Fishery Profile

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Red sea squirt Chile

Fishery: Chile Chile Miscellaneous

IDENTIFICATION ASSESSMENT

SCIENTIFIC NAME Weaknesses

Pyura chilensis Pressure from fishery in different key areas seem to be determining population structure.
Currently there are no specific measures or regulations on this resource exploitation in
SPECIES NAME(S)
Chile.
Red sea squirt

COMMON NAMES SCORES

Piure
Management Quality:
STOCK IDENTIFICATION

Red sea squirt (Pyura chilensis) is a solitary ascidian found in the southeast Pacific coast,
from central Peru to southern Chile (Haye and Muñoz-Herrera 2013). The stock structure is Management Managers Fishers

not fully known, however a research fishery project is underway to improve the knowledge Strategy Compliance Compliance

of Red sea squirt larval dispersal and populations’ connectivity throughout the Chilean
coast (MEFT 2015). It forms dense associations called "Pyura benches" on submareal areas in NOT YET NOT YET NOT YET
a 5 to 10m depth range.
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It is an economically important species being commercially exploited along the coast of
Chile and presents a declining trend on artisanal fishing landings since the year of 1999.

Stock Health:

Current Future
Health Health

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FIPS
No related FIPs
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Management Entities:
CERTIFICATIONS
Fisheries Development Institute (Chile) (IFOP) No related MSC fisheries
Assessment Entities:
Chilean Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SUBPESCA) , Fisheries
Development Institute (Chile) (IFOP)