- Objectives
- To develop as stock assessment, including the use of tagging data, to provide stock status and management advice
- Background
- Currently, no assessment is available for skipjack tuna in the EPO
- The PSA rationale is no longer appropriate for skipjack tuna due to the implementation of the IVLs for bigeye tuna
- A stock assessment is needed for skipjack tuna to provide management advice
- Analysis of tagging data can provide estimates of biomass and fishing mortality
- Relevance for management
- Provides management advice for skipjack tuna
- Duration
- 2 years
- Workplan and status
- Develop model
- Apply model to updated data
- Present methods and results at SAC
- External collaborators
- DTU
- Deliverables
- Report presented at SAC 2022 and 2024
- Updated date: 01 May 2024
- Progress summary for the reporting period
- The skipjack benchmark assessment was completed
- Challenges and key lessons learnt
- Other demands on staff limited the amount of time that could be spend on the stock assessment
- Staff time and projects need to be prioritized
- SAC-13-07
- SAC-14-08
- SAC-15-04
- Comments
- Reference points were developed and proposed as a request for MSC certification