Misidentification of istiophorid billfishes by fisheries observers raises uncertainty over stock status

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Williams, S. M., Pepperell, J. G., Bennett, M. and Ovenden, J. R. (2018) Misidentification of istiophorid billfishes by fisheries observers raises uncertainty over stock status. Journal of Fish Biology, 93 (2). pp. 415-419. ISSN 0022-1112

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13738

Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jfb.13738

Abstract

We investigated whether commercially landed black marlin Istiompax indica were being misidentified by fisheries observers operating throughout the Pacific Ocean. Of 83 samples reported by observers as I. indica, 77% were genetically identified to be blue marlin Makaira nigricans and 2% to be striped marlin Kajikia audax. The high rate of misidentification by observers places considerable uncertainty over historic catch ratios of Indo-Pacific marlin and stock assessments relying on the validity of these data.

Item Type:	Article
Business groups:	Animal Science
Subjects:	Aquaculture and Fisheries > Fisheries > Fishery conservation Aquaculture and Fisheries > Fisheries > Fishery management. Fishery policy Aquaculture and Fisheries > Fisheries > Fishery research Aquaculture and Fisheries > Fisheries > Fishery for individual species
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