Muhammad Mohsin¹ , Yongtong Mu¹ , Muhammad Mobeen Shafqat² , Aamir Mahmood Memon¹

1 College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, P.R China
2 School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100000, P.R China
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International Journal of Marine Science, 2018, Vol. 8, No. 18   doi: 10.5376/ijms.2018.08.0018
Received: 08 Apr., 2018    Accepted: 07 May, 2018    Published: 11 May, 2018

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Mohsin M., Tong M.Y., Shafqat M.M., and Memon A.M., 2018, MSY estimates of cephalopod fishery and its bioeconomic implications in Pakistani marine waters, International Journal of Marine Science, 8(18): 151-159 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2018.08.0018)

In this study maximum sustainable yield of cephalopod fishery resource, 1999-2009, was estimated by employing surplus production models through CEDA and ASPIC computer packages. Obtained results show that this fishery resource is overexploited. CEDA software computed MSY in a range between 4,600-4,900 t (tons). On the other hand, ASPIC range for MSY estimation remained between 4,800-5,200 t for this fishery resource. It is vivid that MSY range computed by both the computer packages overlap each other. CEDA showed conservation in MSY estimation as compared to ASPIC. Moreover, ASPIC results showed higher R² values. Considering the MSY estimates, it is recommended that target reference point of MSY for cephalopod fishery resource in Pakistani marine waters should be around 4,900-5,000 t. Harvest of this fishery resource beyond 5,200 t should be considered as limiting reference point. Thus, concrete steps are directly needed to conserve this fishery resource for future.

Maximum sustainable yield; Cephalopod fishery; CEDA; ASPIC; Pakistan