Dataset: OysterFutures simulation model

Name: OysterFutures simulation model code, input files, and model description
Published: 2022-06-07
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.875301.1

Project:

Coastal SEES Collaborative Research: Oyster fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay: Integrating stakeholder objectives with natural system models to promote sustainable policy (Chesapeake Bay Oyster Fisheries)

Principal Investigator:

Michael Wilberg (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, UMCES/CBL)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2022-06-07

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

OysterFutures simulation model code, input files, and model description

Abstract:

This dataset contains the OysterFutures simulation model code, input files, and model description. This model was collaboratively developed with OysterFutures stakeholders to simulate outcomes of potential management and restoration options for oysters in the Choptank River complex in Maryland, U.S.A.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2022-06-07	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.875301.1	2023-03-22

Description

The open-source OysterFutures simulation model was developed to forecast effects of potential management options for oysters in the Choptank and Little Choptank Rivers in Maryland, USA. The model was collaboratively developed with the OysterFutures stakeholder workgroup. The model is written in AD Model Builder (https://www.admb‐project.org/), and the model files are oyster_sim_model2.tpl (the model code), and two data files, oyster_sim_model2.dat and options.dat.

The operating model describes the population and fishery dynamics. The model tracks age classes 0‐14+ (plus group is an aggregate age class for age 5 and older), and has length classes 10 mm‐180 mm+ (the plus group is individuals that size and larger) with a 5 mm bin width. The model operates for 26 years, with two 6‐month time steps annual, with the initial values set in year 0 at the most recent estimates of abundance. For detailed information about the model, see the attached Supplemental File, "OysterFutures_Model_Description_2-28-2022.pdf".

Data Files

File
options.dat (Octet Stream, 715.44 KB) MD5:7e178e627970f58ad2239ecbe4cbb111 File associated with dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/875301, "OysterFutures simulation model". The model included a number of potential management options that could be set up in the options.dat file including sanctuaries, shell/substrate addition, spat on shell addition, rotational harvest, and enforcement/compliance.
oyster_sim_model2.dat (Octet Stream, 9.88 MB) MD5:16c1a3d79cb66e6ab33e21a31597e549 File associated with dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/875301, "OysterFutures simulation model". oyster_sim_model2.dat is the input data file.
oyster_sim_model2.tpl (Octet Stream, 110.28 KB) MD5:3fa690319758b113c8a0e30eb5fb9f94 File associated with dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/875301, "OysterFutures simulation model". oyster_sim_model2.tpl is the model code.

Supplemental Files

File
OysterFutures_Model_Description_2-28-2022.pdf (Portable Document Format (.pdf), 291.03 KB) MD5:81e4d9e1401d1a0e003a0ba0ee88a8f0 File associated with dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/875301, "OysterFutures simulation model". This file contains detailed documentation describing the OysterFutures simulation model.