1 Indicator category

[Fill by hand, needs decision by Council]

2 Indicator name

Fishery Impacts from Offshore Wind Development

Includes variable(s): American Plaice-sum_landing, American Plaice-sum_value, Atlantic cod-sum_landing, Atlantic cod-sum_value, Atlantic halibut-sum_landing, Atlantic halibut-sum_value, Atlantic herring-sum_landing, Atlantic herring-sum_value, Atlantic Mackerel-sum_landing, Atlantic Mackerel-sum_value, Atlantic Sea Scallop-sum_landing, Atlantic Sea Scallop-sum_value, Black Sea Bass-sum_landing, Black Sea Bass-sum_value, Bluefish-sum_landing, Bluefish-sum_value, Blueline Tilefish-sum_landing, Blueline Tilefish-sum_value, Butterfish-sum_landing, Butterfish-sum_value, Chub Mackerel-sum_landing, Chub Mackerel-sum_value, Golden Tilefish-sum_landing, Golden Tilefish-sum_value, Haddock-sum_landing, Haddock-sum_value, Illex Squid-sum_landing, Illex Squid-sum_value, Longfin Squid-sum_landing, Longfin Squid-sum_value, Monkfish-sum_landing, Monkfish-sum_value, Ocean Quahog-sum_landing, Ocean Quahog-sum_value, Offshore Hake-sum_landing, Offshore Hake-sum_value, Pollock-sum_landing, Pollock-sum_value, Red Crab-sum_landing, Red Crab-sum_value, Red Hake-sum_landing, Red Hake-sum_value, Redfish-sum_landing, Redfish-sum_value, Scup-sum_landing, Scup-sum_value, Silver Hake-sum_landing, Silver Hake-sum_value, Skates-sum_landing, Skates-sum_value, Spiny Dogfish-sum_landing, Spiny Dogfish-sum_value, Summer Flounder-sum_landing, Summer Flounder-sum_value, Surfclam-sum_landing, Surfclam-sum_value, White Hake-sum_landing, White Hake-sum_value, Windowpane flounder-sum_landing, Windowpane flounder-sum_value, Winter flounder-sum_landing, Winter flounder-sum_value, Witch flounder-sum_landing, Witch flounder-sum_value, Yellowtail flounder-sum_landing, Yellowtail flounder-sum_value

3 Indicator brief description

The data presented here include landings and revenue of species managed by the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils within existing offshore wind lease areas.

4 Indicator visualization

Figures include annual landings and revenue for each managed species caught within existing offshore wind lease areas. Tables include average annual landings and revenue for the top ten species caught within existing and proposed offshore wind lease areas and the maximum proportion of total annual regional landings and revenues for all managed species.

5 Indicator documentation

5.1 Are indicators available for others to use (data downloadable)?

## Yes

5.1.1 Where can indicators be found?

## Data: https://noaa-edab.github.io/ecodata/index.html 
## Description:  https://noaa-edab.github.io/catalog/wind_revenue.html 
## Technical documentation:  https://noaa-edab.github.io/tech-doc/wind_revenue.html

5.1.2 How often are they updated? Are future updates likely?

[need sequential look at datasets for update frequency. Future requires judgement]

5.1.3 Who is the contact?

Douglas Christel ()

5.2 Gather indicator statistics

5.2.1 Units

## no Units field

5.2.2 Length of time series, start and end date, periodicity

General overview: Annual from 2008-2023

Indicator specifics:

Indicator

EPU

StartYear

EndYear

NumYears

MissingYears

American Plaice-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

American Plaice-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic cod-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic cod-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic halibut-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic halibut-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic herring-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic herring-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic Mackerel-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic Mackerel-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic Sea Scallop-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Atlantic Sea Scallop-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Black Sea Bass-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Black Sea Bass-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Bluefish-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Bluefish-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Blueline Tilefish-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Blueline Tilefish-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Butterfish-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Butterfish-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Chub Mackerel-sum_landing

MAB

2010

2023

13

1

Chub Mackerel-sum_value

MAB

2010

2023

13

1

Golden Tilefish-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Golden Tilefish-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Haddock-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Haddock-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Illex Squid-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Illex Squid-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Longfin Squid-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Longfin Squid-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Monkfish-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Monkfish-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Monkfish-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Monkfish-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Ocean Quahog-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

6

10

Ocean Quahog-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

6

10

Offshore Hake-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

14

2

Offshore Hake-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

14

2

Pollock-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Pollock-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Red Crab-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

5

11

Red Crab-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

5

11

Red Hake-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Red Hake-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Redfish-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Redfish-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Scup-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Scup-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Silver Hake-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Silver Hake-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Skates-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Skates-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Spiny Dogfish-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Spiny Dogfish-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Spiny Dogfish-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Spiny Dogfish-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Summer Flounder-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Summer Flounder-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Surfclam-sum_landing

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

Surfclam-sum_value

MAB

2008

2023

16

0

White Hake-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

White Hake-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Windowpane flounder-sum_landing

NE

2008

2013

6

0

Windowpane flounder-sum_value

NE

2008

2013

6

0

Winter flounder-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Winter flounder-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Witch flounder-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Witch flounder-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Yellowtail flounder-sum_landing

NE

2008

2023

16

0

Yellowtail flounder-sum_value

NE

2008

2023

16

0

5.2.3 Spatial location, scale and extent

General overview: Offshore wind lease areas throughout the Exclusive Economic Zone from Maine through North Carolina

Indicator specifics:

