Appendix B: Discontinued or Changed Performance
Outcomes/Objectives and Measures

Enhance the conservation and management of coastal and marine resources to meet America's economic, social, and environmental needs (NOAA)

Performance Objective: Protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal and ocean resource through an ecosystem approach to management (NOAA)
Corresponding Measures	Number of overfished major stocks of fish Number of major stocks with an “unknown” stock status Number of stocks of protected species with adequate population assessments
Change	Measures deleted
Justification	NOAA determined that the first of these measures was too narrow to adequately reflect its work to improve the sustainability of marine fisheries. The second measure had technical problems that made it difficult to report comparable results from year to year. The third measure became a component of the new measure “Percentage of living marine resources (LMR) with adequate population assessments and forecasts.”
Corresponding Measures	Fish stock sustainability index (FSSI) Percentage of living marine resources (LMR) with adequate population assessments and forecasts Percentage of tools, technologies, and information services that are used by NOAA partners/customers to improve ecosystem-based management
Change	New measures
Justification	Measures better reflect the outcomes and activities of NOAA programs.

Performance Objective: Support the Nation’s commerce with information for safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation (NOAA)
Corresponding Measures	Accuracy (%) of forecasts of ceiling and visibility (aviation forecasts) False alarm rate (FAR) (%) of ceiling and visibility (aviation forecasts) Marine wind speed accuracy (%) Marine wave height accuracy (%)
Change	Measures reworded as: Aviation forecast accuracy of ceiling/visibility (1 mi/500 feet to less than 3 mi/1,000 feet)(%) Aviation forecast FAR for ceiling/visibility (1 mi/500 feet to less than 3 mi/1000 ft)(%) Marine wind – percentage of accurate forecasts Wave heights – percentage of accurate forecasts
Justification	Measures are more specific than before.