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| Fact Sheet Title Fact Sheet |
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| Octopus magnificus - South Africa Eastern |
| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , is part of SWIOFC Stock Status Reports data collection. |
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| ZAF | South Africa |
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| Aq Res | Biological Stock: No
Value: Local
Management unit: Yes
Reference year: 2016
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| Considered a management unit: An aquatic resource or fishery is
declared as [Fishery] Management Unit if it is
effectively the focus for the application of selected
management methods and measures, within the broader
framework of a management system. According to the FAO
Glossary for Responsible Fishing, "a Fishery Management
Unit (FMU) is a fishery or a portion of a fishery
identified in a Fishery Management Plan (FMP) relevant
to the FMP's management objectives." FMU's may be
organised around fisheries biological, geographic,
economic, technical, social or ecological dimensions ,
and the makeup and attribute of a fishery management
unit depends mainly on the FMP's management
objectives. |
| Jurisdictional distribution: Jurisdictional qualifier (e.g.
"shared", "shared - highly migratory") of the aquatic
resource related with its spatial distribution. |
| Environmental group: Classification of the aquatic
resource according to the environmental group (e.g.
pelagic invertebrate, or demersal fish) to which the
species belong. |
| Reference Year: The Reference Year is the last year considered in the stock assessment and/or fishery status. |
| | | | | | Habitat Bio Climatic Zone: Tropical. Vertical Dist: Demersal/Benthic. Geo Dist Geo Dist: Shared between nations Water Area Overview  | | Water Area Overview Octopus magnificus - South Africa Eastern
| Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ) | ZAF: South Africa |
| | | | | | Water Area Overview |
Water Area OverviewOctopus magnificus - South Africa Eastern Aq Res Struct Biological Stock: No Exploit Estimated Catch (Tons / year). Catch trend: Stable. CPUE Trend: Stable. Effort Trend: Stable to decline. It is estimated that more than 75% (by mass) of the total catch of both the Inshore shallow water and Offshore deep water shrimp fisheries is discarded at sea because it has little commercial value. Discards include cephalopods (octopus, squid and cuttle-fish), fish (many species), elasmobranchs (sharks and rays), and lower value crustaceans. Fishery Indicators | Type | Measure | Value | Unit | Time period |
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| Production | Catch | 2 | tonnes | 2016 | | Catch | 5.7 | tonnes | 2015 | | Catch | 2.8 | tonnes | 2014 | | Catch | 3.3 | tonnes | 2013 | | Catch | 6.4 | tonnes | 2012 | | Catch | 6.3 | tonnes | 2011 | | Catch | 10 | tonnes | 2010 |
Bio Assess Uncertainty: Intermediate Assess Empirical Approach Type: Expert Knowledge Prawn Trawl by-catch statistics. Management Management unit: Yes • Management measures: Bycatch in Prawn Trawl fishery. Sources FAO. 2019. Report of the Eighth Session of the Scientific Committee of the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission. Maputo, Mozambique, 12–15 February 2018. Rapport de la huitième session du Comité Scientifique de la Commission des Pêches pour le Sud-Ouest de l’Océan Indien. Maputo, Mozambique, 12–15 février 2018. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture No.1260. Maputo. 120 pp. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.  http://www.fao.org/3/ca4303b/ca4303b.pdf |
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