1 Descriptive Section

1.1 Indicator category

[1] “Fishery”

1.2 Indicator name

Recreational HMS

Includes variable(s): LargeCoastal-MAB, LargeCoastal-NE, Prohibited-MAB, Prohibited-NE, SmallCoastal-MAB, SmallCoastal-NE

1.3 Indicator brief description

Recreational shark landings pulled from the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP).

1.4 Indicator visualization

Recreational landings of sharks are plotted. Sharks are categorized as large coastal, prohibited and small coastal.

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2 SMART Attribute Section

2.1 Indicator documentation

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

Yes

2.1.1.1 Where can indicators be found?

Data: https://noaa-edab.github.io/ecodata/index.html

Description: https://noaa-edab.github.io/catalog/rec_hms.html

Technical documentation: https://noaa-edab.github.io/tech-doc/rec_hms.html

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

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

2.1.1.3 Who is the contact?

Brandon Beltz (brandon.beltz@noaa.gov)

2.1.2 Gather indicator statistics

2.1.2.1 Units

Indicator	Units
LargeCoastal-MAB	no Units field
LargeCoastal-NE	no Units field
Prohibited-MAB	no Units field
Prohibited-NE	no Units field
SmallCoastal-MAB	no Units field
SmallCoastal-NE	no Units field

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

General overview: annually from 1981 to 2022

Indicator specifics:

Indicator	EPU	StartYear	EndYear	NumYears	MissingYears
LargeCoastal-MAB	MAB	1981	2022	42	0
LargeCoastal-NE	NE	1981	2022	34	8
Prohibited-MAB	MAB	1981	2022	42	0
Prohibited-NE	NE	1981	2022	19	23
SmallCoastal-MAB	MAB	1982	2022	25	16
SmallCoastal-NE	NE	2019	2019	1	0

2.1.2.3 Spatial location, scale and extent

General overview: by EPU

Indicator specifics:

Indicator	EPU
LargeCoastal-MAB	MAB
LargeCoastal-NE	NE
Prohibited-MAB	MAB
Prohibited-NE	NE
SmallCoastal-MAB	MAB
SmallCoastal-NE	NE

2.1.2.4 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]

2.1.2.5 Uncertainty metrics

Uncertainty is captured in these variables:

character(0)

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

Yes

2.1.3.1 Can the indicator be calculated from current documentation?

Data regions “4 = New England” and “5 = Mid-Atlantic” were selected for to remove data from regions not relevant to the State of the Ecosystem reports. The data were then grouped into categories using the table below. This species list was the list used in the above “species” section in the MRIP query. Data were grouped by year, category and region, and the sum of all the landings for each was used as the indicator for recreational shark harvest.

2.1.3.2 Is code publicly available? up to date?

2.1.3.3 Have methods changed over time?

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

Data sets are publicly available (see Data Sources below).

2.1.4.1 Where are source data stored?

All recreational shark fishing indicator data were downloaded from the Marine Recreational Information Program MRIP Recreational Fisheries Statistics Queries portal. From the main Recreational fisheries statistics queries page, the download query link is available. From here the following selections made include: The ZIP file was used in the following analysis.

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

Kimberly Bastille, kimberly.bastille@noaa.gov

[likelihood of source data updates requires judgement, enter by hand]

2.1.4.3 How often are they updated?

[Update by hand, look for source, may require judgement]

2.2 Indicator analysis/testing or history of use

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

Recreational shark landings pulled from the MRIP database

2.2.2 What implications of the indicators are currently listed?

Sharks are landed recreationally in quantities that are relevant to fisheries management. These landings should be considered when assessing the populations of sharks.

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

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

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

Unknown

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