21st Regular Session of the Scientific Committee

Agenda Item 4.5.1.1 Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific swordfish

Annotation

The most recent swordfish stock assessment was conducted in 2021 and follows a four-year cycle. SC21 will review the 2025 stock assessment for Southwest Pacific swordfish, converting it to the Stock Synthesis platform and focusing on key issues such as spatial structure, regional stratification, CPUE series selection, and size composition data. 

Working Papers

Information Papers

Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
SC21-SA-IP-11 Characterisation and CPUE indices for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from the New Zealand surface longline fishery 1993 to 2023
B. Finucci and B.R. Moore
SC21-SA-IP-12 Analysis of swordfish CPUE from the Spanish fleet in the southwest Pacific Ocean
K. Kim, A. Magnusson, P. Hamer
SC21-SA-IP-13 Exploring the potential for observer CPUE for southwest Pacific swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
Philipp Neubauer, Claudio Castillo-Jordán, Jemery Day and Paul Hamer
SC21-SA-IP-14 Analysis of longline size frequency data for the 2025 southwest Pacific swordfish and striped marlin assessmentsT
T. Peatman, J. Day, C. Castillo Jordan and P. Hamer