7 GULF OF ALASKA POLLOCK

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "7 GULF OF ALASKA POLLOCK"

Transcription

1 7 GULF OF ALASKA POLLOCK 7.1 Introduction For the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) pollock fishery, the Principle 1 and 2 PIs were mapped against the following indicators within the stated reports: FAM PI: Assessment Report (2005) Stock status Reference points Stock rebuilding Retained Bycatch ETP Performance Indicator: Current stock sizes are assessed to be above appropriate limit reference points The harvest control rule is based on appropriate limits to the maximum exploitation rate Provides for rebuilding and recovery, where applicable The harvest strategy can be shown to be precautionary There are assessments of significant by-product. (In the report under P1). - (no criterion directly relating to extent of discards) Assessments are conducted to identify and estimate impacts of the fishery on protected, endangered, threatened or icon The fishery is conducted in a manner, which does not have unacceptable impacts on biological diversity at the genetic, or population level of endangered, threatened or protected Habitats Assessments are conducted to identify & estimate impacts of the fishery on habitats, especially on essential fish habitat (EFH) or critical habitat for protected, endangered, threatened or icon, which are necessary to manage the fishery to minimise identified impacts Ecosystems Research is carried out to allow impacts of the fishery on the biodiversity & structure of invertebrate & vertebrate communities in relevant habitats to be identified, measured, & understood in terms of functional relationships Reassessment Report (2010) Performance Indicator: The stock is at a level which maintains high productivity and has a low probability of recruitment overfishing Limit and target reference points are appropriate for the stock Where the stock is depleted, there is evidence of stock rebuilding The fishery does not pose a risk of serious or irreversible harm to the retained and does not hinder recovery of depleted retained The fishery does not pose a risk of serious or irreversible harm to the bycatch or groups and does not hinder recovery of depleted bycatch or groups The fishery does not pose a risk of serious or irreversible harm to ETP and does not hinder recovery of ETP The fishery does not cause serious or irreversible harm to habitat structure, considered on a regional or bioregional basis, and function The fishery does not cause serious or irreversible harm to the key elements of ecosystem structure and function. SCS undertook the initial assessment (2005) and Moody Marine took over from SR1 completing all of the SRs and the reassessment (2010). 38

2 7.2 Principle 1 Principle 1 - FAM reference (PI) April: Assessment Report May: SR1 May: SR2 May: SR3 June: SR4 Sept: Re-Assessment Report Year Stock Renamed status score Condition COC2 ongoing On-going On-going closed Reference point score Stock rebuilding Condition Renamed COC1 ongoing On target 90 closed n/a Figure 1. Total estimated abundance (numbers in 000,000s) from the age structured assessment model Source: AFSC, 2009 Figure 2. TAC in GoA Source: AFSC,

3 Figure 3. stock biomass trend for GOA Pollock Source: Ianelli et al. (2010) Indicator trend The estimated abundance of the GOA pollock stock (by number) from the age structured assessment model shows an increase since certification in 2005 (AFSC, 2009) (Figure 1 and 3). This increase had followed decreasing abundance in the years before certification. Since certification, the TAC decreased from 90,690t in 2005 to 43,270t in 2009 a reduction of over 50%. AR (2005) suggested that there had been significant enough concern about the status of the GOA pollock stock for the NMFS to recommend lower TACs than previous years. The importance of TACs as an indicator was highlighted by the NMFS, who said that the most important element regulating pollock exploitation is the annual setting of quotas or TACs PI correlation In AR (2005), stock status was scored at 70, which triggered the requirement for a rebuilding strategy to be in place and assessed against the MSC standard. Such a rebuilding strategy was, in turn, scored at 75. The standard set by the reference point PI was met and given a score of 85, therefore there was no need for conditions. The stock did not score over 80, but did score over 60 because, at the time,... the current low level of absolute abundance and its possible wider ecological impacts (especially for predators). However the evaluation team takes note of the possibility that much of the decline in abundance may be due to environmental factors, and that the stock appears in general to have been responsibly managed as far as exploitation rates are concerned. Stock status was rescored to 80 in SR4 (2009) and again to 90 in RAR (2010). The rebuilding strategy was rescored to 90 in RAR (2010) and not required to be assessed/scored in the RAR (2010) because stock status had been scored at 90 and the reference point had been scored at Conditions Conditions were raised against stock status and rebuilding strategy. The first condition, raised against stock status, focused on the need to decipher the variety of opinions and uncertainty surrounding the state of the stock. It required testing of alternative harvest strategies and increased 40

4 reliability of the surveys and certainty of the impacts on recruitment variability and abundance. A condition was set against the rebuilding strategy due to the fact that the stock had been in decline for 15 years, it required evaluation and testing of new harvest strategies. In SR1 (2006), the conditions were renamed as CC1 and CC2 and work towards meeting them was reported as ongoing, which remained the same in SR2 (2007). In SR3 (2008), COC2 was closed out because the CB concluded that the level of testing of the harvest strategy had been extensive and demonstrated that it was precautionary and robust to known sources of uncertainty in data (SR3 2008). The work on CC2 remained on target in 2008 and was closed out in the following SR4 (2009) because of a) the work on CC1 and b) strong evidence that management had applied the control rule under exceptionally adverse environmental conditions which was considered to demonstrate that the management of the fishery was in full compliance with the MSC standards for sustainable use of the target. 7.3 Principle 2 Principle 2 - FAM reference (PI) April: Assessment Report May: SR1 May: SR2 May: SR3 June: SR4 Sept: Re-Assessment Report Year Retained Bycatch n/a ETP Habitats Ecosystems condition 79 condition condition condition COC8 raised COC10 raised COC5 Pt 1 closed Pt 2 on-going Pt 3 on-going Both on-going COC5 Pt 2 on-going Pt 3 on-going 80 Part 1 & 2 closed out with COCs 1-4 On-going 85 closed out COC5 Pt 2 on-going Pt 3 on-going COC6 On target Open COC5 85 closed out Pt 2 outstanding? 85 closed out Condition 1 & 2 raised

