Stock Assessment of Octopus in Four Regions of the Philippines and Nationally

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Stock Assessment of Octopus in Four Regions of the Philippines and Nationally

February 11, 2021

Scientific stock assessment is a key bio-mathematical tool in the understanding of the population dynamics of fished stocks, estimation of their productivity, and establishment of management programs aimed at their sustainable exploitation.

Octopus fisheries are a special case because octopus stocks are short-lived, with fast dynamics, and their exploitation is usually conducted by small-scale fisheries. Thus data collection tends to be deficient, making them data-poor or data-limited fisheries that require specialized tools for their assessment. This scientific report collects data from the four Philippine’s selected regions and the national total was analyzed to determine the abundance and exploitation status of the octopus stock.

This report was developed with the financial support of the Global Sustainable Supply Chains for Marine Commodities (GMC) project. GMC is an interregional initiative imple- mented by the Ministries and Bureaus of Fisheries and Planning of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Indonesia and the Philippines, with technical support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), facilitated by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

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