Moonfish

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 Best Fish Guide: Moonfish

 Ranking: E (Red - Avoid)

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 Description: Moonfish are a bycatch in tuna longline fisheries on the west coast of both main islands.

Ecological concerns: the uncertainty of some basic biological information, uncertainty about the state of the stocks, basic biology, the bycatch of sharks, seabirds and fur seals, and the lack of a stock assessment, or a management plan. There are also ecological concerns given removal of this large predator species from the food web.

Economic value: Moonfish is sold in East Asia.

ASSESSMENT OUTPUT

Biology and risk of overfishing (score B)
Status and sustainability of fish catches (score D)
Impact of fishing method and protected, threatened and endangered species captures (score D and E)
Management and management unit (score E and D)

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