Download FAR 2014/32 A 2013 stock assessment of Mid-East Coast orange roughy

The 2013 stock assessment of Mid-East Coast (MEC) orange roughy was performed using NIWA’s Bayesian stock assessment package CASAL. An age-structured model was fitted to fishery and fishery-independent abundance indices and composition data. Current stock status was estimated at 21% Bo with a 95% CI of 12–33% Bo. It was concluded that the stock is very unlikely to be below the hard limit, as likely as not to be below the soft limit, and unlikely to be at or above the target (30% Bo).