Monitoring programs of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: inventory,development and use of a large monitoring database to map fish and invertebrate spatial distributions |
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| Authors: | Arnaud Grüss Holly A Perryman Elizabeth A Babcock Skyler R Sagarese James T Thorson Cameron H Ainsworth Evan John Anderson Kenneth Brennan Matthew D Campbell Mary C Christman Scott Cross Michael D Drexler J Marcus Drymon Chris L Gardner David S Hanisko Jill Hendon Christopher C Koenig Matthew Love Fernando Martinez-Andrade Jack Morris Brandi T Noble Matthew A Nuttall Jason Osborne Christy Pattengill-Semmens Adam G Pollack Tracey T Sutton Theodore S Switzer |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,University of Miami,Miami,USA;2.National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) - Southeast Fisheries Science Center,Miami,USA;3.Fisheries Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division,Northwest Fisheries Science Center,Seattle,USA;4.College of Marine Science,University of South Florida,St. Petersburg,USA;5.Center for Fisheries Research and Development, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, School of Ocean Science and Technology,The University of Southern Mississippi,Ocean Springs,USA;6.Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Beaufort Laboratory,NOAA-NMFS,Beaufort,USA;7.Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Mississippi Laboratories,NOAA-NMFS,Pascagoula,USA;8.MCC Statistical Consulting LLC,Gainesville,USA;9.Center for Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics,NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information,Charleston,USA;10.Coastal Research and Extension Center,Mississippi State University,Biloxi,USA;11.Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Panama City Laboratory,NOAA-NMFS,Panama City,USA;12.Coastal and Marine Laboratory,Florida State University,St. Teresa,USA;13.Ocean Conservancy Gulf Restoration Program,Ocean Conservancy,Washington,USA;14.Coastal Fisheries Division,Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,Corpus Christi,USA;15.Mote Marine Laboratory,Sarasota,USA;16.South Florida Natural Resources Center,Everglades National Park,Homestead,USA;17.Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF),Key Largo,USA;18.Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Mississippi Laboratories,Riverside Technology, Inc. NOAA-NMFS,Pascagoula,USA;19.Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography,Nova Southeastern University,Dania Beach,USA;20.Fish and Wildlife Research Institute,Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,St. Petersburg,USA |
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| Abstract: | Since the onset of fisheries science, monitoring programs have been implemented to support stock assessments and fisheries management. Here, we take inventory of the monitoring programs of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) surveying fish and invertebrates and conduct a gap analysis of these programs. We also compile a large monitoring database encompassing much of the monitoring data collected in the U.S. GOM using random sampling schemes and employ this database to fit statistical models to then map the spatial distributions of 61 fish and invertebrate functional groups, species and life stages of the U.S. GOM. Finally, we provide recommendations for improving current monitoring programs and designing new programs, and guidance for more comprehensive use and sharing of monitoring data, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the inputs provided to stock assessments and ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) projects in the U.S. GOM. Our inventory revealed that 73 fisheries-independent and fisheries-dependent programs have been conducted in the U.S. GOM, most of which (85%) are still active. One distinctive feature of monitoring programs of the U.S. GOM is that they include many fisheries-independent surveys conducted almost year-round, contrasting with most other marine regions. A major sampling recommendation is the development of a coordinated strategy for collecting diet information by existing U.S. GOM monitoring programs for advancing EBFM. |
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