Ocean Health Index (OHI) Gulf of California

The project will leverage the process and framework of the Ocean Health Index (OHI) to establish a multi-stakeholder platform that tailors an assessment to the Gulf of California. Working in close partnership with individuals and groups within Mexico, we will elicit expert judgement from scientists, managers and stakeholder/rightsholder groups on: the goals for ocean health for the Gulf, the key data and indicators available to measure those goals, and the targets and importance of each goal. The process will be structured around sustained engagement of a core expert group that helps connect to larger communities and guide input to a core analytical team based at NCEAS, and ‘satellite’ groups that help dive deeper into each goal for ocean health, engaging a diversity of communities and stakeholders beyond the core expert group. A broad timeline of activities is outlined in the table below.