Performance Measure

Agency Marine Resources Commission (402) All measures for this agency • Percentage of 8 key migratory species that are not overfished in Virginia each calendar year based on yearly quota targets and landings data [40250501.001.002] • Average number of days required to fully process a shellfish lease application [40251002.001.001] • Average number of inspections (seafood, licenses, safety, etc.) by Marine Police Officers per fiscal year [40250503.001.001] • Average cost per inspection by Marine Police Officers each fiscal year [40250503.001.003] • Tonnage of all material placed on permitted saltwater fishing artificial reef sites per year [40250506.001.001] • Percentage of healthy stocks of 10 selected economically important saltwater species in a calendar year - to include 7 distinct different finfish, clams, oysters and blue crabs [40250507.001.002] • Acres of oyster reef construction, oyster bar reconstruction and maintenance done in a calendar year [40250508.001.001] • Average number of days required to process a joint permit application [40251001.001.001] • Number of citations issued for recorded catch of selected saltwater species as a percentage of saltwater recreational fishing trips taken in a year [40253601.001.002] • Percentage of compliance with State and Federal mandates relative to finance, budgeting, grants management, accounting and other fiscal and business applications [40259900.001.002] • Percentage of annual business operating hours that network file servers are available for agency business applications [40259900.002.001]

Measure Name Percentage of healthy stocks of 10 selected economically important saltwater species in a calendar year - to include 7 distinct different finfish, clams, oysters and blue crabs

Measure Last Modified Aug 23 2018 03:30 Measure Last Published Aug 15 2019 12:28 Measure Status Active Data Source and Calculation A healthy stock is one that is well managed and that has appropriate restrictions on harvest. The health of a stock is based on established science-based criteria known as biological reference points. Stocks are assessed according to whether the maximum fishing mortality threshold is being exceeded. If the fishing mortality rate or "F" is above the target threshold than the species is overfished, and new regulatory/management plans are needed. Each calendar year the interstate compact organization the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission gives the Commonwealth the "F" rate for each of the targeted finfish species from their stock assessment work. The "F" rate for blue crabs is also determined on a yearly basis in the spring by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee for the past year. There is no "F" figure for clams and oysters, but health of the stock is determined by harvest estimates as well as catch per unit effort. This data comes from stock assessment surveys and yearly data from the agency's Mandatory Reporting of commercial harvests system. Agency fisheries managers  track the "F"value indicator and other measures of stock health to determine which of the ten species used as indicators are healthy. The measure is calculated by dividing the number of healthy stocks indicator by 10, and multiplying by 100 to get a percentage. Calendar year values are reported as the performance measure in the following year. Enterprise Priorities and Strategies Enterprise Initiative Enterprise Priority Enterprise Strategy StandIn X Associated Service Areas SA Code SA Name 50507 Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Management StandIn X

Measure ID 40250507.001.002 Measure Class Agency Key Measure Type Outcome Year Type State FY Preferred Trend Stable Frequency Annually Statistical Unit Percentage

Baseline and Targets Target Name Date Result Note Baseline 90 2013 to 2017 five year average Short Target 2020 06/30/2020 90 percentage of healthy stock indexes for key marine species Long Target 2022 06/30/2022 90 percentage of healthy stock indexes for key marine species StandIn X

Measure Results Year Result Explanatory Note 2013 100.00 None of 10 species used in the measuring index were deemed to be unhealthy 2014 100.00 None of 10 species used in the measuring index were deemed to be unhealthy 2015 100.00 None of the 10 species used in the measuring index were deemed to be unhealthy in calendar year 2014, which is reported in 2015. 2016 75.00 Out of a possible 20 independent measures of stock health for the ten species listed four were disregarded because the status was unknown, and there were 12 positive measures out of a possible 16 which calculates to stock health index of 75+(12/16). 2017 73.00 The 2017 “Key 10” performance measure is 73+; out of a possible 20 independent measures of stock health in 2016 for the ten species tracked, 5 were disregarded because the status was unknown, and there were 11 positive measures (thumbs up) out of a possible 15 which then calculates to stock health index of 73+ (11/15). 2018 73.00 The 2018 “Key 10” performance measure is 73+; out of a possible 20 independent measures of stock health in 2017 for the ten species tracked, 5 were disregarded because the status was unknown, and there were 11 positive measures (thumbs up) out of a possible 15 which then calculates to stock health index of 73+(11/15). 2019 66.00 The 2019 “Key 10” performance measure is 66+; out of a possible 20 independent measures of stock health for the ten species tracked, 5 were disregarded because the status was unknown, and there were 10 positive measures (thumbs up) out of a possible 15 which then calculates to stock health index of 66+ (10/15). StandIn X

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