IOTC–2016–WPB14–16_Rev1 - - IOTC Working Party on Billfish (WPB) Victoria, Seychelles

The hook was not removed from the fish and the monofilament leader of the fishing gear was cut at maximum proximity to the hook at time of fish release. [...] At night vertical migration range of swordfish is much narrower and matches the mixed layer and upper part of the thermocline. [...] The horizontal and vertical dynamics of swordfish in the South Pacific Ocean. [...] Determining the nature and extent of swordfish movement and migration in the eastern and western AFZ through an industry-based tagging program. [...] Past swordfish tagging experiments in the Indian Ocean and adjacent areas of the Pacific.