Download FAR 2016/43 Review and summary of the time series of input data available for the assessment of southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis) stocks up to and including the 2015 season

This document updates and summarises observational and research data for southern blue whiting up to and including the 2015 season. It includes time series of relative abundance from acoustic surveys for each of the four main stocks (both from wide area R.V. Tangaroa surveys and local aggregation surveys), CPUE indices for Bounty Platform and Campbell Island Rise, and trawl survey indices for the Auckland Islands Shelf, Campbell Island Rise, and Pukaki Rise, as well as updated time series of length-at-age and catch-at-age.