Developing the MSEtool package for Management Strategy Evaluation with Multiple Stocks and Fleets

This document describes the development and application of openMSE’s multi-MSE features to three multi-stock/fleet fisheries managed by the CDFW:

1. Rock crab fishery with 6 stocks (female and male of 3 species) and 1 fleet;
2. Lobster fishery with 2 stocks (female and male) and 2 fleets;
3. Halibut fishery with 2 stocks (female and male) and 5 fleets.

Evaluating Single-Species Assessment and Management of Multi-Species Fisheries

This document describes the application of openMSE’s multi-MSE features to evaluate the performance of alternative management options for multispecies fisheries that are managed assuming a single stock. It uses the blue-deacon fishery managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council as a case study, and implements the PFMC’s P* uncertainty buffer approach in a series of management procedures.