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Alfonsino - Southern Indian Ocean
Fact Sheet Title  Fact Sheet
Stock status report 2023
Alfonsino - Southern Indian Ocean
Fact Sheet Citation  
Owned bySouth Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) – ownership
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Species List:
Species Ref: en - Splendid alfonsino, fr - Béryx long, es - Alfonsino besugo, ar - عُنقُد طويل, zh - 红金眼鲷

Fishery Indicators
Production: Catch
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Aq Res
Biological Stock: No         Value: Regional
Management unit: No        Reference year: 2021
 
 
Aq Res State Trend
Aq Res State Trend
Aq Res State Trend
Aq Res State TrendLow fishing mortality
Aq Res State TrendNot applicable

Stocks estimated to be at about 60% of their preexploitation spawning stock biomass levels, and well above the levels corresponding to MSY.
Habitat Bio
Climatic Zone: Temperate.   Depth Zone: Slope (200 m - 1000 m).   Horizontal Dist: Oceanic.   Vertical Dist: Demersal.   Geo Form: Seamounts.  

Geo Dist
Geo Dist: High Seas Purely

Water Area Overview
Spatial Scale: Regional

Water Area Overview
Aq Res Struct
Biological Stock: No

Exploit
 
Southern Indian Ocean Bottom trawl orange roughy fishery - SIOFA waters
Southern Indian Ocean Midwater trawl alfonsino fishery - SIOFA waters
Fishery Indicators
TypeMeasureValueUnitTime period
ProductionCatch 3 881tonnes2021
Catch 4 613tonnes2020
Catch 4 098tonnes2019
Catch 3 153tonnes2018
Catch 5 248tonnes2017
Catch 4 061tonnes2016
Catch 5 244tonnes2015
Catch 3 556tonnes2014
Catch 5 406tonnes2013
Bio Assess
 

Assessed
Data

Total catch for each fleet, other member countries and non-member countries, with catches starting from 1977; relative abundance indices from the CPUE standardisation excluding the series for S2 (East); and length data for the S1 fleet in 2018.
Assess Models
Type:  Age-Structured Production Model
Assess Model Entry

Models fitted to the CPUE series and single year of commercial catch length distribution information available.
Results

Both West and East stocks are estimated to be at about 60% of their preexploitation spawning stock biomass levels, and well above the levels corresponding to MSY.
Sci Advice

There are uncertainties around the use of CPUE data but, in the absence of other more suitable indices of abundance, the standardised CPUE data was the best information that was currently available.
Management
Management unit: No
Sources
 
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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