IFOP Participation in the 12th Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the OROP-PS
16 October, 2024

IFOP Participation in the 12th Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the OROP-PS

October 17th, 2024 Periodista Gabriela.Gutiérrez

Lima, Peru, September 30 to October 5

For the third consecutive year, Ignacio Payá, a researcher from the IFOP Resource Assessment Department, was the spokesperson for the Chilean delegation at the XI Meeting of the Scientific Committee (SC) of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Organization (OROP-PS). The meeting took place from September 30 to October 5 in Lima, Peru. The Chilean delegation was chaired by Aurora Guerrero and was made up of a total of 14 members. Ignacio Payá, who also has the role of Vice President of the Scientific Committee, indicated that the role of spokesperson consists of transmitting, arguing and justifying the scientific position of the Chilean delegation on the different topics of the Scientific Committee, which include: the horse mackerel fishery, the squid fishery, deep-water fisheries, the impact on vulnerable marine environments and the ecosystem approach to fisheries. In the case of the horse mackerel fishery, the main topics were the stock structure, stock assessment, stock status, biologically acceptable catch (catch quota) and progress in the implementation of the evaluation of management strategies. While in the case of the squid fishery, the main topics were the genetics of the different morphs (sizes that the squid reach), fishing effort, relative abundance indices and the different stock assessment models. The IFOP researcher José Zenteno, who served as a reporter for the deepwater fisheries group, also participated in the team of experts advising the delegation.

Participation in workshops prior to the 12th Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the OROP-PS

Mackerel Connectivity Workshop, Lima, Peru, 26-27 September

IFOP participated in the Workshop of the Connectivity Working Group of the Jack Mackerel Working Group. This workshop aimed to make progress in developing a research strategy to elucidate the population structure of jack mackerel using the latest scientific tools available. The workshop included the participation of researchers from Chile and Peru, including IFOP researchers Víctor Catasti, Camilo Rodríguez, Ignacio Payá and José Zenteno. During the development of this workshop, the reviews carried out for the eleven research topics selected by the Connectivity Team were presented. Each subgroup presented a review of each topic, which consisted of the compilation of information in the literature on the scientific basis of each discipline, the state of the art in terms of available methodologies, a critical analysis of their application for the determination of connectivity in the jack mackerel population, and an evaluation of the limitations and viability of these methods. A discussion was then held on each topic, where each line of research was assessed in terms of its importance for connectivity, as well as the logistical costs for its incorporation into a research program associated with jack mackerel connectivity. Camilo Rodríguez (Otolith microchemistry) and José Zenteno (Fishing dynamics) presented on behalf of IFOP.

During the development of the workshop, participation opportunities were generated for researchers, within voting schemes by show of hands, which allowed prioritizing the different lines. After successive rounds of voting, the 4 lines of research to be prioritized were determined: Genetics, Marking, Early stages and Reproduction. Finally, all the reviews were compiled into a document and recommendations were agreed to the SPRFMO Commission, which were subsequently presented and approved during the Scientific Committee (SC) sessions.

SPRFMO Jumbo Squid Fisheries and Population Dynamics Simulation Workshop.

Lima, Peru, 27-28 September

Ignacio Payá, Karen Belmar and José Zenteno from IFOP participated in the SPRFMO SC Jumbo Squid Assessment Simulation Task Team (SPRFMO SC Jumbo Squid Assessment Simulation Task Team) workshop. This workshop aimed to agree on the technical terms of reference for the implementation of a simulation program for the population dynamics and fisheries of squid in the SPRFMO, which will allow testing the robustness of the stock assessment models, and developing operational models for the evaluation of squid management strategies. Simulation scenarios were defined in terms of population and fisheries structure, uncertainty of processes and observations, and incorporation of the effect of the environment and climate change. I. Payá presented the simulation model SQUIDSIM 1.02 (part of his PhD thesis at the University of Barcelona), and it was agreed to use it as the simulation model for the research group.

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