This report is a deliverable of work package 4 (WP4 – Ecosystem models and assessment models) of the FP7 MareFrame research project. The aim of the MareFrame project is to identify management strategies which will encompass the ecosystem approach to fisheries management. The generic strategy for the project is to apply a minimum of two ecosystem models on each of eight different case studies across Europe. These eight case studies are: West of Scotland, the Baltic Sea, Iceland, the Strait of Sicily, the North Sea, South western waters, the Chatham Rise (in New Zealand), and the Black Sea (see deliverable 4.1 for the description and parameterisation of the models employed in each case study). In this report we focus on social and economic indicators which can be generated by the first model employed in each case study (see deliverable 4.1 for a full description of what these outputs are for each model). The fit to empirical data is usually case study specific and within case studies fishery specific. In some cases, the fit is good, but this is not always the case. This is probably because the cost functions are too simplistic, but also because the data is not available at the resolution of the region and fishery being considered. Further work is required to determine more effective cost functions and obtain better empirical data.
