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Management strategy evaluation

A simulation‐based, analytical framework used to evaluate the performance of multiple candidate management procedures relative to the pre-specified management objectives, or to determine how well an existing strategy performs. An MSE considers the uncertainty arising from stock assessments (e.g., confidence intervals on parameters and quantities of interest) when determining annual catch levels.

The expression is also used to describe the process of implementing this framework to lead to the eventual adoption of a MP.