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Anchovy - Gulf of Lion
Marine Resource  Fact Sheet
Stock status report 2015
Anchovy - Gulf of Lion
Fact Sheet Citation  
Engraulis encrasicolus - Gulf of Lion
Owned byGeneral Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) – More
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Species:
FAO Names: en - European anchovy, fr - Anchois, es - Boquerón, ru - Анчоус европейский

Fishery Indicators
Production: Catch
Geographic extent of Anchovy - Gulf of Lion
Main Descriptors
Considered a single stock: No        Spatial Scale: Sub-Regional
Management unit: Yes        Reference year: 2014
 
 
Biological State and Trend
State & Trend Descriptors
PartnerFIRMS
Exploitation rateUncertain/Not assessed
Abundance levelLow biomass (B/Bpa = 0.91; B/Blim = 1.83)Low abundance

[The GFCM methodology to provide stock status and management advice is described in the Appendix F of the Sixteenth Session of the Scientific Advisory Committee Report. See the Bibliography section.]
Habitat and Biology
Climatic zone: Temperate.   Horizontal distribution: Neritic.   Vertical distribution: Pelagic.  

Geographical Distribution
Jurisdictional distribution: Shared between nations

Water Area Overview
Spatial Scale: Sub-Regional

Geo References
Resource Structure
Considered a single stock: No


Stock assessment in the GFCM area of application is often conducted by management units, based on GSAs. This method does not ensure that the whole stock is assessed, since stocks may cover several different management units. In some cases, when there is scientific evidence of a stock spreading through different GSAs, as well as information on species from different GSAs, existing information is combined across GSAs. This is then defined as a “joint stock assessment of a shared stock”. The GFCM recommends that when scientific evidence of shared stocks exists, joint stock assessments should be attempted. A number of activities aimed at achieving a better definition of stock boundaries are currently being conducted at the GFCM level. [The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries, 2016]
Exploitation
 
Fishery Indicators
TypeMeasureValueUnitTime period
ProductionCatch 2435tonnes2014
Assessment
 
Assessment Model
Type:  Others
Direct estimate from acoustic
Scientific Advice

Reduce fishing mortality
Management
Management unit: Yes
Source of information
 
FAO. 2016. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Report of the eighteenth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries. Nicosia, Cyprus, 21–23 March 2016. Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée. Rapport de la dix huitième session du Comité scientifique consultatif des pêches. Nicosie, Chypre, 21-23 mars 2016. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture No. 1154. Rome, Italy/Italie.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-i5646b.pdf
Report of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic species (WGSASP). FAO-GFCM Rome, Italy, 23-28 November 2015.
Bibliography
 
FAO. 2016. The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Rome, Italy.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-i5496e.pdf
FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean/Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée. Report of the sixteenth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee. St. Julian’s, Malta, 17–20 March 2014/Rapport de la seizième session du Comité scientifique consultatif. Saint Julien, Malte, Malte, 17-20 mars 2014. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/FAO Rapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture. No. R1102. Rome. 2015. 250 pp.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-i4381b.pdf
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