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The Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan recommends that NMFS develop criteria to prioritize stocks at the regional level that would most benefit from habitat assessment. These regional habitat assessment priorities collectively represent a national set of habitat science priorities, and the extent to which habitat science will provide effecient and meaningful results to improve stock assessments or inform/improve descriptions of essential fish habitat and habitat areas of particular concern for Federally-managed stocks identified as valuable and important. Priorities will be used to build new habitat science funding initiatives and inform strategic planning for habitat assessments as outlined in the NOAA Habitat Blueprint. Regional habitat science priorities are intended to be updated reguarly as new information becomes available, approximately every five years.

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Activity

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Contact Information

Point of Contact
Kristan Blackhart
Kristan.Blackhart@noaa.gov
206-302-2479

Item Identification

Title: Regional Habitat Assessment Prioritization Working Group (RHAPWG) results
Short Name: Regional Habitat Assessment Prioritization Working Group (RHAPWG) results
Status: In Work
Abstract:

The Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan recommends that NMFS develop criteria to prioritize stocks at the regional level that would most benefit from habitat assessment. These regional habitat assessment priorities collectively represent a national set of habitat science priorities, and the extent to which habitat science will provide effecient and meaningful results to improve stock assessments or inform/improve descriptions of essential fish habitat and habitat areas of particular concern for Federally-managed stocks identified as valuable and important. Priorities will be used to build new habitat science funding initiatives and inform strategic planning for habitat assessments as outlined in the NOAA Habitat Blueprint. Regional habitat science priorities are intended to be updated reguarly as new information becomes available, approximately every five years.

Purpose:

The Habitat Assessment Prioritization process uses a series of filters and scorable criteria, on a stock by stock basis, to determine the priority of habitat science to a stock for 1) reducing habitat-related uncertainty in stock assessments; and 2) improving the information upon which descriptions of essential fish habitat (EFH) and habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC) are based. Scores are calculated based on available information and expert opinion by a team of regional resource experts consisting of habitat managers, stock assessment scientists, ecologists, and others as needed. The range of criteria considered in the scoring process includes: Fishery Management Council priorities; benefits to the stock assessment process; benefits to EFH science and management; fishery status; habitat disturbance, vulnerability, and rarity; habitat dependence; ecological importance; and economic, social, and management value.

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None EFH
None habitat assessment
None HAPC
None prioritization
None stock assessment

Physical Location

Organization: NMFS Office of Science and Technology
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD
Country: USA
Location Description:

1315 East West Highway

Project Information

Project Type: Activity

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Point of Contact

CC ID: 164128
Date Effective From: 2010
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Blackhart, Kristan
Address: 2725 Montlake Blvd East
Seattle, WA 98112
Email Address: Kristan.Blackhart@noaa.gov
Phone: 206-302-2479
Fax: 206-860-3442

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Security Class: Unclassified

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 164130
URL: http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/ecosystems/habitat/prioritization/index
Description:

Activity web site

Acronyms

EFH essential fish habitat
HAIP Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan
HAPC habitat areas of particular concern
HAPWG Habitat Assessment Prioritization Working Group
RHAPWG Regional Habitat Assessment Prioritization Working Group

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 20861
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:20861
Metadata Record Created By: Jackie Locks
Metadata Record Created: 2013-11-08 17:23+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2014-02-07
Owner Org: OST
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2014-02-07
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2015-02-07