5 Figure 4. Bycatch of prohibited for trawls in the GoA during where pollock was the predominant in the catch Source: AFSC,2009 Figure 5. Bycatch of prohibited for trawls in the GoA during where pollock was the predominant in the catch. Source: AFSC, 2009 Figure 6. Historical trends in GOA walleye pollock, Pacific cod, Pacific halibut, arrowtooth flounder, and Steller Sea Lion populations, from stock assessment data. Source: AFSC,

6 Figure 7. Number of adult and juvenile Steller sea lions at rookery & haulout trend sites throughout the range of the western U.S. stock in Alaska Source: Allen & Angliss, Indicator trend Pollock are an important part of the food web in the GOA with the five main sources of mortality by relative importance as follows: arrowtooth flounder Atheresthes stomias, Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis, Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus, SSL, and the pollock trawl fishery. None of the predators rely on pollock for more than 50% of their total consumption (AFSC, 2009). Arrowtooth flounder is not a prohibited and is the most reliant of all of the predators on pollock; it has shown an increase in abundance over time and shows no evidence of decline in size at age (Figure 6). In the same period, halibut have shown a decrease in weight at age and the Steller sea lion have shown a decrease in survival rate (Figure 7). The population trend for the western US stock of the Steller sea lion shows regional variation with causes for the trend remaining uncertain (Allen and Angliss, 2009). The eastern GOA population showed an increase of 35%, whereas the western and central GOA increased between 2004 and 2007 but declined slightly between 2007 and The increase in the eastern GOA was considered to be due to movement of animals from Southeast Alaska (Allen and Angliss, 2009). The incidents of bycatch for herring, bairdi tanner crab and red king crab have almost fallen to zero (Figures 4 and 5). At the time of certification, the incidents of halibut bycatch were almost zero. They then rose to 135 t by 2007 and then decreased slightly to 120 t in 2008 (Figure 5). Despite an increase in number of bycatch in 2006, levels of non-chinook salmon remain approximately the same as at certification (Figure 4). Since certification, the levels of bycatch of chinook salmon have fluctuated but in 2008 bycatch decreased to 10,382 t down from 13,152 t in 2005 (Figure 4). Estimates of seabird and marine mammal bycatch in the fishery are low, with only 1.3 Steller sea lions per annum caught between The seabird rate was at 0 to 0.11 birds/1000 t between (RAR, 2010) PI correlation Retained /Bycatch / In AR (2005) retained was scored at 90, and therefore no conditions were set against it. In RAR (2010), retained scored 90 and bycatch scored 80, meaning again that no conditions were set against these PIs. 43

7 ETP The impacts on ETP were originally assessed as not meeting the MSC standard, with the original two ETP PIs both scoring 79. Conditions were set and work on them was reported as ongoing in SR1 and SR2. In SR3 (2008), part 1 of the relevant conditions was rescored at 80 and work on parts 2 and 3 remained ongoing. These parts were closed out and rescored at 85 in SR4 (2009). RAR (2010) rescored ETP PI at 75 and raised a condition against it. Habitats Habitats was originally scored in AR (2005) at 79 with conditions set against the PI. The conditions were ongoing until they were closed out and rescored in SR4 (2009) at 85. In RAR (2010) the scored was raised further to 90. Ecosystem Ecosystem was originally scored in AR (2005) at 79 with a condition set against the PI. The condition was ongoing until it was closed out and rescored in SR4 (2009) at 85. In RAR (2010) the score was raised further to Conditions In AR (2005) conditions were raised against PIs and not issued with condition numbers, and there were often a few parts to complete before the requirement for the full condition could be closed out. The SRs started to categorise and number the conditions, but they still had a few parts to one condition, these were categorised as parts in the reports and closed off separately, but the full condition would not be rescored until all of the parts had been satisfied. No conditions were raised against bycatch or retained for the duration of the certification period. ETP AR (2005) set a condition against the ETP PI with the objective to assessing impacts of the fishery on SSL by conducting research and experiments. SR1 (2006) determined two conditions to address ETP issues: COC8 (addressing PI 2.3.1) The fishery is conducted in a manner, which does not have unacceptable impacts on biological diversity at the genetic, or population level of endangered, threatened or protected.and COC10 (addressing PI 1.2) Assessments are conducted to identify and estimate impacts of the fishery on protected, endangered, threatened or icon. COC8 was closed out in SR3 (2007) when the CB considered that the impacts on ETPs had been monitored satisfactorily and an industry based solution to reducing bycatch was being implemented. COC10 was closed out in SR4 (2009) because the direct and indirect impacts of the fishery on ETP and icon had been studied and was considered to be below a level that would cause harm to population sizes, including to the SSL. RAR (2010) raised Condition 2 against a) SSL and b) Chinook salmon. In the RAR (2010) the team were unable to conclude that the fishery was not significantly impacting the western population of Steller sea lions. Condition 1 was raised in the RAR specifically against Chinook salmon stocks to determine the level of threat of the fishery to the recovery of the stocks (RAR 2010). Habitats AR (2005) raised a condition against a habitats PI with three parts: 1) determine impact on SSLCH, 2) review gear loss and 3) discards affects on seabirds. In SR1 (2006) part 1 was closed as the CB considered it had been satisfactorily met. Part 3 was closed out in SR4 (2009) with the completion of the work of Zador et al. (2008) and Zador and Fritzgerald (2008), which increased research on the extent of seabird bycatch; the low, seasonal overlap between short-tailed albatross and the pollock trawl fishery; and measures to mitigate fishery effects on seabirds. Part 2 gear loss was not specifically ever closed out in the SRs. In the RAR (2010) gear loss from the pollock fishery was not 44

