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Anchovy - Northern Adriatic Sea
Marine Resource  Observation Sheet
Stock status report 2014
Anchovy - Northern Adriatic Sea
Fact Sheet Citation  
Engraulis encrasicolus - Northern Adriatic Sea
Owned byGeneral Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) – More
Monitoring periodThis marine resource is reported in FIRMS up to 2014. Subsequently monitored as: Anchovy - Adriatic Sea
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Related observationsLocate in inventorydisplay tree map
 
Species:
FAO Names: en - European anchovy, fr - Anchois, es - Boquerón, ru - Анчоус европейский
Geographic extent of Anchovy - Northern Adriatic Sea
Main Descriptors
Considered a single stock: No        Spatial Scale: Sub-Regional
Reference year: 2013
 
 
Biological State and Trend
State & Trend Descriptors
PartnerFIRMS
Exploitation rateOverexploitation (E/Eunique = 1.3*)Not applicable
Abundance levelOverexploited (Biomass level is low (30th percentile)).Not applicable

Exploitation rate is higher than the Patterson’s reference point (E=0.50). *The ratio E/Eunique refers to the the ratio between the current exploitation rate (E = F/(F+Z)) and the target exploitation rate, which according to the above mentioned framework is set to E = 0.4.
Habitat and Biology
Climatic zone: Temperate.   Depth zone: Coastal (0 m - 50 m); Shelf (50 m - 200 m).   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
Assessment
 
Assessment Model
Type:  Age-structured
State-space stock assessment model (SAM)

SAM tuned by acoustic
Overall Assessment Results

The WGSASP [Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic Species] agreed in the improvements of some parameters in the assessment respect to last year: in particular, the Fbar was set equal to 1-2, the plus group was set at age 4+. The results are consistent with last year estimations from SAM model. Due to unclear historical perspective, reference points cannot be updated. Advice is therefore provided on a precautionary basis (exploitation rate and biomass percentiles). WGSASP recommended a revision of the input-basic data (e.g. age structure) including testing the use of recent biological data (length structure and ALKs) from the eastern area in the older part of the eastern landings time series. 
Scientific Advice

Reduce fishing mortality immediately
Source of information
 
FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean/Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée. 2015. Report of the seventeenth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee. FAO headquarters, Rome, 24-27 March 2015/Rapport de la dix-septième session du Comité scientifique consultatif. Siège de la FAO, Rome, Italie, 24-27 mars 2015. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report / FAO Rapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture No. 1110. Rome, FAO. 300 pp.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-i4617b.pdf
Report of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic species (WGSASP). FAO-GFCM Rome, Italy, 24-27 November 2014.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-ax811e.pdf
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