|
| Fact Sheet Title Fact Sheet |
| |
| Spanner crab - Seychelles (Mahe plateau) |
| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , is part of SWIOFC Stock Status Reports data collection. |
|
| ident Block | ident Block | | | | Species List: | | Species Ref: en - Spanner crab |
|
|
| ident Block Spanner crab - Seychelles (Mahe plateau)
Map tips
- Click on
 to turn layers on and off
- Double-click to zoom in
- Drag to pan
- Hold down the shift key and drag to zoom to a particular region
| fao Sub Area |
|---|
| 51.5 | Indian Ocean, West / 51.5 |
|---|
|
|
|
|
|
| Aq Res | Biological Stock: Yes
Value: Local
Reference year: 2009 |
| 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: National Water Area Overview  | | Water Area Overview Spanner crab - Seychelles (Mahe plateau)
| fao Sub Area | 51.5: Indian Ocean, West / 51.5 |
| | | | | | Water Area Overview
| Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ) | SYC: Seychelles |
| | | | | | Water Area Overview |
Water Area OverviewSpanner crab - Seychelles (Mahe plateau) Aq Res Struct Biological Stock: Yes Bio Assess Uncertainty: High Assess Empirical Approach Type: Expert judgement Catch trends with existing reference points Catches (2008): 3.6t, Catches (2009): 0.00t, % change from preceding year: - 100 %. Catches far lower than MSY (381 t for the Mahe Plateau; Boullé 1995) and effort declining Sources Report of the FOURTH SESSION OF THE SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN FISHERIES COMMISSION. Mombasa, Kenya, 23–25 September 2009. Rapport de la QUATRIÈME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION DES PÊCHES POUR LE SUD-OUEST DE L’OCÉAN INDIEN. Mombasa, Kenya, 23-25 septembre 2009.  http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1396b/i1396b00.pdf |
|
| |
|