8 considered a problem because although damage to nets occurs, whole nets are never lost and analysis of recovered net fragments identified them to be of non-us origin. Ecosystem AR (2005) identified that deficiencies in this PI needed the following condition to be completed before the condition had been met: SSL-predator, pollock-prey relationships, quantities and distribution to be described and initiated with consequences to management identified. This condition was titled COC6 in SR1 (2006) evaluate the extent to which a body of knowledge exists to permit the impacts of the fishery to be identified, and discriminated from impacts due to other factors such as natural variations in environmental conditions. This involves both a research plan and an implementation strategy. In this condition the following tasks were outlined: 1a) assess the relationships between SSL foraging behaviour and pollock-as-prey abundance at the regional scale (related to pollock stock size and geographical distribution); and 1b) the relationships between SSL foraging behaviour and pollock-as-prey abundance at the local scale related to putative fish school disruption caused by trawling in localized areas. The second task: to assess recent research concerning alternative hypotheses about the cause of the decline of the western stock of SSL s. COC6 was closed out in SR4 (2009) due to the continuing and extensive efforts to understand the effect of the pollock fishery on Steller sea lions, and in reference to the original 80 Scoring Guideposts which require a continuing research programme to be in place, the surveillance team is of the opinion that the condition has been reasonably met. 7.4 References Alaskan Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) (2009) GoA Pollock stock assessment. Available from: (Accessed 04/11/2010). MSC (2009) Net Benefits report. Available from: (Accessed 08/10/2010). Ianelli JN, Barbeaux S, Honkalehto T, Kotwicki S, Aydin K, et al. (2010) Assessment of the walleye pollock stock in the Eastern Bering Sea. Available: Accessed 5 July NMFS (2010) Fishwatch: Pollock. Available from: (Accessed 08/10/2010). The following documents from the MSC website were used as reference material in this case study: Assessment Report (AR) (2005) SR1 (2006) SR2 (2007) SR3 (2008) SR4 (2009) Re- Assessment Report (2010) 1/GOA_final_certification_report_V3_ pdf 1/GoA_Surveillance_Report_No1_2006.pdf 1/GoA_Surveillance_Report_No2_2007.pdf Pollock-Fishery-Surveillance-Report pdf 1/ %20GoA%20Pollock%20Fishery%204th%20Annual%20Surveillance%20Report.pdf 1/GOA-Pollock-Public-Certification-Report.pdf 45

Interactions in a multispecies age-structured assessment model for the Gulf of Alaska

Interactions in a multispecies age-structured assessment model for the Gulf of Alaska Interactions in a multispecies age-structured assessment model for the Gulf of Alaska Kray F. Van Kirk SFOS UAF Juneau, Alaska Terrance J. Quinn II SFOS UAF Juneau, Alaska Jeremy S. Collie GSO URI Narragansett,

More information

Ecosystem-based Science for Management of Alaskan Fisheries. Patricia A. Livingston NOAA-Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center Seattle, WA, USA

Ecosystem-based Science for Management of Alaskan Fisheries. Patricia A. Livingston NOAA-Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center Seattle, WA, USA Ecosystem-based Science for Management of Alaskan Fisheries Patricia A. Livingston NOAA-Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center Seattle, WA, USA Overview Background on ecosystem research and ecosystem

More information

Exhibit 3. Fishery Clients: Vityaz-Avto and Delta Budget: $735,000

Exhibit 3. Fishery Clients: Vityaz-Avto and Delta Budget: $735,000 Exhibit 3. Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Work Plan for Western Kamchatka Fisheries harvesting the following salmon stocks: Ozernaya coho, Koshegochek coho and sockeye, Golygina coho and sockeye, Opala

More information

Data Sources and Their Uses for Pollock Catcher Vessels November 14,

Data Sources and Their Uses for Pollock Catcher Vessels November 14, Data Sources and Their Uses for Pollock Catcher Vessels November 14, 2018 1 This document describes the different data sources collected from pollock catcher vessels in the Bering Sea (BS) and Gulf of

More information

Certification Determination. Louisiana Blue Crab Commercial Fishery

Certification Determination. Louisiana Blue Crab Commercial Fishery 15 th November 2016 Certification Determination For The Louisiana Blue Crab Commercial Fishery Following a meeting of a Global Trust Certification Committee on 20 th October 2016, a positive determination

More information

Fishery management responses to climate change in the North Pacific

Fishery management responses to climate change in the North Pacific Fishery management responses to climate change in the North Pacific Diana Stram and Chris Oliver North Pacific Fishery Management Council Anchorage, AK Effects of Climate Change on the World s s Oceans

More information

STOCK ASSESSMENT AND FISHERY EVALUATION REPORT FOR THE GROUNDFISH FISHERIES OF THE GULF OF ALASKA AND BERING SEA/ALEUTIAN ISLAND AREA:

STOCK ASSESSMENT AND FISHERY EVALUATION REPORT FOR THE GROUNDFISH FISHERIES OF THE GULF OF ALASKA AND BERING SEA/ALEUTIAN ISLAND AREA: STOCK ASSESSMENT AND FISHERY EVALUATION REPORT FOR THE GROUNDFISH FISHERIES OF THE GULF OF ALASKA AND BERING SEA/ALEUTIAN ISLAND AREA: ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE GROUNDFISH FISHERIES OFF ALASKA, 1998 by Terry

More information

NORTH PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL AGENCY REPORT

NORTH PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL AGENCY REPORT NORTH PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL AGENCY REPORT A. OVERVIEW Many of the North Pacific Council=s actions in 2001 were related to developing supplemental environmental impact assessments (SEIS). A

More information

Haddock, Iceland, ICES Va, Danish Seine

Haddock, Iceland, ICES Va, Danish Seine Haddock, Iceland, ICES Va, Danish Seine Haddock, Iceland, ICES Va, Danish Seine Content last updated 2nd Aug 2017 Stock: Haddock in the Iceland grounds (ICES Division Va) Management: Iceland Overview Haddock

More information

Wild flatfish (Alaska Sole and Flounder), living in the clear remote waters of Alaska, are managed to provide a sustainable food source while

Wild flatfish (Alaska Sole and Flounder), living in the clear remote waters of Alaska, are managed to provide a sustainable food source while Wild flatfish (Alaska Sole and Flounder), living in the clear remote waters of Alaska, are managed to provide a sustainable food source while protecting against habitat damage. Flatfish fishermen are dedicated

More information

Andrew A. Rosenberg University of New Hampshire, USA

Andrew A. Rosenberg University of New Hampshire, USA by Andrew A. Rosenberg University of New Hampshire, USA Principles Recovery of overexploited stocks even after decades of overfishing is possible if fishing pressure and habitat impacts can be reduced

More information

Comparison of EU and US Fishery management Systems Ernesto Penas Principal Adviser DG Mare

