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

  • Habitat productivity, connectivity, habitat loss, invasive species, major structural changes or changes to the upstream watershed

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​INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

  • 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?

  • Specific questions by habitat type...

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

  • Check with the management authority or scientific body for existing assessments

Habitat loss & degradation is severe.

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