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Southwest Pacific Exploratory Toothfish fishery
Fishery  Fact Sheet
Fishery report 2023
Southwest Pacific Exploratory Toothfish fishery
Fact Sheet Citation  
Owned bySouth Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) – more>>
Fishery life cycleThis fishery started in 2017.

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Overview: The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation is an inter-governmental organisation that is committed to the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources of the South Pacific Ocean and in so doing safeguarding the marine ecosystems in which the resources occur. The SPRFMO Convention applies to the high seas of the South Pacific, covering about a fourth of the Earth's high seas areas. Currently, the main commercial resources fished in the SPRFMO Area are Jack mackerel and jumbo flying squid in the Southeast Pacific and, to a much lesser degree, deep-sea species often associated with seamounts in the Southwest Pacific.

Location of Southwest Pacific Exploratory Toothfish fishery
 

Geographic reference:  Southwest Pacific
Spatial Scale: Regional
Reference year: 2022
Approach: Fishery Management Unit

Jurisdictional framework
Management Body/Authority(ies): South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Mandate: Scientific Advice; Management;
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Area of Competence:
Maritime Area: High seas

Harvested Resource
Target Species: Patagonian toothfish; Antarctic toothfishes nei; Antarctic toothfish …  
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Fishery Area: Southwest Pacific; Pacific, Southwest

Fishery Indicators
Nominal Effort: Number of vessels
Production: Catch

Harvested Resource
Type of production system: Exploratory fishery   

Fishery Area
Climatic zone: Temperate.   Horizontal distribution: Oceanic.   Vertical distribution: Demersal.  

The area that New Zealand has to operate within is defined and named (“L”, “M”, “N”, and “O”).  Details for the area are in paragraph 5 (Table 1) of  CMM14a-2019. These areas are different to the ones in which the same fishery operated in 2016/17. The area that the EU had to operate in was named (“A”, “B”, “C”, “D” and “E”). Details for the area are in paragraph 5 (Table 1) of  CMM14c-2019.

Geo References for: Southwest Pacific
Vessel Type

Demersal long line


Flag State
Spain
New Zealand
Fishing Gear
Set longlines
List of fishery Indicators
Fishery Indicators
TypeMeasureValueUnitTime period
Nominal EffortNumber of vessels 2vessels2016
Number of vessels 1vessels2017
Number of vessels 2vessels2019
Number of vessels 1vessels2020
Number of vessels 2vessels2021
Number of vessels 1vessels2022
ProductionCatch 29tonnes2016
Catch 29tonnes2017
Catch 37tonnes2019
Catch 41tonnes2020
Catch 99tonnes2021
Catch 0tonnes2022
Post Harvest
 
Fish Utilisation
Human consumption
Management
Management unit: Yes

Jurisdictional framework
Mandate: Scientific Advice; Management; Co-ordination; Monitoring.  
Area of Competence
Maritime Area: High seas.  
Management Regime
Exploratory Fishing for Toothfish in the SPRFMO Convention Area 
Management Methods

Conservation and Management Measures with focus on Catch control, Fish size limits, Social measures, Environment protection - Binding

  • Aquatic species-related measures
    CMMs 09, 14a, 14e
  • Gear-related measures
    CMMs 14a, 14e, 17
  • Vessel-related measures
    CMMs 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 15, 19
  • Fishing activity-related measures
    CMMs 02, 14a, 14e, 13, 16
Source of Information
 
SPRFMO. 2023. Report of the eleventh meeting of the Commission, Manta, Ecuador, 13-17 February 2023.  Click to openhttps://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Meetings/01-COMM/11th-Commission-2022-COMM11/COMM11-Report/SPRFMO-COMM11-Report-2023-with-annexes-rev_lop.pdf
SPRFMO. 2023. COMM11–Inf01_rev2, Catch data submitted to the SPRFMO Secretariat. Eleventh meeting of the Commission, Manta, Ecuador, 13-17 February 2023.  Click to openhttps://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Meetings/01-COMM/11th-Commission-2023/information-papers/COMM11-Inf01_rev2-Data-Submitted-to-the-Secretariat-v3.pdf
Summary of fishing activity data to produce fishery catch histories (unpublished; fishery cannot be determined from the annual catch data alone which is reported in COMMXX_Inf01).
Bibliography
 
SPRFMO Annual Commission Meeting Reports  Click to openhttp://www.sprfmo.int/meetings/comm/
SPRFMO Scientific Committee Meeting Reports  Click to openhttp://www.sprfmo.int/meetings/scientific-committee/
All references to figures, tables and bibliography in the text are found within the source of information.
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