11 AFAM Toolkit Worksheet

The AFAM Toolkit dashboard will keep track of all of your steps and automatically generate a report once you’ve complete all steps. However, you may also wish to keep track of the outputs from each step on a hard copy piece of paper, especially since the dashboard does not currently allow you to save your work.

As your work through each step, fill out the following tables.

Step 1 – Determine assessment and management tiertermine assessment and management tier

Step 1 outputs – Data Inventory

Minimum Required Data	Needed?	Available?	Years of data
Qualitative characterization of the fishery	Required
List of prioritized species for management	Required
List of prioritized goals for management	Required
Landings, effort, and CPUE of key target species	Optional
Length composition data of key target species	Optional
Density ratio from UVC (key target species)	Optional
Biomass ratio from UVC (aggregated across species)	Optional

Step 1 outputs – Assessment and Management Tier

	Response
What is your assessment and management tier?
Notes

Step 2 – Determine appropriate Fisheries Management Controls

Step 2 outputs – Existing fisheries management controls (FMCs)

	Existing FMC 1	Existing FMC 2	Existing FMC 3
Name of Existing FMC
Who introduced this FMC? Who implements this FMC?
Resources required for implementation
Level of compliance
Community Attitude towards FMC
Is the FMC effective in meeting management objectives?
Other implementation pro/cons
Notes

Step 2 outputs – Potential new fisheries management controls (FMCs)

Question	New FMC 1	New FMC 2	New FMC 3
Name of potential new FMC
Possible Implications (positive or negative)

Step 3 – Select performance indicators, reference points, and assessment methods

Step 3 outputs Note: We generally recommend using 3 performance indicators, from 3 independent data sources if possible.

	PI 1	PI 2	PI 3
Performance Indicator Name
Data source
Target Reference Point (TRP)
Limit Reference Point (LRP)
Notes

Step 4 – Define Harvest Control Rules Step 4 outputs

Scenario	PI 1 Stoplight	PI 2 Stoplight	PI 3 Stoplight	Interpretation	Management Response
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Step 5 - Perform assessment methods Step 5 outputs

	PI 1	PI 2	PI 3
PI Name
PI Value
Notes

Step 6 – Interpret assessment results Step 6 outputs

	PI 1	PI 2	PI 3
PI Name
PI Value
TRP Value
LRP Value
Stoplight Result

Step 7 - Adjust fisheries management controls using defined harvest control rules Step 7 outputs

	Response
Selected management response
Notes