Comparison of EU and US Fishery management Systems Ernesto Penas Principal Adviser DG Mare Comparison of EU and US Fishery management Systems Ernesto Penas Principal Adviser DG Mare Stock and Fisheries Status Seminar Brussels, 26 September 2017 Why comparing the EU and the US? Need to put the

More information

Seafood Watch Standard for Fisheries

Seafood Watch Standard for Fisheries 1 Seafood Watch Standard for Fisheries Table of Contents Table of Contents... 1 Introduction... 2 Seafood Watch Guiding Principles... 3 Seafood Watch Criteria and Scoring Methodology for Fisheries... 5

More information

6.4 Stock summaries Advice June 2012

6.4 Stock summaries Advice June 2012 6.4 Stock summaries 6.4.1 Advice June 2012 ECOREGION STOCK North Sea Cod in Division IIIa East (Kattegat) Advice for 2013 ICES advises on the basis of precautionary considerations that there should be

More information

3.4.3 Advice June Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea Cod in Subareas I and II (Norwegian coastal waters cod)

3.4.3 Advice June Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea Cod in Subareas I and II (Norwegian coastal waters cod) 3.4.3 Advice June 2013 ECOREGION STOCK Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea Cod in Subareas I and II (Norwegian coastal waters cod) Advice for 2014 ICES advises on the basis of the Norwegian rebuilding plan,

More information

The Orkney Creel Fishery

The Orkney Creel Fishery The Orkney Creel Fishery Fishery Improvement Project Work Plan Michael Bell, Kate Walker 2/21/2013 Introduction This work plan has been developed as part of the Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) of the

More information

MEFEPO. North Sea fisheries case studies: Herring Beam Trawl. MEFEPO Final symposium 3-4 October 2011, Brussels

MEFEPO. North Sea fisheries case studies: Herring Beam Trawl. MEFEPO Final symposium 3-4 October 2011, Brussels MEFEPO North Sea fisheries case studies: Herring Beam Trawl MEFEPO Final symposium 3-4 October 2011, Brussels North Sea herring fishery North Sea herring stock ICES NS herring stock assessment (1960-2010)

More information

Fisheries Historic Status U.S. fishermen are granted the right to fish in public waters under the Public Trust Doctrine. Through the years, this right

Fisheries Historic Status U.S. fishermen are granted the right to fish in public waters under the Public Trust Doctrine. Through the years, this right US U.S. Fisheries i Law: An Introduction Fisheries Historic Status U.S. fishermen are granted the right to fish in public waters under the Public Trust Doctrine. Through the years, this right has been

More information

FISHERY ASSESSMENT REPORT

FISHERY ASSESSMENT REPORT FISHERY ASSESSMENT REPORT IFFO GLOBAL STANDARD FOR RESPONSIBLE SUPPLY OF FISHMEAL AND FISH OIL R1 FISHERY: LOCATION: DATE OF REPORT: ASSESSOR: Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) USA (Virginia, New

More information

Submission on summary of the Draft Convention on Biological Diversity National Report

Submission on summary of the Draft Convention on Biological Diversity National Report 23 November 2018 Submission on summary of the Draft Convention on Biological Diversity National Report The New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) is a professional society affiliated to the Royal

More information

RE: Stakeholder Comments for St Lawrence Snow Crab Trap Fishery and Scotian Shelf Snow Crab Trap Fishery Re-Certifications PCDRs

RE: Stakeholder Comments for St Lawrence Snow Crab Trap Fishery and Scotian Shelf Snow Crab Trap Fishery Re-Certifications PCDRs Jean Ragg Programme Administrator SAI GLOBAL Email: jean.ragg@saiglobal.com July 6, 2017 RE: Stakeholder Comments for St Lawrence Snow Crab Trap Fishery and Scotian Shelf Snow Crab Trap Fishery Re-Certifications

More information

9.4.5 Advice September Widely distributed and migratory stocks Herring in the Northeast Atlantic (Norwegian spring-spawning herring)

9.4.5 Advice September Widely distributed and migratory stocks Herring in the Northeast Atlantic (Norwegian spring-spawning herring) 9.4.5 Advice September 212 ECOREGION STOCK Widely distributed and migratory stocks Herring in the Northeast Atlantic (Norwegian spring-spawning herring) Advice for 213 ICES advises on the basis of the

More information

Advice June 2014

Advice June 2014 5.3.23 Advice June 2014 ECOREGION STOCK Celtic Sea and West of Scotland Plaice in Division VIIa (Irish Sea) Advice for 2015 Based on ICES approach to data-limited stocks, ICES advises that catches should

More information

"Recommended Improvements for the Next Pacific Salmon Treaty"

Recommended Improvements for the Next Pacific Salmon Treaty "Recommended Improvements for the Next Pacific Salmon Treaty" Randall M. Peterman School of Resource and Environmental Management Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Web site: http://www.rem.sfu.ca/fishgrp/

More information

Salmon bycatch patterns in the Bering Sea pollock fishery

Salmon bycatch patterns in the Bering Sea pollock fishery Salmon bycatch patterns in the Bering Sea pollock fishery James Ianelli Seattle, WA Data from the North Pacific Observer Program (Fisheries Monitoring and Assessment) were analyzed for seasonal, temporal,

More information

ATLANTIC SALMON NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, SALMON FISHING AREAS 1-14B. The Fisheries. Newfoundland Region Stock Status Report D2-01

ATLANTIC SALMON NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, SALMON FISHING AREAS 1-14B. The Fisheries. Newfoundland Region Stock Status Report D2-01 Fisheries Pêches and Oceans et Océans DFO Science Newfoundland Region Stock Status Report D2-01 ATLANTIC SALMON NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, SALMON FISHING AREAS 1-14B Background There are 15 Atlantic salmon

More information

Russian Far East Whitefish Supplier Roundtable March 15, 2015 Boston

Russian Far East Whitefish Supplier Roundtable March 15, 2015 Boston Russian Far East Whitefish Supplier Roundtable March 15, 2015 Boston Agenda Welcome and introduction Overview of the status of Russian Far East (RFE) whitefish fisheries and improvement efforts Update:

More information

Testimony of Ray Hilborn to U.S. Senate subcommittee.

