EASI-Fish (Ecological Assessment of the Sustainable Impacts of Fisheries)

  The method first consists of estimating fishing mortality (F) based on the “volumetric overlap” of each fishery with the distribution of each species. F is then used in length-structured models to assess the vulnerability status of populations using conventional biological reference points. The model results were validated by comparison with the 2016 stock assessments for bigeye and yellowfin tuna in the EPO. Application of the model to 24 species of epipelagic and mesopelagic teleosts, sharks, rays, sea turtles and cetaceans, and identification of the most vulnerable species.