Is the Chilean Sea Bass endangered?

Question

All I could find is a source from 2000. Can someone tell me if it is currently an endangered species. A link would be helpful.

Answer 1

If Al Gore thinks it tasted good, then consider it extinct.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/st...

Answer 2

The Pategonian Toothfish is classed as endangered because of its life history characteristics and behaviour.  this fish is exteamely long lived, has a high age at first maturity and tends to aggregate according to strict size classes.  They arethough to live longer than orange roughy which are now at critically low abundace due to overfishing of spawning aggregations and its thought that the loss of habitat (ie the long lived (400+ year old) black corals on the seamounts has comopromised recovery.  Similarly the toothfish is particular about habitat and demersal trawling may take away a large proportion of spawning adults and destroy habitat.  Like the orange roughy th toothfish couldbe fished out in a very shot period of time.  typically fish that have a high age at first maturity and those that are long lived such as the roughy and sharks are more easily overfished hence in mos countries with intense fishing pressure the only fish left are those whith short life histories such as prawns which rely recover anually and live for only 18 months or small pelagics such as anchovi that are also short lived.  to manage stocks of longert lived fish species it is extreamly important that scientists have adeqate time to assess population dynamics and the ability for the stock to recover from extraction.  Here enlies the problem.  it is thought that the toothfish may be limited in its movements thus each seamount could exist as a different stock which means that fish from neibouring seamounts may not emmigrate as adults or be recruted as juveniles thus each seamount once depleated may never recover.

With illegal fishing and the ability of large factory trawlers to harvest vast quantities of fish in a short period of time its imperitive that fisheries scientists are given enough time to set adeqate catch limits so as to maintain the stock.

its much like farming.

if farmers killed all their adult cattle each year they would have to rely on young animals to restock their farms but as everyone knows farmers keep all the cows until they are unable to breed.

its hard to ascertain the status of the stock but it is extreamly vulnerable to fishing methods and this is why its listed as endanged.  Also its only found in a relitivly small area of the ocean compared to other fish.

thats enough for me i have work to do

Answer 3

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"Is Chilean sea bass an endangered species?

No. But large, unreported catches from illegal fishing of this valuable fish has made effective management difficult. In 2000, more than 16,000 tons of Chilean sea bass were legally harvested in the Antarctic management area. Estimates vary, but there may be up to twice that amount taken illegally. Some Chilean sea bass fisheries are managed in a responsible manner, but there are some areas where the species has been and continues to be overfished."

At present rates, the fishing seems to be endangering the species though.

http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/fs/2002/8...

"Is Chilean Sea Bass endangered?

"Endangered" is a legal term under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). While Chilean Sea Bass has not yet been listed as endangered or threatened, another ESA term, it is still drastically overfished. Chilean Sea Bass does meet the criteria for listing by the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), but resistance from fishing nations has prevented the listing of Chilean Sea Bass and many other ocean species from becoming listed as endangered and being afforded protection under the convention. Illegal fishing for Chilean Sea Bass continues, threatening to doom additional populations to commercial extinction."

http://www.net.org/proactive/newsroom/re...

"Candidate species - Plants and animals that have been studied and the Service has concluded that they should be proposed for addition to the Federal endangered and threatened species list."

"Threatened - The classification provided to an animal or plant likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range."

"Endangered - The classification provided to an animal or plant in danger of extinction within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range."

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/gl...

Answer 4

The one I had for dinner last night is already extinct.

Answer 5

Like the Atlantic Cod.

The problem is illegal fishing practices (overfishing, taking undersized fish, poaching, etc.)  To the best of my knowledge their habitat is not being destroyed, so if overfishing can be stopped the stocks will recover.  

I do not know if they are an "endangered species".  There are specific criteria for that title and I don't know if they meet the criteria.

Answer 6

It would not be on the US endangered list, since it is not found in our waters.  

You may want to search for the Sea Bass under its other name, the Pantagonian toothfish.  

According to Greenpeace, they are saying you should not eat the fish because it is in danger of being over fished.  

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Nope.  That's a legal term relating to the US Endangered Species Act.

It is a species undergoing stress from overfishing, and it was an environmentally insensitive choice.  But not a big deal.  

The people who bring it up are mostly anti-environmentalists who have no real arguments, so they talk about this nonsense.

Answer 8

Aparantly

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/st...