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Management Strategy Evaluator = User notes (alpha ver. 6.0.6.1112)

Video Tutorial

A video tutorial has been created to demo the alpha version of the MSE. This video can be found ?here.

How to run the MSE

Set Quotas

The MSE is capable of setting quotas by two methods. Target fishing mortality rates and Fixed escapement. Target fishing mortalities are set via the Input regulatory Target fishing mortality dialogue then setting biomass limit, biomass base and F max. values for individual groups. Fixed escapement values are set via the Input regulatory Fixed escapement dialogue. If fixed escapement is provided the yearly quotas will be calculated as the biomass greater than the fixed escapement. Otherwise quotas will be calculated from the target fishing mortality rates.

Set regulatory option  

How quotas are implemented is set via the Input regulatoryRegulatory options dialogue. Four options are provided 

  1. Not Used no regulation will be imposed on this fleet.
  2. Weakest stock + discards quota if the catch of any group fished by a fleet exceeds its quota the effort for that fleet will be capped and the 

The MSE is capable of running in three different modes.

Ecosim effort use regulatory options Using fishing effort from the currently load Ecosim scenario then regulating fishing effort when fishing mortality exceeds target values set via the Target fishing mortality form.

Predict effort use regulatory options Predicting fishing effort based on the parameters set in the Fleet size dynamics then regulating fishing effort when fishing mortality exceeds target values set via the Target fishing mortality form.

Evaluating the currently load Ecosim scenario. No attempt is made to regulate the fishery this mode is strictly an evaluation of the current Ecosim scenario.

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