Profile updated on 15 November 2018
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Xiphias gladius
SPECIES NAME(s)
Swordfish
The stock structure of swordfish in the Pacific is fairly well known. A number of specific regions of spawning are known, and analyses of fisheries and genetic data indicate that there is only limited exchange of swordfish between geographical areas, including between the eastern and western, and the northern and southern, Pacific Ocean (ICAAT 2016).
Management Quality:
≥ 6
≥ 6
≥ 6