Works and projects of the Scientific Committee

Topic Current projects Reference Status
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 Ongoing
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Development of the SIOFA Precautionary Approach Framework (PAF) PAM-2024-01 Ongoing
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Determination of Biological Reference Points (BRPs) for key SIOFA fish stocks PAM-2024-02 Ongoing
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Development of Harvest Strategies for key SIOFA fish stocks PAM-2024-03 Ongoing
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Expert Review Panel for the Development of the SIOFA Precautionary Approach and Management Projects PAM-2024-04 Ongoing
Stock and Ecological Risk Assessment Alfonsino age protocol development ALF-2024-01 Planned
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 Evaluation of the toothfish monitoring program based on tagging TOT-2024-02 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
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