Indicator

EPU

American Plaice-sum_landing

NE

American Plaice-sum_value

NE

Atlantic cod-sum_landing

NE

Atlantic cod-sum_value

NE

Atlantic halibut-sum_landing

NE

Atlantic halibut-sum_value

NE

Atlantic herring-sum_landing

NE

Atlantic herring-sum_value

NE

Atlantic Mackerel-sum_landing

MAB

Atlantic Mackerel-sum_value

MAB

Atlantic Sea Scallop-sum_landing

NE

Atlantic Sea Scallop-sum_value

NE

Black Sea Bass-sum_landing

MAB

Black Sea Bass-sum_value

MAB

Bluefish-sum_landing

MAB

Bluefish-sum_value

MAB

Blueline Tilefish-sum_landing

MAB

Blueline Tilefish-sum_value

MAB

Butterfish-sum_landing

MAB

Butterfish-sum_value

MAB

Chub Mackerel-sum_landing

MAB

Chub Mackerel-sum_value

MAB

Golden Tilefish-sum_landing

MAB

Golden Tilefish-sum_value

MAB

Haddock-sum_landing

NE

Haddock-sum_value

NE

Illex Squid-sum_landing

MAB

Illex Squid-sum_value

MAB

Longfin Squid-sum_landing

MAB

Longfin Squid-sum_value

MAB

Monkfish-sum_landing

MAB

Monkfish-sum_landing

NE

Monkfish-sum_value

MAB

Monkfish-sum_value

NE

Ocean Quahog-sum_landing

MAB

Ocean Quahog-sum_value

MAB

Offshore Hake-sum_landing

NE

Offshore Hake-sum_value

NE

Pollock-sum_landing

NE

Pollock-sum_value

NE

Red Crab-sum_landing

NE

Red Crab-sum_value

NE

Red Hake-sum_landing

NE

Red Hake-sum_value

NE

Redfish-sum_landing

NE

Redfish-sum_value

NE

Scup-sum_landing

MAB

Scup-sum_value

MAB

Silver Hake-sum_landing

NE

Silver Hake-sum_value

NE

Skates-sum_landing

NE

Skates-sum_value

NE

Spiny Dogfish-sum_landing

MAB

Spiny Dogfish-sum_landing

NE

Spiny Dogfish-sum_value

MAB

Spiny Dogfish-sum_value

NE

Summer Flounder-sum_landing

MAB

Summer Flounder-sum_value

MAB

Surfclam-sum_landing

MAB

Surfclam-sum_value

MAB

White Hake-sum_landing

NE

White Hake-sum_value

NE

Windowpane flounder-sum_landing

NE

Windowpane flounder-sum_value

NE

Winter flounder-sum_landing

NE

Winter flounder-sum_value

NE

Witch flounder-sum_landing

NE

Witch flounder-sum_value

NE

Yellowtail flounder-sum_landing

NE

Yellowtail flounder-sum_value

NE

5.2.4 Management scale: all species, FMP level, species level, can it be aggregated or separated to different scales?

[Classify by hand, note gridded data if available could be applied to different species ranges]

5.2.5 Uncertainty metrics

5.3 Are methods clearly documented to obtain source data and calculate indicators?

## Yes

5.3.1 Can the indicator be calculated from current documentation?

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5.3.2 Is code publicly available? up to date?

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5.3.3 Have methods changed over time?

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5.4 Are indicator underlying source data linked or easy to find?

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5.4.1 Where are source data stored?

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5.4.2 How/by whom are source data updated? Are future updates likely?

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5.4.3 How often are they updated?

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6 Indicator analysis/testing or history of use

6.1 What decision or advice processes are the indicators currently used in?

Estimates of landings and associated revenue of managed species within existing offshore wind lease areas provide an estimate of the potential socioeconomic impacts to fishery participants and fishing communities from regional offshore development projects. The presence of offshore wind project infrastructure could result in fishing effort displacement outside of lease areas, which could affect the scale, composition, and location of fishery landings and revenues and interactions with protected species. These data present absolute landings/revenue within lease areas, but also relative proportions of regional landings/revenue within lease areas to illustrate the scale of potential impacts to specific fisheries.

6.2 What implications of the indicators are currently listed?

Plots of annual landings and revenue within existing and proposed offshore wind lease areas show a general decline since 2008 for managed species with periodic spikes in both metrics. This suggests lower reliance on offshore wind lease areas for most fisheries, although some are more reliant upon these areas at large, particularly the longfin squid, surfclam, scallop, herring, yellowtail flounder, pollock, redfish, black sea bass, and skate fisheries. The Gulf of Maine lease areas overlap with a substantial portion of historic groundfish fishery landings/revenues, with haddock landings/revenues increasingly overlapping with existing lease areas in recent years.

6.3 Do target, limit, or threshold values already exist for the indicator?

[Fill by hand; if not in key results or implications, likely does not exist]

6.4 Have the indicators been tested to ensure they respond proportionally to a change in the underlying process?

[Fill by hand; if not in introduction, key results, or implications, likely not tested]

6.5 Are the indicators sensitive to a small change in the process, or what is the threshold of change that is detectable?

[Fill by hand; if not in introduction, key results, or implications, likely not tested]

6.6 Is there a time lag between the process change and the indicator change? How long?

[Fill by hand; if not in introduction, key results, or implications, likely not tested]

7 Comments

[Fill below by hand once above data complete]

7.2 What additional work would be needed for the Council to use the indicator?

7.3 What issues are caused if there is a gap or delay in data underlying the indicator