampled by trawl surveys
- Haddock biomass is high
Continued northward shift in aggregate fish distribution and a tendency towards deeper waters
Forage fish energy content shows seasonal and annual variation
- Atlantic herring energy content half what it was in the 1980-90s

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SOE Take Home Messages

Hydrography icon made by EDAB Phytoplankon icon made by EDAB Climate icon made by EDAB

Gulf Stream increasingly unstable
- More warm core rings

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SOE Take Home Messages

Hydrography icon made by EDAB Phytoplankon icon made by EDAB Climate icon made by EDAB

Gulf Stream increasingly unstable
- More warm core rings
Almost no cold Labrador slope water has entered the Gulf of Maine for the past 3 years

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SOE Take Home Messages

Hydrography icon made by EDAB Phytoplankon icon made by EDAB Climate icon made by EDAB

Gulf Stream increasingly unstable
- More warm core rings
Almost no cold Labrador slope water has entered the Gulf of Maine for the past 3 years
Gulf of Maine
- Bottom and surface temperatures are high
- Marine heat waves more common since 2010
- Small bodied zooplankton more abundant than large fatty zooplankton
- Spring blooms have been below average since 2013

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SOE Take Home Messages

Hydrography icon made by EDAB Phytoplankon icon made by EDAB Climate icon made by EDAB

Gulf Stream increasingly unstable
- More warm core rings
Almost no cold Labrador slope water has entered the Gulf of Maine for the past 3 years
Gulf of Maine
- Bottom and surface temperatures are high
- Marine heat waves more common since 2010
- Small bodied zooplankton more abundant than large fatty zooplankton
- Spring blooms have been below average since 2013
Georges Bank
- Also warming with increased marine heat waves
- A number of warm core rings surrounded Georges Bank in the summer
- Also dominated by small-bodied zooplankton

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External Resources

Contacts: sarah.gaichas@noaa.gov, sean.lucey@noaa.gov, scott.large@noaa.gov

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Contributors - THANK YOU!

The New England and Mid-Atlantic SOEs made possible by (at least) 38 contributors from 8 intstitutions

Donald Anderson (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
Andy Beet
Patricia Clay
Lisa Colburn
Geret DePiper
Michael Fogarty
Paula Fratantoni
Kevin Friedland
Sarah Gaichas
Avijit Gangopadhyay (School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
James Gartland (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)
Glen Gawarkiewicz (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Sean Hardison
Kimberly Hyde
Terry Joyce (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
John Kocik
Steve Kress (National Audubon Society)
Scott Large

Don Lyons (National Audubon Society)
Ruth Boettcher (Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries)
Young-Oh Kwon (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Zhuomin Chen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Sean Lucey
Chris Melrose
Ryan Morse
Kimberly Murray
Chris Orphanides
Richard Pace
Charles Perretti
Vincent Saba
Laurel Smith
Mark Terceiro
John Walden
Harvey Walsh
Mark Wuenschel

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	Spring 2017		Fall 2017		Spring 2018		Fall 2018		Total		1980s	1990s
Species	ED (SD)	N	ED (SD)	N	ED (SD)	N	ED (SD)	N	ED (SD)	N	ED	ED (SD)
Alewife	6.84 (1.62)	128	8.12 (1.46)	50	6.45 (1.21)	47	7.41 (1.6)	42	7.1 (1.62)	267	6.4
Atl. Herring	5.34 (0.94)	122	5.77 (1.31)	52	6.69 (0.85)	51	5.41 (1.34)	50	5.69 (1.19)	275	10.6	9.4 (1.4)
Atl. Mackerel		NA	7.24 (1.13)	50	5.33 (0.86)	51	6.89 (1.07)	50	6.48 (1.32)	151	6.0
Butterfish	7.13 (1.59)	65	7.31 (1.45)	89	4.91 (1.12)	53	8.1 (2.7)	50	6.92 (2.04)	257	6.2
Illex	5.54 (0.4)	77	5.43 (0.51)	52	5.5 (0.52)	50	4.76 (0.79)	50	5.33 (0.63)	229	7.1	5.9 (0.56)
Loligo	5.22 (0.36)	83	5.24 (0.26)	60	4.84 (0.63)	52	4.6 (0.72)	50	5.02 (0.56)	245	5.6
Sand lance	6.66 (0.54)	18		NA	5.78 (0.34)	60	7.99 (0.74)	8	6.17 (0.81)	86	6.8	4.4 (0.82)
Silver hake	4.25 (0.39)	189	4.42 (0.45)	50	4.19 (0.39)	50	4.55 (0.63)	50	4.31 (0.46)	339	4.6

State of the Ecosystem:

New England 2020

Sean Lucey, Sarah Gaichas, Kim Bastille, Geret DePiper, Kim Hyde, and Scott Large Northeast Fisheries Science Center

State of the Ecosystem (SOE) Reporting: Context for busy people

State of the Ecosystem 2020: Response Memo

State of the Ecosystem 2020: Structure

Report Structure

New 2 page summary with visualizations

Research: linking report indicators for management use

Document orientation

Commercial fisheries and ecosystem productivity

Georges Bank Species Composition

Commercial fisheries: Engagement

Commercial fisheries: Revenue

Commercial fisheries: Landings (Georges Bank)

Commercial fisheries: Landings (Gulf of Maine)

Other ocean uses: wind energy fish habitat overlap

Fishery overlap to be added

What habitat model outputs most useful?

Protected species

Fish stock status

Aggregate fish distribution and southern species

Updated fish feeding groups to look at aggregate biomass

Aggregate fish biomass (Offshore)

Aggregate fish biomass (Inshore)

Fish condition

Forage fish energy density (New)

Habitat condition: large ocean current changes

Regional temperatures

Marine heatwaves: Georges Bank (New)

Marine heatwaves: Georges Bank (New)

Marine heatwaves: Gulf of Maine (New)

Marine heatwaves: Gulf of Maine (New)

Patterns in primary production

Patterns in Zooplankton

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

SOE Take Home Messages

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Sean Lucey, Sarah Gaichas, Kim Bastille,
Geret DePiper, Kim Hyde, and Scott Large
Northeast Fisheries Science Center