Trade-offs for the southern longline fishery in achieving a candidate South Pacific albacore target reference point

• Published in: Marine policy Vol. 100; pp. 66 - 75
• Main Authors: Skirtun, Maggie, Pilling, Graham M., Reid, Chris, Hampton, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Albacore tuna; Bio-economics; Longline; NPV; South Pacific; Target reference point; Longline; Target reference point; South Pacific; Albacore tuna; Bio-economics; NPV

South Pacific albacore is a species of primary importance in the longline fishery of a number of Small Island Developing States in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Despite the fact that the stock is assessed as not being subject to overfishing and not overfished, economic returns have declined...