Figure 6.

How the proposed disease management framework improves the timing of disease detection and extent of impact mitigation. Currently, marine diseases are detected near or after their epidemic peak (a) and there is limited management of the disease outbreak or downstream ecological, economic or social and cultural impact. Diseases could be detected earlier with greater disease surveillance, which increases management opportunities, especially for mitigating downstream impacts (b). Diseases are best managed when surveillance programmes can include data-driven forecasting and predictive modelling, ensuring mitigation starts before the epidemic peak (c) (see also figure 4). (Online version in colour.)