Testimony of Ray Hilborn to U.S. Senate subcommittee. Testimony of Ray Hilborn to U.S. Senate subcommittee. 24 October 2017 Ray Hilborn, Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Qualifications I am an ecologist

More information

Legislation. Lisa T. Ballance Marine Mammal Biology SIO 133 Spring 2013

Legislation. Lisa T. Ballance Marine Mammal Biology SIO 133 Spring 2013 Legislation Lisa T. Ballance Marine Mammal Biology SIO 133 Spring 2013 Really Quickly: Marine Mammal Legislation The big two: the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act International

More information

North East Atlantic Fisheries Baltic Sprat Whitepaper March 2011

North East Atlantic Fisheries Baltic Sprat Whitepaper March 2011 North East Atlantic Fisheries Baltic Sprat Whitepaper March 2011 1. Introduction Sprat is a clupeid fish found widely in the North East Atlantic area. Sprat is a relatively short-lived species. The stock

More information

Northeast Atlantic Mackerel, Handlines

Northeast Atlantic Mackerel, Handlines Northeast Atlantic Mackerel, Handlines Northeast Atlantic Mackerel, Handlines Content last updated 3rd Apr 2017 Stock: Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in subareas 1 7 and 14, and in divisions 8.a e and 9.a

More information

Rebuilding depleted Baltic fish stocks lessons learned

Rebuilding depleted Baltic fish stocks lessons learned Rebuilding Depleted Fish Stocks - Biology, Ecology, Social Science and Management Strategies 3 6 November 2009 Warnemünde/Rostock, Germany Rebuilding depleted Baltic fish stocks lessons learned Robert

More information

Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in subdivisions (Baltic Sea)

Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in subdivisions (Baltic Sea) ICES Advice on fishing opportunities, catch, and effort Baltic Sea Ecoregion Published 31 May 2016 8.3.18 Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in subdivisions 22 32 (Baltic Sea) ICES stock advice ICES advises that

More information

FISHERY ASSESSMENT REPORT

FISHERY ASSESSMENT REPORT FISERY ASSESSMENT REPORT IFFO GLOBAL STANDARD FOR RESPONSIBLE SUPPLY OF FISMEAL AND FIS OIL FISERY: LOCATION: DATE OF REPORT: ASSESSOR: Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) Gulf of Mexico, USA August 2015

More information

Progress Made by Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs)

Progress Made by Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) Progress Made by Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) Background Following the first joint meeting of the five tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in January 2007,

More information

From the Ocean To the Plate

From the Ocean To the Plate From the Ocean To the Plate 0 About American Seafoods Company founded in 1988 25 th anniversary celebrated in 2013 Largest Catcher/Processor operator in the U.S. (6 active vessels) Largest CP quota holder

More information

North Pacific Fishery Management Council Standardized Management Actions Council Coordinating Committee (CCC) May 2009 in Boston, MA

North Pacific Fishery Management Council Standardized Management Actions Council Coordinating Committee (CCC) May 2009 in Boston, MA North Pacific Fishery Management Council Standardized Management Actions Council Coordinating Committee (CCC) May 2009 in Boston, MA The NPFMC maintains Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for: (1) Groundfish

More information

Re: Consultation on the addition of narwhal and two bowhead whale populations to the SARA List

Re: Consultation on the addition of narwhal and two bowhead whale populations to the SARA List March 31, 2006 Central & Arctic Region SARA Coordinator Freshwater Institute Fisheries & Oceans Canada 501 University Avenue Winnipeg MB R3T 2N6 Re: Consultation on the addition of narwhal and two bowhead

More information

Rockfish Bycatch: Spatial Analysis Using Observer Data in the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea

Rockfish Bycatch: Spatial Analysis Using Observer Data in the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea Rockfish Bycatch: Spatial Analysis Using Observer Data in the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea Prepared for Alaska Marine Conservation Council Prepared by Ecotrust Charles Steinback Sarah Klain DRAFT REPORT

More information

now! successful recovery plans Essential guide to for Europe s fish stocks Europe s fish stocks need sustainable recovery plans

now! successful recovery plans Essential guide to for Europe s fish stocks Europe s fish stocks need sustainable recovery plans WWF-Canon / Jurgen Freund Europe s fish stocks need sustainable recovery plans now! WWF European Policy Office 36 Avenue de Tervuren - B12 1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel. +32 2 7438807 cmogensen@wwfepo.org

More information

Atlantic cod, Norwegian Coastal cod, Gillnet

Atlantic cod, Norwegian Coastal cod, Gillnet Atlantic cod, Norwegian Coastal cod, Gillnet Content last updated 1st Aug 2017 Stock: Norwegian Coastal cod Management: Norway Atlantic cod, Norwegian Coastal cod, Gillnet Overview Atlantic cod, Gadus

More information

NOAA Marine Fisheries and Research

NOAA Marine Fisheries and Research NOAA Marine Fisheries and Research Alaska Fisheries Science Center Auke Bay Laboratories Jim Murphy, Alaska Fisheries Science Center Fall 2018 Yukon River Panel Anchorage, AK Dec 12, 2018 Salmon Bycatch

More information

IFFO RS V2.0 FISHERY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND TEMPLATE REPORT. Fishery Under Assessment. Date. Assessor

IFFO RS V2.0 FISHERY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND TEMPLATE REPORT. Fishery Under Assessment. Date. Assessor IFFO RS V2.0 FISHERY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND TEMPLATE REPORT Fishery Under Assessment Date Assessor IFFO RS Ltd, Unit C, Printworks, 22 Amelia Street, London, SE17 3BZ, United Kingdom Application details

More information

Seafood Watch Standard for Fisheries

Seafood Watch Standard for Fisheries 1 Seafood Watch Standard for Fisheries Table of Contents Table of Contents... 1 Introduction... 2 Seafood Watch Guiding Principles... 3 Seafood Watch Criteria and Scoring Methodology for Fisheries... 5

More information

ASMFC Stock Assessment Overview: Atlantic Menhaden

ASMFC Stock Assessment Overview: Atlantic Menhaden Introduction This document presents a summary of the 217 Stock Assessment Update for Atlantic menhaden. The assessment is an update to the 215 Benchmark Stock Assessment that was peer reviewed by an independent

