{"id":13983,"date":"2020-10-23T13:18:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T17:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/?p=13983"},"modified":"2021-07-27T12:47:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:47:54","slug":"subsidyexplorer-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/subsidyexplorer-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"SubsidyExplorer Tool: Design for Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>The SubsidyExplorer Tool<\/h1>\r\n<p>According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), nearly 60% of the world\u2019s fish stocks are being exploited at unsustainable levels, posing a risk for future stock collapses. This would harm food security, marine ecosystems, and fishing economies across the world. Much of these practices are enabled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/projects\/reducing-harmful-fisheries-subsidies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">harmful fisheries subsidies<\/a> that incentivize fisheries to prioritize profits over sustainable measures.<\/p>\r\n<h4>About Fisheries Subsidies<\/h4>\r\n<p>Fisheries subsidies can be beneficial and aimed towards activities like sustainable management, research on fish populations, and helping fishers survive a lean season. However, other fisheries subsidies can be potentially harmful, because they may contribute to the overexploitation of fish stocks. These subsidies, paid to help offset the costs of vessel fuel, upgrades, renovations, and other expenses, enable fleets to fish farther from shore and longer than they otherwise would.<\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pew SubsidyExplorer for fisheries subsidies\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pew-blog-post-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pew SubsidyExplorer for fisheries subsidies\" width=\"900\" height=\"550\" \/> Comparative charting and mapping provide key insights into global and regional fishing subsidy trends.<\/p>\r\n<p>In response to these issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Pew Charitable Trusts<\/a>, with help from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/emlab.msi.ucsb.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Environmental Market Solutions Lab (emLab)<\/a>, developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/emlab-ucsb.shinyapps.io\/SubsidyExplorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">SubsidyExplorer tool<\/a>. This powerful application lets policymakers and leaders simulate legislative goals and feasibility for fishing policy reform. In collaboration with Pew, Blue Raster assisted in the design of the tool\u2019s interface and workflow to create a web application tool that is easier to understand, navigate, and execute.<\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pew SubsidyExplorer Tool\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pew-blog-post-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pew SubsidyExplorer Tool\" width=\"900\" height=\"550\" \/> The Tool gives users concise yet informative information in each of the sections.<\/p>\r\n<h4>About the Tool<\/h4>\r\n<p>The tool allows users to explore subsidy reform scenarios with pre-populated policy proposals or custom-made proposals. Clear and concise queues guide the user through a step-by-step workflow to select factors and parameters for their desired legislative goals and outcomes. Side panels also display workflow progress, remaining steps, and chosen parameters in the workflow. Additionally, the SubsidyExplorer tool generates comparative charting mapping visuals to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of their specified policy reform scenarios, which they can print and share with others.<\/p>\r\n<p>The SubsidyExplorer tool is the latest example of how Blue Raster leverages design to improve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/what-we-do\/web-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">web application<\/a> effectiveness and enhance user experiences. As a result, Pew can provide a powerful tool for policymakers and decisionmakers around the globe to plan, propose, and enact urgent ocean policy issues. Now that\u2019s a big catch!<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In collaboration with The Pew Charitable Trusts, Blue Raster assisted in the design of the SubsidyExplorer tool\u2019s interface and workflow to create a web application tool that is easier to understand, navigate, and execute. SubsidyExplorer is a first-of-its-kind interactive toolkit that allows users to explore potential biological and economic impacts of fisheries subsidy reform scenarios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":14004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[756,3060,3074,799,3061],"tags":[72,3062,3064,3063],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueraster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}