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| Marine Resource Fact Sheet |
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| Common pandora - Malta Island and South of Sicily |
 | Pagellus erythrinus - Malta Island and South of Sicily |
| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) , is part of GFCM Stock Status Reports data collection. |
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| Related observations | Locate in inventory | | | | Species: | | FAO Names: en - Common pandora, fr - Pageot commun, es - Breca |
Fishery IndicatorsProduction: Catch |
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| 15 | Malta Island |
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| 16 | South of Sicily |
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| Main Descriptors | Considered a single stock: No Spatial Scale: Sub-Regional
Reference year: 2011 |
| Considered a single stock: A group of individuals in a species occupying a well defined spatial range independent of other stocks of the same species. It can be affected by random dispersal movements and directed migrations due to seasonal or reproductive activity. |
| Spatial Scale: Spatial scale contains a standard term such as Global, Regional (e.g. for the whole Atlantic), sub-regional (e.g. for a part of the Atlantic), national, local (for sub-national levels). |
| 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. |
| | | | | | Biological State and Trend As a consequence F needs consistent reduction from the current F towards the candidate limit reference point for long term sustainability based on F0.1. (Fcurr/F0.1=2.4). Habitat and Biology Climatic zone: Temperate. Depth zone: Shelf (50 m - 200 m); Slope (200 m - 1000 m). Horizontal distribution: Neritic. Vertical distribution: Demersal/Benthic. Geographical Distribution Jurisdictional distribution: Shared between nations Water Area Overview Spatial Scale: Sub-Regional Geo References  | | Geographic extent of Common pandora - Malta Island and South of Sicily
| GFCM geographical sub-areas | 15: Malta Island | | 16: South of Sicily |
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| FAO Fishing Statistical Division Areas | 37.2.2: Ionian |
| | | | | | Intersecting Major FAO areas and LME areas |
The following area codes have been found as intersecting the distribution of Common pandora - Malta Island and South of Sicily Resource Structure Considered a single stock: No Exploitation Fishery Indicators | Type | Measure | Value | Unit | Time period |
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| Production | Catch | 10101.75 | tonnes | 2006 | | Catch | 10124.2 | tonnes | 2007 | | Catch | 4916.47 | tonnes | 2008 | | Catch | 3165.98 | tonnes | 2009 | | Catch | 4327.61 | tonnes | 2010 | | Catch | 2145.15 | tonnes | 2011 |
Assessment Assessment Model Type: Size-structured Assessment Model Type: Age-structured Overall Assessment Results The VIT analysis (software based on LCA and Y/R analysis adapted to Mediterranean fisheries) showed an anomaly in 2009. The origin of this anomaly should be explained, and also why this anomaly has not been observed when running the XSA analysis. In addition, the XSA analysis was applied on 6 years data while the maximum age was 7 years, which does not allow the analysis to cover a complete cohort. At least 7 years should be needed to an adequate XSA run. The VIT analysis has been applied on single years, while the GFCM recommendations specify that years should be lumped together when using this approach. This remark was also addressed at the end of the sessions and a general recommendation is done in the last section of this report. The sensitivity of the results to the use of yearly or lumped data should be tested. Scientific Advice Based on the results of the XSA performed, a reduction of about ~60% of the fishing mortality is needed to reach the technical target reference point F0.1; at present both SSB and recruitment show clear decreasing trends. A progressive reduction of current F through consistent effort reduction and an improvement in current exploitation patterns are recommended. In this context a multiannual management plan to be implemented at GSA 15 and 16 taking into account the effects of the different gears targeting different life stages of common pandora (P. erythrinus) is advisable. Source of information FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean/Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée. 2014. Report of the fifteenth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee. Rome, 8-11 April 2013/Rapport de la quinzième session du Comité scientifique consultatif. Rome, 8-11 avril 2013.FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture. No. 1042. Rome. 228 pp.  http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3503b.pdfReport of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Demersal Species (WGSADS). FAO-GFCM Split, Croatia, 5-9 November 2012. http://www.fao.org/3/a-ax859e.pdf |
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