CONDITIONS SCORECARD
Critical Habitat Health
Methods
Data Req.
Rate your response to the following question, and your level of certainty, using the indicators below and the methods to the left.
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QUESTION
How abundant and healthy are critical habitats that the fishery species depend on, relative to a historic baseline?
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INDICATORS
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Habitat productivity, connectivity, habitat loss, invasive species, major structural changes or changes to the upstream watershed
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​INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
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Is this a productive area? Do the main habitat/ structure forming species (i.e. mangroves, reefs, etc.) go from seedling/ spore/ baby to fully grown within: 1 year, 1-5 years, 5 to 10 years, more than 10 years?
RESPONSE
CERTAINTY
Key habitats are healthy and abundant.
Evidence of loss and/or degradation of key habitats such that ecological function, especially supporting stock productivity, is compromised but not lost.
High
Medium
Low
CARE
SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS
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Check with the management authority or scientific body for existing assessments
Habitat loss & degradation is severe.