The Atlantic Chub Mackerel (Scomber colias) in the Canary Islands (Spain): Fishery and Biological data Update

Abstract

All the background information for the Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias (Gmelin, 1789) targeted by the artisanal purse-seine fishery in the Canary Islands was presented during the first ICES WKCOLIAS (Jurado-Ruzafa et al., 2020). In order to provide the most updated basis, the time series and the parameters estimations for the species in this area are here presented including data corresponding to 2019. The ‘Canary stock’ status assessment is included in the framework of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF). However, until now, available data have not allowed carrying out reliable assessment due to the short time series available, considered consistent just since 2013. In this context, the aim of this document is to update for 2019 the existing data of fisheries and biology of the species collected data in the Data Collection Framework in the Canary Islands.