No Criteria Response Comments 1 What proportion of the total *Proportion of WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-IP-011 estimated stock biomass biomass above 20 oN This value was estimated by stock occurs on average north of is 2-4 times larger assessment result in 2007. 20N? than the proportion of biomass south of 20 oN in the North Pacific 2 Does all of the Unknown breeding/spawning area(s) occur north of 20 oN? 3 Does all of the nursery Unknown area(s) occur north of 20 oN 4 Do any other important life Unknown history stages occur south of 20N? 5 What proportion of the total **Range of annual WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-IP-011 estimated catch occurs percentages of These values were estimated from north of 20 oN? above 20 oN. stock assessment results in 2007, During the 2000s the but were not endorsed by SC3. average percentage was 73% above 20 oN 6 Is fishery Unknown demonstrably higher north of 20 oN for comparable fisheries? 7 Is there sufficient No information about fish movement between north and south of 20 oN? *Proportion of biomass was calculated in 1964 and 1969 that is near the initial condition. **The average proportion of the total catch in numbers were calculated by decade (1950's-2000's). SC13 2017 status and trends SC13 noted that no stock assessments were conducted for these species in 2017. Therefore, the stock status descriptions from SC11 for North Pacific striped marlin are still current. Updated
No Criteria Response Comments 1 What proportion of the total estimated stock biomass occurs on average north of 20N? *Proportion of biomass above 20 oN is 2-4 times larger than the proportion of biomass south of 20 oN in the North Pacific WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-IP-011 This value was estimated by stock assessment result in 2007. 2 Does all of the breeding/spawning area(s) occur north of 20 oN? Unknown 3 Does all of the nursery area(s) occur north of 20 oN Unknown 4 Do any other important life history stages occur south of 20N? Unknown 5 What proportion of the total estimated catch occurs north of 20 oN? **Range of annual percentages of above 20 oN. During the 2000s the average percentage was 73% above 20 oN WCPFC-SC14-2018/ SA-IP-011 These values were estimated from stock assessment results in 2007, but were not endorsed by SC3. 6 Is fishery demonstrably higher north of 20 oN for comparable fisheries? Unknown 7 Is there sufficient information about fish movement between north and south of 20 oN? No *Proportion of biomass was calculated in 1964 and 1969 that is near the initial condition. **The average proportion of the total catch in numbers were calculated by decade (1950's-2000's). SC13 2017 status and trends SC13 noted that no stock assessments were conducted for these species in 2017. Therefore, the stock status descriptions from SC11 for North Pacific striped marlin are still current. Updated
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