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Bycatch 2.2.3. Information / monitoring Information on the nature and amount of bycatch is adequate to determine the risk posed by the fishery and the effectiveness of the strategy to manage bycatch. SG60 SG80 SG100 Qualitative information is available on the amount of main bycatch species affected by the fishery. Information is adequate to broadly understand outcome status with respect to biologically based limits. Information is adequate to support measures to manage bycatch. Qualitative information and some quantitative information are available on the amount of main bycatch species affected by the fishery. Information is sufficient to estimate outcome status with respect to biologically based limits. Information is adequate to support a partial strategy to manage main bycatch species. Sufficient data continue to be collected to detect any increase in risk to main bycatch species (e.g. due to changes in the outcome indicator scores or the operation of the fishery or the effectiveness of the strategy). Accurate and verifiable information is available on the amount of all bycatch and the consequences for the status of affected populations. Information is sufficient to quantitatively estimate outcome status with respect to biologically based limits with a high degree of certainty. Information is adequate to support a comprehensive strategy to manage bycatch, and evaluate with a high degree of certainty whether a strategy is achieving its objective. Monitoring of bycatch data is conducted in sufficient detail to assess ongoing mortalities to all bycatch species. Bycatch species composition and catch amounts are not currently monitored through the catch report form or the sales/purchase records, so only limited information has been collected from onboard observer programs. There was no data on bycatch to inform this assessment but it can be collected in catch reports and in future fisheries-dependent and independent surveys. If the management system requires it, monitoring of bycatch can be improved and must become an essential component of observer programs. Since the risk posed to bycatch species may be significant, but there is no information to understand the status or support measures to manage bycatch, this PI would fail.
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