More information

National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council

National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council Agency: National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division and, The North Pacific Fishery Management Council Subject: Informal consultation on proposed amendments to the Steller

More information

Spurdog (Squalus acanthias) in the Northeast Atlantic

Spurdog (Squalus acanthias) in the Northeast Atlantic ICES Advice on fishing opportunities, catch, and effort Northeast Atlantic Published 11 October 2016 9.3.17 Spurdog (Squalus acanthias) in the Northeast Atlantic ICES stock advice ICES advises that when

More information

ICES Advisory Approach

ICES Advisory Approach ICES Advisory Approach Pelagic AC 12 April 2018 Eskild Kirkegaard ICES ACOM Chair Rules for advice on fishing opportunities Agreed management strategies Available information and knowledge Basis of ICES

More information

Challenges in communicating uncertainty of production and timing forecasts to salmon fishery managers and the public

Challenges in communicating uncertainty of production and timing forecasts to salmon fishery managers and the public Challenges in communicating uncertainty of production and timing forecasts to salmon fishery managers and the public Alaska Fisheries Science Center Joseph A. Orsi and Phillip R. Mundy Auke Bay Laboratories

More information

Cook Inlet Habitat Conservation Strategy

Cook Inlet Habitat Conservation Strategy Cook Inlet Habitat Conservation Strategy What is the Cook Inlet Habitat Conservation Strategy? It s a new effort to tie together all of NOAA Fisheries habitat-related science and management activities

More information

Michael Tehan, Assistant Regional Administrator, Interior Columbia Basin Office

Michael Tehan, Assistant Regional Administrator, Interior Columbia Basin Office UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE Northwest Fisheries Science Center Fish Ecology Division 2725 Montlake Boulevard East

More information

Fisheries Management Standard. Version 2.0

Fisheries Management Standard. Version 2.0 Enacted in Japanese: 2017.10.03 Effective in Japanese: 2018.02.01 Fisheries Management Standard Version 2.0 Marine Eco-Label Japan Council (2018) Introduction Marine Eco-Label Japan (MEL) Council have

More information

Chinook Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries

Chinook Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Chinook Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries March 2009 Staff Discussion Paper Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION...1 2 CHANGES TO THE DISCUSSION PAPER SINCE THE PREVIOUS DRAFT...1 3 DATA

More information

September 4, Steve Devitt Intertek Fisheries Certification Ltd 1801 Hollis Street, Suite 1220 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3N4. Dear Mr.

September 4, Steve Devitt Intertek Fisheries Certification Ltd 1801 Hollis Street, Suite 1220 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3N4. Dear Mr. tel. 902.429.2202 fax. 902.405.3716 2705 Fern Lane, Halifax, NS, B3K 4L3 September 4, 2015 Steve Devitt Intertek Fisheries Certification Ltd 1801 Hollis Street, Suite 1220 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3N4

More information

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 11/25/2014 and available online at http://federalregister.gov/a/2014-27658, and on FDsys.gov Billing Code: 3510-22-P DEPARTMENT OF

More information

Recommendations to the 25 th Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)

Recommendations to the 25 th Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) tel. 902.429.2202 fax. 902.405.3716 2705 Fern Lane, Halifax, NS, B3K 4L3 Recommendations to the 25 th Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 14-22

More information

17-06 BFT RECOMMENDATION BY ICCAT FOR AN INTERIM CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WESTERN ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA

17-06 BFT RECOMMENDATION BY ICCAT FOR AN INTERIM CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WESTERN ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA 17-06 BFT RECOMMENDATION BY ICCAT FOR AN INTERIM CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WESTERN ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA RECALLING the Recommendation by ICCAT to Establish a Rebuilding Program for Western Atlantic

More information

Developments in managing small pelagic fisheries

Developments in managing small pelagic fisheries Developments in managing small pelagic fisheries Prof Ray Hilborn Your essential event for networking and information Impacts of fishing forage fish on their predators: Progress report October 2017 Ray

More information

Ecological Reference Points for Atlantic Menhaden

Ecological Reference Points for Atlantic Menhaden Ecological Reference Points for Atlantic Menhaden Ken Hinman National Coalition for Marine Conservation June 2009 Among the ASMFC s tasks this year for conserving and managing Atlantic menhaden, according

More information

Aequipecten opercularis fishery management plan. December 2009

Aequipecten opercularis fishery management plan. December 2009 Aequipecten opercularis fishery management plan December 2009 1. BACKGROUND The queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis, fishery prosecuted around the Isle of Man was entered for assessment against MSC

More information

MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATION

MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATION Ltd Findhorn House Dochfour Business Centre Dochgarroch Inverness IV3 8GY United Kingdom T: +44(0)1463 223 039 F: +44(0)1463 246 380 www.foodcertint.com MSC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES CERTIFICATION On Site

More information

Food Chain. Marine Food Webs and Fisheries

Food Chain. Marine Food Webs and Fisheries Marine Food Webs and Fisheries http://archive.wri.org/image.cfm?id=2648&z=? OCN 201 Biology Lecture 10 Food Chain A series of different species of organisms at different trophic levels in an arrangement

More information

Advice June 2012

Advice June 2012 2.4.1 Advice June 212 ECOREGION STOCK Iceland and East Greenland Beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) in Subareas V, XII, and XIV and NAFO Subareas 1+2 (Deep pelagic stock > 5 m) Advice for 213 The advice

More information

Why has the cod stock recovered in the North Sea?

