Assessing the State of Coupled Social-Ecological Modeling in Support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the United States
There has been a proliferation of coupled social-ecological systems (SES) models created and published in recent years. However, the degree of coupling between natural and social systems varies widely across the different coupled models and is often a function of the disciplinary background of the t...
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| author | Stephen Kasperski Geret S. DePiper Alan C. Haynie Suzana Blake Lisa L. Colburn Amy Freitag Michael Jepson Mandy Karnauskas Kirsten M. Leong Douglas Lipton Michelle Masi Cameron Speir Howard Townsend Mariska Weijerman |
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| description | There has been a proliferation of coupled social-ecological systems (SES) models created and published in recent years. However, the degree of coupling between natural and social systems varies widely across the different coupled models and is often a function of the disciplinary background of the team conducting the research. This manuscript examines models developed for and used by NOAA Fisheries in support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in the United States. It provides resource managers and interdisciplinary scientists insights on the strengths and weaknesses of the most commonly used SES models: end-to-end models, conceptual models, bioeconomic models, management strategy evaluations (MSEs), fisher behavior models, integrated social vulnerability models, and regional economic impact models. These model types are not unique to the literature, but allow us to differentiate between one-way coupled models – where outputs from one model are inputs into a second model of another discipline with no feedback to the first model, and two-way coupled models – where there are linkages between the natural and social system models. For a model to provide useful strategic or tactical advice, it should only be coupled to the degree necessary to understand the important dynamics/responses of the system and to create management-relevant performance metrics or potential risks from an (in)action. However, one key finding is to not wait to integrate! This paper highlights the importance of “when” the coupling happens, as timing affects the ability to fully address management questions and multi-sectoral usage conflicts that consider the full SES for EBFM or ecosystem based management (EBM) more generally. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84aef86d763e4847a69f8ada194b12652022-12-21T21:29:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452021-03-01810.3389/fmars.2021.631400631400Assessing the State of Coupled Social-Ecological Modeling in Support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the United StatesStephen Kasperski0Geret S. DePiper1Alan C. Haynie2Suzana Blake3Lisa L. Colburn4Amy Freitag5Michael Jepson6Mandy Karnauskas7Kirsten M. Leong8Douglas Lipton9Michelle Masi10Cameron Speir11Howard Townsend12Mariska Weijerman13Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA, United StatesNortheast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesAlaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA, United StatesCooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesNortheast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Narragansett, RI, United StatesNational Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA, Oxford, MD, United StatesSoutheast Regional Office, NOAA Fisheries, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesSoutheast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Miami, FL, United StatesPacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Honolulu, HI, United StatesOffice of Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries, Silver Spring, MD, United States0Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Galveston, TX, United States1Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesOffice of Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries, Silver Spring, MD, United StatesPacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Honolulu, HI, United StatesThere has been a proliferation of coupled social-ecological systems (SES) models created and published in recent years. However, the degree of coupling between natural and social systems varies widely across the different coupled models and is often a function of the disciplinary background of the team conducting the research. This manuscript examines models developed for and used by NOAA Fisheries in support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in the United States. It provides resource managers and interdisciplinary scientists insights on the strengths and weaknesses of the most commonly used SES models: end-to-end models, conceptual models, bioeconomic models, management strategy evaluations (MSEs), fisher behavior models, integrated social vulnerability models, and regional economic impact models. These model types are not unique to the literature, but allow us to differentiate between one-way coupled models – where outputs from one model are inputs into a second model of another discipline with no feedback to the first model, and two-way coupled models – where there are linkages between the natural and social system models. For a model to provide useful strategic or tactical advice, it should only be coupled to the degree necessary to understand the important dynamics/responses of the system and to create management-relevant performance metrics or potential risks from an (in)action. However, one key finding is to not wait to integrate! This paper highlights the importance of “when” the coupling happens, as timing affects the ability to fully address management questions and multi-sectoral usage conflicts that consider the full SES for EBFM or ecosystem based management (EBM) more generally.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.631400/fullsocial-ecological systemsEBFMecosystem based fisheries managementcoupled natural human systemsend-to-endmanagement strategy evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Stephen Kasperski Geret S. DePiper Alan C. Haynie Suzana Blake Lisa L. Colburn Amy Freitag Michael Jepson Mandy Karnauskas Kirsten M. Leong Douglas Lipton Michelle Masi Cameron Speir Howard Townsend Mariska Weijerman Assessing the State of Coupled Social-Ecological Modeling in Support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the United States Frontiers in Marine Science social-ecological systems EBFM ecosystem based fisheries management coupled natural human systems end-to-end management strategy evaluation |
| title | Assessing the State of Coupled Social-Ecological Modeling in Support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the United States |
| title_full | Assessing the State of Coupled Social-Ecological Modeling in Support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the State of Coupled Social-Ecological Modeling in Support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the State of Coupled Social-Ecological Modeling in Support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the United States |
| title_short | Assessing the State of Coupled Social-Ecological Modeling in Support of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in the United States |
| title_sort | assessing the state of coupled social ecological modeling in support of ecosystem based fisheries management in the united states |
| topic | social-ecological systems EBFM ecosystem based fisheries management coupled natural human systems end-to-end management strategy evaluation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.631400/full |
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