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Axillary seabream - Morocco
Marine Resource  Fact Sheet
CECAF Scientific advice 2016
Axillary seabream - Morocco
Fact Sheet Citation  
Bésugue ou pageot acarné (Pagellus acarne) - Maroc
Owned byFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) – More
Monitoring periodPreviously monitored as: Axillary seabream - Northern Areas of the Eastern Central Atlantic
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Species:
FAO Names: en - Axillary seabream, fr - Pageot acarne, es - Aligote, ar - فردي مرجان أبيض, zh - 腋斑小鲷

Fishery Indicators
Production: Catch
Geographic extent of Axillary seabream - Morocco
Main Descriptors
Considered a single stock: Yes        Spatial Scale: National
Management unit: Yes        Reference year: 2012
 
 
Biological State and Trend
State & Trend Descriptors
PartnerFIRMS
Exploitation rateFcur/F0.1 = 7% ; Fcur/FMSY = 6%Not applicable
Abundance levelBcur/B0.1 = 68% ; Bcur/BMSY = 75%Not applicable
FAO Categories
Exploitation stateOverexploited

Fcur/F0.1: Ratio between the observed fishing mortality coefficient during the last year of the series and F0.1.
Fcur/FMSY: Ratio between the observed fishing mortality coefficient during the last year of the series and the coefficient that would give a maximum sustainable yield over the long term.
Bcur/B0.1: Ratio between the estimated biomass for the last year and the biomass corresponding to F0.1.
Bcur/BMSY: Ratio between the estimated biomass for the last year and the biomass corresponding to FMSY.
Unless otherwise indicated, the indicators were based on the Schaefer dynamic production stock assessment model.
Habitat and Biology
Climatic zone: Temperate.   Bottom type: Hard bottom; Soft bottom clean sand.   Depth zone: Coastal (0 m - 50 m); Shelf (50 m - 200 m); Slope - Upperslope (200 m - 500 m).   Vertical distribution: Demersal.  

Geographical Distribution
Jurisdictional distribution: National

Water Area Overview
Spatial Scale: National

Geo References
Resource Structure
Considered a single stock: Yes


The population of the axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne) is considered to be a single stock.
Exploitation
 
Fishery Indicators
TypeMeasureValueUnitTime period
ProductionCatch 1721tonnes1990
Catch 2377tonnes1991
Catch 2600tonnes1992
Catch 2327tonnes1993
Catch 2829tonnes1994
Catch 1491tonnes1995
Catch 3292tonnes1996
Catch 4096tonnes1997
Catch 5625tonnes1998
Catch 3462tonnes1999
Catch 4819tonnes2000
Catch 4902tonnes2001
Catch 4519tonnes2002
Catch 2178tonnes2003
Catch 2188tonnes2004
Catch 1896tonnes2005
Catch 1983tonnes2006
Catch 3623tonnes2007
Catch 2667tonnes2008
Catch 4297tonnes2009
Catch 4432tonnes2010
Catch 1750tonnes2011
Catch 569tonnes2012
Assessment
 

Assessment year: 2013
The CECAF Working Groups have adopted the following Biological Reference Points (BRPs):
- Limit Reference points: BMSY and FMSY
- Target Reference Points: B0.1 and F0.1
Stock status is assigned based on current estimates of fishing mortality (Fcur) and biomass (Bcur) relative to these target and limit reference points (Bcur/BMSY, Fcur/FMSY, Bcur/B0.1, Fcur/F0.1). The results from the stock assessment of this stock are found under the “Biological state and trend section”.
Assessment Model
Type:  Biomass-aggregated
Schaefer dynamic production model

The series of total landings for all the fleets (coastal, deep-sea cephalopod vessels, longliners and Moroccan and Spanish artisanal fisheries) of the sea bream (Pagellus acarne) was used by the Working Group. It should be noted that the low catches over the last few years may be due to the extension of the biological rest season in recent years. The Working Group used both the abundance indices (kg/30 min) of the trawl surveys carried out between Bojador and Lagouira and the CPUEs of the national cephalopod trawlers for the model fit.
Scientific Advice

Considering that the besugue is taken as bycatch in several fisheries, it is important to monitor the application of the regulations in force in the different fisheries to ensure a stock recovery.
Management
Management unit: Yes
Source of information
 
FAO. 2016a. Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic, Report of the seventh session of the Scientific Sub-Committee, Tenerife, Spain, 14–16 October 2015 / Comité des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Est Rapport de la septième session du Sous-Comité scientifique. Tenerife, Espagne 14-16 octobre 2015. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report / FAO Rapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture No. 1128. Rome, Italy.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/I5301Bi/i5301bi.pdf
FAO. 2016b. Report of the FAO/CECAF Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Resources – Subgroup North. Fuengirola, Spain, 18–27 November 2013. / Rapport du Groupe de travail FAO/COPACE sur l’évaluation des ressources démersales – Sousgroupe Nord. Fuengirola, Espagne, 18-27 novembre 2013. CECAF/ECAF Series/COPACE/PACE Séries. No. 15/77. Rome, Italy/Italie.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-i5114b.pdf
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