Why has the cod stock recovered in the North Sea? Why has the cod stock recovered in the North Sea? Summary The expansion of European fisheries during the 1970s and 1980s resulted in high fishing pressure on stocks of cod, haddock, whiting and saithe

More information

Effect of Ocean Conditions on the Cross-shelf Distribution of Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Capelin (Mallotus villosus)

Effect of Ocean Conditions on the Cross-shelf Distribution of Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Capelin (Mallotus villosus) Effect of Ocean Conditions on the Cross-shelf Distribution of Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Capelin (Mallotus villosus) Anne Hollowed, Chris Wilson, Phyllis Stabeno, and Libby Logerwell National

More information

AmericAn PlAice. consultations on listing under the Species at Risk Act

AmericAn PlAice. consultations on listing under the Species at Risk Act AmericAn PlAice consultations on listing under the Species at Risk Act Photo: D. Danvoye Information summary and questionnaire for the consultations on adding two American Plaice populations to the List

More information

Glossary. Action point or trigger point or level

Glossary. Action point or trigger point or level Glossary Term Acoustic surveys Action point or trigger point or level Age determination Benthic organisms or benthos Biogenic reefs BMSY Bycatch Catch per unit effort Confidence intervals Control Demersal

More information

Advice May Herring in Subdivisions and 32 (excluding Gulf of Riga herring)

Advice May Herring in Subdivisions and 32 (excluding Gulf of Riga herring) 8.3.10 Advice May 2014 ECOREGION STOCK Baltic Sea Herring in Subdivisions 25 29 and 32 (excluding Gulf of Riga herring) Advice for 2015 ICES advises on the basis of the MSY approach that catches in 2015

More information

Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management Certification Program. Announcement of Full Re-assessment of. Announcement of Full Assessment of

Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management Certification Program. Announcement of Full Re-assessment of. Announcement of Full Assessment of 16 th December 2016 Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management Certification Program Announcement of Full Re-assessment of Bristol Bay Red King Crab Fishery BSAI Snow crab Fishery St. Matthew Blue King Crab

More information

Summary of HSRG Findings for Chum Populations in the Lower Columbia River and Gorge

Summary of HSRG Findings for Chum Populations in the Lower Columbia River and Gorge Summary of HSRG Findings for Chum Populations in the Lower Columbia River and Gorge The Congressionally-established Hatchery and Scientific Review Group (HSRG) developed a foundation of salmon hatchery

More information

West Coast Rock Lobster. Description of sector. History of the fishery: Catch history

West Coast Rock Lobster. Description of sector. History of the fishery: Catch history West Coast Rock Lobster Description of sector History of the fishery: The commercial harvesting of West Coast rock lobster commenced in the late 1800s, and peaked in the early 1950s, yielding an annual

More information

Groundfish Science Report Michelle McClure and John Stein. IEA Update. Cisco Werner and John Stein. September 15, 2011

Groundfish Science Report Michelle McClure and John Stein. IEA Update. Cisco Werner and John Stein. September 15, 2011 Agenda Item G.1.b Supplemental NW & SW Fisheries Science Centers PowerPoint September 2011 Groundfish Science Report Michelle McClure and John Stein IEA Update Cisco Werner and John Stein September 15,

More information

North Carolina. Striped Mullet FMP. Update

North Carolina. Striped Mullet FMP. Update North Carolina Striped Mullet FMP Update Presentation for the Marine Fisheries Commission January 24, 2008 COMMERCIAL HARVEST 4,000,000 2,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 Landings (lb) Value ($) 1,800,000

More information

Updated Consideration of Federal Management for River Herring and Shad Stocks

Updated Consideration of Federal Management for River Herring and Shad Stocks Updated Consideration of Federal Management for River Herring and Shad Stocks 2018 Discussion Document for the New England Fishery Management Council Presented by Dr. Erika Zollett Focus Are river herring

More information

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in Division 7.e (western English Channel)

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in Division 7.e (western English Channel) Celtic Seas and Greater North Sea ecoregions Published 30 June 2016 Version 2: 15 May 2017 5.3.51 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in Division 7.e (western English Channel) ICES stock advice ICES advises

More information

PRE-SEASON PLANNING FOR FRASER SALMON and STOCKS OF CONCERN. Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon January 22, 2010

PRE-SEASON PLANNING FOR FRASER SALMON and STOCKS OF CONCERN. Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon January 22, 2010 PRE-SEASON PLANNING FOR FRASER SALMON and STOCKS OF CONCERN Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon January 22, 2010 2 Outline South Coast Chinook Status Management Actions Recovery

More information

Seafood Watch Standard for Salmon Fisheries. Public Comment Period - 3

Seafood Watch Standard for Salmon Fisheries. Public Comment Period - 3 Public Comment Guidance: Seafood Watch Standard for Salmon Fisheries Public Comment Period - 3 Salmonid fisheries are significantly different to typical wild-capture fisheries and have some unique characteristics.

More information

Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Common Implementation Strategy

Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Common Implementation Strategy Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Common Implementation Strategy Good Environmental Status Working Group on Descriptor 3 24-25 April 2012, Paris Title: Statement on the Definition of MSFD Descriptor

More information

NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE. Habitat Assessment Prioritization

NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE. Habitat Assessment Prioritization NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE Habitat Assessment Prioritization What is a Habitat Assessment? A habitat assessment is both the process and products associated with consolidating, analyzing, and reporting the

More information

Implementing the New Fisheries Protection Provisions under the Fisheries Act

Implementing the New Fisheries Protection Provisions under the Fisheries Act Implementing the New Fisheries Protection Provisions under the Fisheries Act Discussion Paper Fisheries and Oceans Canada April 2013 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Managing Threats to Canada s Fisheries 3.

More information

Cod (Gadus morhua) in subdivisions 24 32, eastern Baltic stock (eastern Baltic Sea) *

Cod (Gadus morhua) in subdivisions 24 32, eastern Baltic stock (eastern Baltic Sea) * ICES Advice on fishing opportunities, catch, and effort Baltic Sea Ecoregion Published 31 May 2017 Version 2: 1 June 2017 Version 3: 8 June 2017 Version 4: 8 March 2018 DOI: 10.17895/ices.pub.3096 Cod

More information

Albacore Tuna, South Pacific, Troll, Pole and Line

Albacore Tuna, South Pacific, Troll, Pole and Line Albacore Tuna, South Pacific, Troll, Pole and Line Content last updated 8th Mar 2016 Stock: South Pacific Albacore Tuna, South Pacific, Troll, Pole and Line Management: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

More information

7/14/2014. ICES advice for herring stocks in Template (as in previous years) State of stock table (as previous years) Advice online

7/14/2014. ICES advice for herring stocks in Template (as in previous years) State of stock table (as previous years) Advice online Basis for ICES Advice Management Plan Consistent with PA & recognised as potential basis for advice by competent authorities No ICES advice for herring stocks in 2015 Carmen Fernández, ICES ACOM vice-chair

