The current season (2015/16) is the first one of the second three-season research in data-poor fisheries. In the present report, the next season research plan in Division 58.4.1 was made using the updated CCAMLR C2 and Observer data.
The stock sizes for five research blocks (58.4.1_1, 58.4.1_2, 58.4.1_3, 58.4.1_4 and 58.4.1_5) were estimated by the Petersen estimator and the CPUE x seabed analogy method.
Understanding of the resource structure through clarification of their life history is essential to establish stock assessment and robust stock/ fisheries management of Dissostichus spp. population(s) in data- poor exploratory fisheries. During the second three-season research, we will continue enhanced tagging program, and collection and analysis of biological data including otoliths and gonads to clarify migration route and associated life stages of the fish.
To this end, we propose to follow the current research style in the current research blocks for the next season research with the sample sizes estimated following the procedure recommended at the WG-FSA in 2013 in order to maximize the expectation of tag-recapture to the extent possible under the precautionary exploitation rate.