A tool for understanding likely fish passage and harvest management outcomes for alewife on the St. Croix River

The board intends to incorporate recently developed alewife population models into a user friendly, plain language tool depicting the theoretical outcomes of: i) changes in fish passage and ii) commercial harvest to alewife runs in the St. Croix River. The end-product will be a graphic web-based application that can inform future management scenarios by providing a clear communication platform to weigh the theoretical pros and cons of specific options. This project will use outcome assessment informed by the best available science, decisions, and the decision-making process, and will both actively involve and be communicated to both partners and stakeholders. This project is also highlighted in our IWI projects StoryMap here.