FIRMS - Fishery Fact Sheet - Southeast Atlantic Longline patagonian toothfish fishery

Southeast Atlantic Longline patagonian toothfish fishery - high seas

Fishery Fact Sheet

Worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high seas 2009

Southeast Atlantic Longline patagonian toothfish fishery - high seas

Longline fishery targeting patagonian toothfish - high seas

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Overview: The fishery for Patagonian toothfish is a bottom longline fishery largely conducted in the southern portion of the SEAFO Area, in Divisions C and D (SEAFO, 2006a).

Location of Southeast Atlantic Longline patagonian toothfish fishery - high seas

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Geographic reference: Southeast Atlantic
Spatial Scale: Regional
Reference year: 2006

Approach: Fishing Activity

Fishing Activity
Fishing Gear: Longlines (nei)
Fishery Area: SEAFO division C.0; SEAFO division C.1; SEAFO division D.0; SEAFO division D.1

Harvested Resource
Target Species: Patagonian toothfish

Means of Production
Vessel Type: Longliners

Fishery Indicators
Nominal Effort: Number of vessels
Production: Catch

Table of Contents

Overview - Fishing Activity - Management - Source of Information

Fishing Activity

Fishery Area

Geo References

Resources Exploited

Patagonian Toothfish - South East Atlantic

Target Species

Dissostichus eleginoides

FAO Names : en - Patagonian toothfish, fr - Légine australe, es - Austromerluza negra, ru - Клыкач патагонский

Vessel Type

Longliners

Flag State

Spain

Japan

Korea, Republic of

Fishing Gear

Longlines (nei)

List of fishery Indicators

Fishery Indicators

Type	Measure	Value	Unit	Time period
Nominal Effort	Number of vessels	2 (JPN; ESP)	vessels	2006

List of fishery Indicators

Fishery Indicators

Type	Measure	Value	Unit	Time period
Production	Catch	799	tonnes	2003-2006

Management

Jurisdictional framework

Management Body/Authority(ies): South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)

Area of Competence: SEAFO area of competence

Maritime Area: High seas.

Source of Information

Bensch, A.; Gianni, M.; Gréboval, D.; Sanders, J.S.; Hjort, A. - Worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high seas. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 522, Rev.1. Rome, FAO. 2009. 145p.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1116e/i1116e00.htm

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