SIOFA CMM2020/01 (paragraph 6a) requires the SIOFA Scientific Committee to provide advice to the Meeting of the Parties on the status of stocks of deep-sea fishery resources, including alfonsino (Beryx splendens). In 2020, the SIOFA Scientific Committee (SC3) conducted the first alfonsino stock assessments in the SIOFA region and provided to the Meeting of Parties on the stock status and sustainable yields. In 2023, the assessment for alfonsino will be updated.
This project has three main objectives:
Objective 1: Provide advice to the SIOFA Scientific Committee on the stock structure of alfonsino (Beryx splendens) in the SIOFA Area, including consideration of hypotheses on the alfonsino life cycle in the SIOFA Area.
Objective 2: Provide advice on appropriate management units for SIOFA to use in future monitoring and stock assessments of alfonsino (Beryx splendens).
Objective 3: Evaluate the feasibility of genetic stock discrimination for alfonsino (Beryx splendens), including the development and design of a genetic stock discrimination project to improve understanding of the stock structure of alfonsino in the SIOFA Area.
