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- Title
Facilitating an ecosystem approach through open data and information packaging.
- Authors
Duplisea, Daniel E; Roux, Marie-Julie; Plourde, Stéphane; Galbraith, Peter S; Blais, Marjolaine; Benoît, Hugues P; Sainte-Marie, Bernard; Lavoie, Diane; Bourdages, Hugo
- Abstract
Open data that can be easily incorporated into analyses are essential for developing ecosystem approaches to marine ecological management: a common goal in fisheries policy in many countries. Although it is not always clear what constitutes an ecosystem approach, it always involves scientists working with a large variety of data and information, including data from physical and oceanographic sampling, multispecies surveys, and other sources describing human pressures. This can be problematic for analysts because these data, even when available, are often held in disparate datasets that do not necessarily correspond at appropriate temporal and spatial scales. Data can often only be obtained by specific requests to individuals in governmental agencies who are delivering on an increasing number of data requests as interest grows in practical ecosystem approach implementation. This data access model is not sustainable and hinders the momentum for ecosystem approach development. We describe a data bundling R package that makes data and climate projections available at appropriate scales to facilitate development of an ecosystem approach for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. This approach integrates closely with the present workflow of most government analysts, academics in fisheries, and scientists in private industry. The approach conforms with open data initiatives and makes data easily available globally while relieving some of the burden of data provision that can fall to some individuals in government laboratories. The structure and approach are generic, adaptable, and transferable to other regions and jurisdictions.
- Subjects
PERSIAN Gulf; CANADA; FISHERY policy; GOVERNMENT laboratories; PACKAGING; MARINE ecology; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES
- Publication
ICES Journal of Marine Science / Journal du Conseil, 2024, Vol 81, Issue 4, p724
- ISSN
1054-3139
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/icesjms/fsae024