Profile updated on 1 December 2023

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Makaira nigricans

SPECIES NAME(s)

Blue marlin

COMMON NAMES

Blue marlin, marlin

The best information currently available indicates that blue marlin constitutes a single worldwide species (Makaira nigricans) and a single stock in the Pacific Ocean. For this reason, statistics on catches are compiled, and analyses of stock status are made, for the entire Pacific Ocean (IATTC 2022). All available fishery data from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) were used for the benchmark stock assessment performed by the ISC in 2021 (ISC 2021).


ANALYSIS

Strengths
  • The stock has been recently assessed by the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) (ISC 2021)

SCORES

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

≥ 6

Managers Compliance:

≥ 6

Fishers Compliance:

≥ 6