Populating the ecosystem service value chain for the provisioning service of WILD CAUGHT FISH biomass to commercial fisher end users (CAPOM and KCB)

The Sustainable usE And Benefits fOR mariNE (SEABORNE) project is one of three human dimensions projects funded by RIMReP following a 2020 assessment of monitoring priorities and gaps (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 2021) . The objective of the SEABORNE project is to improve understanding about who is using the Great Barrier Reef (GBR; the Reef), how the Reef is being used and the benefits enjoyed from this use, focussing on existing data. Improved access to this information will assist management decision-making and enable the evaluation of progress made towards the following ‘human dimension’ objective from the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan (Australian Government 2021): Reef benefits are sustained and maintained within the ecologically sustainable limits of the whole system as it changes for Reef dependent users and industries: recreational and tourism visitors; recreational and commercial fisheries; and research (uses). Focussing on the Cairns Area Plan of Management (CAPOM) and the Keppels Capricorn Bunkers (KCB) spatial areas, the SEABORNE project established and tested a proof of concept to organise existing data and quantify benefits derived from GBR ecosystem services by end users. Hereafter, this is referred to as an Ecosystem Service Value Chain (ESVC). End users included households, Reef-dependent businesses, Traditional Owners, and Governments. Through an ESVC lens, the project team looked at existing data to determine which data linked together to give a full account of value of an ecosystem service to an end user and which data provides additional information. This is a form of benefit transfer. Throughout the course of the SEABORNE project, ESVCs were developed and populated with existing data for: • Provisioning service of fish & other biomass (wild caught and farmed) to commercial service users. • Cultural service of recreation and leisure (recreational & non-recreational fishing) to households. • Cultural service of education and research to Government. This report This report is one in a series of reports which have been developed to describe the existing data that populated the relevant ESVC. This report describes the fish biomass provisioning service to commercial fishers as end users ESVC. This report accompanies and provides the methods for two spreadsheets which are located on the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP) (https://doi.org/10.25919/30n4-1f73) • ESVC_all data_Provisioning_Wild_fish _biomass_WT and CY as CAPOM_Fitzroy as KCB • ESVC_additional_data_provisioning_Wildfish_biomass_CAPOM_and_KCB