Project Description
SEDAR 103 will provide development and application of alternate assessment methods for Caribbean island-based FMP species. The Development Workshop will be in Miami, Florida and is scheduled for August 17-21, 2026. The Development Workshop will be followed by a series of application webinars from November 2026 through March 2027. There will be a Review Workshop in spring of 2027.
For more information, please contact the SEDAR Coordinator for this project, Emily L. Ott: Emily.Ott@safmc.net
NOTE: SEDAR Working papers document the methods, datasets, and preliminary analyses that are under consideration at the various workshops and therefore do not necessarily represent final consensus opinions of workshop participants. Working paper findings and methods may change following workshop review. Working papers should not be cited without author permission.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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Project Workshops
SEDAR 103 Caribbean Development Workshop
The Data Workshop will be held in Embassy Suites by Hilton Miami Airport located at 3974 NW South River Dr, Miami, FL 33142. The meeting is scheduled for August 17-21, 2026. The meeting will be live streamed.
Workshop Working Papers
- SEDAR103-DW-01: Length-Based Risk Analysis (LBRA) for assessing sustainability of data-limited U.S. Caribbean reef fisheries Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-02: Management strategy evaluation of United States Caribbean yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus): Advancing management advice for United States Caribbean fish stocks Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-03: Fishery-Independent Reef Fish Visual Survey Data in the U.S. Caribbean: Deep Coral Reef Monitoring Program Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-04: Fishery-Independent Reef Fish Visual Survey Data in the U.S. Caribbean: Deep Coral Reef Monitoring Program Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-05: Cooperative Research Program Puerto Rico Life History Project Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-06: Abundance and spatial distribution of queen conch (Aliger gigas) in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-07: Fishery-Independent Monitoring of Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) in U.S. Virgin Islands National Parks Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-08: An Overview of the Stock Assessment Continuum Tool Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-09: Size Composition Data Availability Overview of the HJR Reefscaping and MER Caribbean Spiny Lobster Size Selectivity Surveys in the U.S. Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-10: Size Composition Data Availability Overview of the Marine Recreational Information Program and Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRIP/MRFSS) in the U.S. Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-11: Size Composition Data Availability Overview of Federally Managed Species Surveyed by the Trip Interview Program in the U.S. Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-12: Cumulative Biomass-Trophic Level Curves Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-13: Global Index of Fishing Intensity (FI) Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-14: Use of Landings Data and Production Models (and Global Reef Production Values) as Ecosystem Caps Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-15: Portfolio Analysis Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-16: Trophic Analytical Approaches Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-17: Preliminary Observations of Fishery Stakeholder Priorities in The U.S. Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-18: Puerto Rico Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales’ Recreational Port Sampling Program Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-19: Risk Assessment Framework for Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the U.S. Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-20: US Caribbean Application of Alternate Assessment Methods: An integrated trophic frontier framework for managing U.S. Caribbean fisheries Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-DW-21: U.S. Caribbean Commercial Landings Logbook of Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. John, and St. Croix Opens in a new window
Workshop Reference Documents
- SEDAR 103-RD-01: Evidence of ecosystem overfishing in U.S. large marine ecosystems Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-02: Ecosystem-level reference points: Moving toward ecosystem-based fisheries management Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-03: Primary production ultimately limits fisheries economic performance Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-04: Potential yield and food provisioning gains from rebuilding the world’s coral reef fish stocks Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-05: Sustainable reference points for multispecies coral reef fisheries Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-06: SEDAR 80-WP-02: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Reef fish Visual Census Metadata for the U.S. Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-07: SEDAR 80-WP-08: Fishery-Independent Reef Fish Visual Survey Population Density and Length Composition for Queen Triggerfish in the U.S. Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-08: Development and analyses of stakeholder driven conceptual models to support the implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management in the U.S. Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-09: An extension of the stepwise stochastic simulation approach for estimating distributions of missing life history parameter values for sharks, groupers, and other taxa Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-10: A stepwise stochastic simulation approach to estimate life history parameters for data-poor fisheries Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-11: Princess parrotfish Scarus taeniopterus age, growth, maturity, and transition Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-12: Puzzling parrotfishes: Radiocarbon age validation and updated longevity estimates for western Atlantic species in support of sustainable fisheries management Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-13: Queen Triggerfish Reproductive Biology in U.S. Caribbean Waters Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-14: Queen Triggerfish Balistes vetula Age-Based Population Demographics and Reproductive Biology for Waters of the North Caribbean Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-15: Addressing life history information gaps for Caribbean parrotfishes: queen parrotfish Scarus vetula and stoplight parrotfish Sparisoma viride Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-16: Final Report: Assessment of maturity in commercially and recreationally important reef fishes from the U.S. Virgin Islands Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-17: SEDAR 84-DW-08: U.S. Caribbean Yellowtail Snapper Population Demographics, Growth, and Reproductive Biology: Addressing Critical Life History Gaps Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-18: Queen triggerfish Balistes vetula: Validation of otolith-based age, growth, longevity estimates via application of bomb radiocarbon Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-19: Illuminating otoliths: New insights for life history of Balistes triggerfishes Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-20: Evolution of the Tortugas Gyre and its Influence on Recruitment in the Florida Keys Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-21: Breaking internal waves on a Florida (USA) coral reef: a plankton pump at work? Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-22: Influence of Florida Current, gyres and wind-driven circulation on transport of larvae and recruitment in the Florida Keys coral reefs Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103-RD-23: Management strategy of United States Caribbean yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) advancing management advice for United States Caribbean fish stocks Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-RD-24: Using productivity and susceptibility indices to assess the vulnerability of United States fish stocks to overfishing Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-RD-25: SSME: An R package for Management Strategy Evaluation with Stock Synthesis Operating Models Opens in a new window
- SEDAR103-RD-26: SEDAR68-DW-13: Marine Recreational Information Program Metadata for the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean regions Opens in a new window
Development Workshop Presentations
SEDAR 103 Caribbean Assessment Process
Process Working Papers
Process Reference Documents
SEDAR 103 Caribbean Review Workshop
Workshop Presentations
Project Supplemental
- SEDAR 103 Document List 6 August 2026 Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103 Process Workflow Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103 US Caribbean Application of Alternate Assessment Methods Project Schedule Opens in a new window
- SEDAR 103 US Caribbean Application of Alternate Assessment Methods Terms of Reference Opens in a new window