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Qualitative network model outputs and code: HIMI Patagonian toothfish fishery, stock and ecosystem responses to change

University of Tasmania, Australia
Ward, Delphi ; Hill, Nicole ; Corney, Stuart ; Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica ; Welsford, Dirk ; Arangio, Rhys ; McNeill, Malcolm ; Wotherspoon, Simon ; Ziegler, Philippe
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This dataset is the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania (UTAS) through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS).

Cite data as: Ward, D., Hill, N., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Welsford, D., Arangio, R., McNeill, M., Wotherspoon, S., Ziegler, P., & Corney, S. (2025). Qualitative network model outputs and code: HIMI Patagonian toothfish fishery, stock and ecosystem responses to change [Data set]. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. https://doi.org/10.25959/NAMR-VS98

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This dataset contains the supplementary data and code accompanying the publication: Ward, D., Hill, N., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Welsford, D., Arangio, R., McNeill, M., Wotherspoon, S., Ziegler, P., Corney, S. (2025) Exploring mechanisms of change in a Southern Ocean fishery with a co-produced network model, ICES Journal of Marine Science.

The study aimed to elucidate likely responses of the system to change, and mechanisms by which environmental, ecological or fishery behavioural changes could affect catch rates and toothfish stocks in the Heard and McDonald Islands (HIMI) fishing area.

In the study, we co-developed a set of 128 qualitative network models of the Heard and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian toothfish fishery–stock–ecosystem interactions system with knowledge holders from industry and science. These different model versions capture different possible configurations of interactions for which the sign of the effects (positive or negative) are unknown. For each model versions, we simulated 10,000 quantitative instances of the qualitative model. We analysed these model outputs to understand 1) mean qualitative responses of system components (nodes) in 8 test scenarios (press increases in environmental, fishery, or ecosystem nodes); 2) how ‘unknown’ effect signs affected qualitative responses of key nodes to change; and 3) relationships between responses and the strength of effects originating from nodes being perturbed. Please refer to Ward et al. (2025) for more detailed description of the methodology and findings, and the README file for description of data and code contained in this repository.

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Statement: Qualitative network models (QNMs) were co-developed through an iterative process of transdisciplinary knowledge co-production, testing and refinement. The models were created in the Dia software package, read into R, and simulated using the R package QPress.

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Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) grant FRDC2018-133. Australian Antarctic Division.

Issued: 28 05 2025

Data time period: 2017-03-01 to 2021-05-31

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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS | Dissostichus eleginoides | EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES | FISHERIES | Global / Oceans | Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean | MARINE ECOSYSTEMS | MODELS | Marine Planning Regions (Australia) | Marine Planning Regions (Australia) | Kerguelen | Offshore Islands (Australia) | Offshore Islands (Australia) | Heard & McDonald Islands | Patagonian toothfish | QPress | biota | fisheries-ecosystem interactions | oceans | participatory modelling | qualitative network modelling | sustainable fisheries |

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(README - description of data package [PDF])

url : https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/b2e76be3-da91-498d-af02-13ac8a5a8b60/_README_Ward_etal_2025.pdf

(DATA ACCESS - Full download package [2.6 GB .zip])

url : https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/b2e76be3-da91-498d-af02-13ac8a5a8b60/Ward_et_al_2025_ICES-JMS_SuppMat_code_data_FULL.zip

Note: excludes dia models (/all_128_models/) - not needed to run model. Also excludes savedsims4.Rdata (/All_simulations_combined/) called for in script #4 (large filesize). For the complete data package, see link #1. (DATA ACCESS - smaller data package excluding large elements)

url : https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/b2e76be3-da91-498d-af02-13ac8a5a8b60/Ward_et_al_2025_ICES-JMS_SuppMat_code_data_SELECT.zip

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Ward, D., Hill, N., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Welsford, D., Arangio, R., McNeill, M., Wotherspoon, S., Ziegler, P., Corney, S., Exploring mechanisms of change in a Southern Ocean fishery with a co-produced network model, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 82, Issue 7, July 2025, fsaf095. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsaf095 (Associated publication)

doi : https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf095

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ACN 633 798 857