Reconciliation of DFOCOSEWIC Approaches For Stock Status and CostBenefit Analysis for Strategic Fish

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Reconciliation of DFO-COSEWIC Approaches For
Stock Status and Cost-Benefit Analysis for
Strategic Fisheries Management

• Naman Sharma
• and
• Dan Lane
• School of Management, University of Ottawa
• Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5

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What concerns?

• Need for reconciliation of the approaches for
  culmination to effective management strategy.
• Decline criterion approach of COSEWIC.
• Reference point approach of DFO.
• An integrated system approach based on
  Multicriteria decision analysis for complete
  perspectives of Fisheries System.

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Some facts about Atlantic Cod

• Significant population declines
• The lack of rebuilding of the stocks results in
  drastic management measures - short-term and
  long-term moratoria on commercial fishing.
• Government recognizes the need to maximize the
  effectiveness of stock rebuilding efforts.
• Government also recognizes the need for feedback
  on effectiveness of measures taken.

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2J3KL Northern cod
3Pn4RS NorthGulf cod
3Ps SouthNfld cod
4T SouthGulf cod
4V, 4WX Maritimes cod
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COSEWIC Threshold Approach
SOURCE http//www.cosewic.gc.ca/
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DFO Reference Point Approach

• Based on Precautionary framework defined by Limit
  Reference Points
• Include the concept of Stock Status Zones to
  determine Management measures.
• Stock Status Zones are
• Critical Zone (Conservation Objective)
• Cautious Zone (Conservation and Socio-Economic)
• Healthy Zone (Conservation objective attained and
  Socio-Economic objective optimized)

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• DFO vs. COSEWIC Major Concerns
• Decline criterion and marine fish stocks
• Special concern category
• Stock aggregation
• DFO Moratorium declaration
• COSEWIC designations and SARA listing
• Socio-economic consideration

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Fisheries System Analysis

• Current approaches do not deal with all aspects
  of the fishery system
• Federal Regulatory Policy (1999) requires
  analysis of all costs and benefits
• Fisheries Act of Canada (2006) requires
  sustainable Fishery for economic benefits of all
  Canadians.
• Need for a system evaluation consideration of
  multiple objectives and multiple components.
• Application of principles of TQM to setting
  targets for multiple components.
• OBJECTIVE Develop a comprehensive approach to
  Fisheries as a system based on structured MCDM
  approach for the exploration and evaluation of
  different policy alternatives under different
  scenarios to understand fish stock status.

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4TVn Strategic Analyses

• Historical review, 2001-2005
• 2007 Policy Alternatives

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Process Control(Total Quality Management)

• Production and Operations Management
• Fisheries Management
• Stock status indicators
• Quality control charts
• Prespecified management actions

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CONCLUSIONS

• Fisheries as a comprehensive system
• Overall policy accountability and performance
  measurement by performance
• Need for a strategic perspective based on
  multicriteria (AHP)
• Need for an operational management approach based
  on process control (TQM)