NOAA Fisheries Southeast Equity and Environmental Justice (EEJ) Implementation Plan Action Items and Performance Metrics Objective: Research and Monitoring
ho W SERO: SFD
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I mmediate or Near-Term (Funded) Actions to Identify Underserved Communities and Their Needs, Conduct Collaborative Research, and Assess Impacts of Management Decisions I mmediate or Near-Term (Funded) Actions Analyze factors that hold back underserved persons from entering federally managed fisheries.
etrics M Pilot barriers analysis is conducted for a select fishery or fisheries
xpand demographic data collection and undertake interview E work to better define and thoroughly identify both place-based and non-place based underserved communities in the coastal and island regions of the Southeast; examine historical factors/processes that have led to status as underserved; and establish strategies for improving linkages between such communities, NOAA Fisheries, and the Councils.
Human capital/demographic data obtained
EFSC: S SFD; SSRG EFSC: S SSRG
EFSC: S SSRG
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SERO: SFD
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SERO: SFD
artner with the regional fishery management councils, and with P other federal agencies, to explore new and different tools for identifying and better understanding underserved communities, and for examining vulnerabilities to sources of change among such communities. Use results from this work to inform definitions and principles of equity as these relate to human aspects of marine fisheries and fishery management in the Southeast and elsewhere in the nation. Survey crew members in the South Atlantic and analyze the results of crew surveys in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic to improve understanding of EEJ-relevant aspects of fisheries in each sub-region.
EFSC: S SSRG, EBFM
ork with the regional fishery management councils to involve W underserved communities in participatory research and citizen science designed to integrate LEK/TEK and stakeholder values/preferences into the fishery management process (e.g., through use of the Gulf of Mexico Council’s Fisherman Feedback Tool, South Atlantic Council’s fishery performance reports, and other strategies).
Demographic assessments c ompleted at local/regional levels
Stakeholder analyses completed at regional levels
Presentations of summary results to Councils Technical reports/publications generated to inform fishery management process in Gulf and South Atlantic Evidence of participation of underserved communities in engagement efforts, workshops, and citizen science initiatives
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