More information

Pacific Halibut. Pacific Halibut. Pacific Halibut. Range. Life Cycle

Pacific Halibut. Pacific Halibut. Pacific Halibut. Range. Life Cycle Pacific Halibut Pacific Halibut Pacific Halibut Called haly-butte in Middle English, meaning the flatfish to be eaten on holy days The largest of all flatfish, except the rare Atlantic halibut Largest

More information

White Hake Urophycis tenuis. U.S. Atlantic Bottom Gillnet, Bottom Trawl

White Hake Urophycis tenuis. U.S. Atlantic Bottom Gillnet, Bottom Trawl White Hake Urophycis tenuis B. Guild Gillespie/www.chartingnature.com U.S. Atlantic Bottom Gillnet, Bottom Trawl November 19, 2013 Sam Wilding, Seafood Watch Staff Disclaimer Seafood Watch strives to ensure

More information

EU request to ICES on in-year advice on haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)

EU request to ICES on in-year advice on haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea) ICES Special Request Advice Celtic Seas Ecoregion Published 1 March 2017 EU request to ICES on in-year advice on haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea) Advice summary Please note:

More information

NOAA Fisheries Update:

NOAA Fisheries Update: NOAA Fisheries Update: A Presentation to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission August 20, 2012 Dr. Paul N. Doremus Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations 1 A Milestone Year for Fisheries

More information

The South African and Namibian horse mackerel fisheries Prepared by Dave Japp and Melanie Smith. The South African horse mackerel

The South African and Namibian horse mackerel fisheries Prepared by Dave Japp and Melanie Smith. The South African horse mackerel The South African and Namibian horse mackerel fisheries Prepared by Dave Japp and Melanie Smith The South African horse mackerel Status of the Fishery and Management Until recently the South African fishery

More information

Recent stock recovery and potential future developments in. Sebastes mentella in the Barents- and Norwegian Seas.

Recent stock recovery and potential future developments in. Sebastes mentella in the Barents- and Norwegian Seas. Recent stock recovery and potential future developments in the fishery, The rise management, of the assessment beaked and redfish population of Sebastes mentella in the Barents- and Norwegian Seas. Benjamin

More information

How illegal discarding. failing EU fisheries. and citizens. How illegal discarding in. fisheries and citizens. Executive summary

How illegal discarding. failing EU fisheries. and citizens. How illegal discarding in. fisheries and citizens. Executive summary THROWN Thrown Away AWAY How illegal discarding in in the the Baltic Baltic Sea is Sea failing is EU fisheries and citizens How illegal discarding failing EU fisheries Executive summary and citizens Rebecca

More information

Fishery Report 2017: Champsocephalus gunnari South Georgia (Subarea 48.3)

Fishery Report 2017: Champsocephalus gunnari South Georgia (Subarea 48.3) Fishery Report 2017: Champsocephalus gunnari South Georgia (Subarea 48.3) FISHERY REPORT The map above shows the management areas within the CAMLR Convention Area, the specific region related to this report

More information

By Product Fish Fishery Assessment Data Gathering Guidance Document

By Product Fish Fishery Assessment Data Gathering Guidance Document By Product Fish Fishery Assessment Data Gathering Guidance Document IFFO RS STANDARD FOR MARINE INGREDIENTS BY PRODUCT FISHERY MATERIAL Where fish are processed for human consumption, there are often substantial

More information

3. Recommends activities to address weakness of performance indicator of the 3 fisheries assessment principles

3. Recommends activities to address weakness of performance indicator of the 3 fisheries assessment principles ANNEX 12 1. Present assessments of Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) fisheries in the Andaman Sea covering Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar using PSA and Risk-based Framework 2. Highlight

More information

SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD SHARK (HHS)

SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD SHARK (HHS) SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD SHARK (HHS) (Sphyrna zygaena) HHS1 1. FISHERY SUMMARY Smooth hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna zygaena) are not currently managed under the QMS. No assigned fishing allowances exist. However,

More information

NASCO Guidelines for the Management of Salmon Fisheries

NASCO Guidelines for the Management of Salmon Fisheries NASCO Guidelines for the Management of Salmon Fisheries NASCO Guidelines for the Management of Salmon Fisheries Additional copies of these Guidelines can be obtained free of charge from: The Secretary

More information

Tuna Dolphin Controversy

Tuna Dolphin Controversy Tuna Dolphin Controversy Are dolphins protected from tuna fisheries? Is the controversy over? Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) Purse Seine Tuna Fishery 1 Spotted and Spinner Dolphins Spotted and Spinner

More information

Fishing mortality in relation to highest yield. Fishing mortality in relation to agreed target

Fishing mortality in relation to highest yield. Fishing mortality in relation to agreed target 3.4 Stock summaries 3.4. Northeast Arctic cod State of the stock Spawning biomass in relation to precautionary limits Full reproductive capacity Fishing mortality in relation to precautionary limits/management

More information

Bycatch accounting and management in the Ross Sea toothfish fishery

Bycatch accounting and management in the Ross Sea toothfish fishery Bycatch accounting and management in the Ross Sea toothfish fishery Steve Parker Sophie Mormede Stuart Hanchet New Zealand Ross Sea Region 4.5 million km 2 of ocean High seas fishery Managed by CCAMLR

More information

I. What is a Fishery? II. What is Fisheries Management? III. What is Fisheries Science? I. Brief history of the evolution of fisheries science.

I. What is a Fishery? II. What is Fisheries Management? III. What is Fisheries Science? I. Brief history of the evolution of fisheries science. I. What is a Fishery? II. What is Fisheries Management? III. What is Fisheries Science? I. Brief history of the evolution of fisheries science. Archeological records Spears: 90,000 BP Nets: 40,000 BP

More information

North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Community considerations in Federally-managed fisheries. April 2005

North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Community considerations in Federally-managed fisheries. April 2005 North Pacific Fishery Management Council Community considerations in Federally-managed fisheries April 2005 Why are Fisheries Off Alaska so important to communities? Would rank in the top 10 producing

More information