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Southwest Indian Ocean Pelagic longline oilfish fishery - SIOFA waters
Fishery  Fact Sheet
Fishery report 2023
Southwest Indian Ocean Pelagic longline oilfish fishery - SIOFA waters
Fact Sheet Citation  
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Location of Southwest Indian Ocean Pelagic longline oilfish fishery - SIOFA waters
 

Geographic reference:  Southwest Indian Ocean
Spatial Scale: Regional
Reference year: 2021
Approach: Fishing Activity

Fishing Activity
Fishing Gear: Drifting longlines
Type of production system: Industrial
Fishery Area: SIOFA subarea 1 and 3b; ;

Seasonality: Austral summer …

Harvested Resource
Target Species: Escolar; Oilfish

Means of Production
Vessel Type:
Fishery Indicators
Nominal Effort: Number of vessels
Production: Catch

Fishing Activity
Type of production system: Industrial   

Fishery Area
Climatic zone: Temperate.   Depth zone: Slope (200 m - 1000 m).   Horizontal distribution: Oceanic.   Vertical distribution: Pelagic.  

Pelagic fishery in Subareas 1 and 3b

Geo References for: SIOFA subarea 1 and 3b
Associated Species (Bycatch)
Tuna, Sharks
Vessel Type

Catch Handling and Processing Equipment
Freezer
Flag State
Taiwan Province of China
Fishing Gear
Drifting longlines
Seasonality
Austral summer (December-February) and winter (June-July)

Environmental limitations

Seasonal weather conditions
List of fishery Indicators
Fishery Indicators
TypeMeasureValueUnitTime period
Nominal EffortNumber of vessels 40vessels2015-2021
ProductionCatch 2 714tonnes2021
Catch 6 833.3tonnes2020
Catch 4 437.4tonnes2019
Catch 6 713.3tonnes2018
Catch 8 024.5tonnes2017
Catch 7 901.1tonnes2016
Catch 3 329.2tonnes2015
Catch 0.171tonnes2014
Catch 9.3tonnes2013
Post Harvest
 
Fish Utilisation
Gutted, headed and sold frozen
Management
 
Jurisdictional framework
Management Body/Authority(ies): South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Mandate: Management.  
Area of Competence
Maritime Area: High seas.  
Source of Information
 
SIOFA Secretariat (2023). Overview of SIOFA Fisheries 2023. Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA), 64 pp.  Click to openhttps://siofa.org/sites/default/files/files/SIOFA-Fisheries-Overview-2023_redacted.pdf
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