Works and projects of the Scientific Committee

Topic Current projects Reference Status
Other Development of a SIOFA scientific observer data collection manual OBS-2025-01 Ongoing
Other Retrieving Old SIOFA Secrets (ROSS) SIODFA Historical Data Archive project DAT-2026-01 Budgeted
Protected Area and Ecosystem Post-Processing of VME Imagery collected during the EAF-Nansen Programme VME-2026-01 Budgeted
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Alfonsino stock assessment (2026-2027) ALF-2026-01 Budgeted
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Alfonsino age and growth ALF-2025-01 Ongoing
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Development of a formal quantitative assessment of Portuguese dogfish catch and determination of the level of sustainable catch (a continuation of DWS-2023-01) DWS-2024-01 Ongoing
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Investigation of distribution of deepwater sharks for use in ecological risk assessments DWS-2026-01 Ongoing
Topic Completed projects Reference Status
Other Establish a framework for scientific observation of SIOFA fisheries SEC2022-OBS1 Completed
Other SIOFA Data Report and Data Assets Visibility SEC2022-01 Completed
Other SIOFA independent audit of data security: access, dissemination and presentation of data SEC2021-05 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem Identification and trends in Deepwater Sharks DWS-2023-02 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem Improving the scientific advice for data-limited deep-water sharks caught in longline fisheries in the SIOFA Area DWS-2023-01 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem Protocols to designate and evaluate MPAs in the SIOFA Area PAE2022-MPA1 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem Seabirds Mammals Bycatch Ecological Risk Assessment PAE 2021-02 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem Saya de Malha Bank Fisheries SER2021-03 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem Bioregionalisation and Management of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) PAE2021-01 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem Bottom Fishing Impact Assessment Trawl and Longline PAE 2020-01 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem SIOFA Vulnerable marine ecosystems mapping PAE2020-02 Completed
Protected Area and Ecosystem Development of protocols and guidelines for fishing gear to mitigate the ongoing impact of SIOFA fisheries on vulnerable deepwater sharks DWS-2024-02 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Alfonsino age protocol development ALF-2024-01 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Assessment of SIOFA Species and Ecosystems for vulnerability to climate change impacts CLI-2025-01 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Development of the SIOFA Precautionary Approach Framework (PAF) PAM-2024-01 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Determination of Biological Reference Points (BRPs) for key SIOFA fish stocks PAM-2024-02 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Development of Harvest Strategies for key SIOFA fish stocks PAM-2024-03 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Expert Review Panel for the Development of the SIOFA Precautionary Approach and Management Projects PAM-2024-04 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Orange roughy stock assessment (2024-2025) ORY-2024-01 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Age and growth of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) ORY-2023-01 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) acoustics ORY-2023-02 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Toothfish catch limits TOT-2023-01 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Stock structure of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) SER2022-TOP2 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Genetic analysis to inform the stock structure of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) SER2022-TOP1 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Bomb radiocarbon ageing of alfonsino (Beryx splendens) SER2022-BYS2 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Stock structure of alfonsino (Beryx splendens) SER2022-BYS1 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Stock structure of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) SER2022-ORY1 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Evaluation of Three Provisional Harvest Strategies and Development of Roadmap for Formal Harvest Strategy SER2021-05 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Orange Roughy Stock Assessment (2021 update) SER2021-04 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Orange Roughy Age Estimation by Otolith SER2021-02 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Orange roughy acoustic data processing SER2021-01 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment SIOFA Harvest Strategy development (part1) SER2020-01 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Alfonsino Otolith Ageing SER2020-02 Completed
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Evaluation of the toothfish monitoring program based on tagging TOT-2024-02 Completed