Estimates of local biomass, including estimates of uncertainty, for Antarctic (Dissostichus mawsoni) and Patagonian (Dissostichus eleginoides) toothfish in research blocks in Subareas 48.2, 48.6, 58.4 and 88.3

This paper includes updated local biomass estimates of toothfish populations with bootstrapped confidence intervals using both CPUE-by-seabed area and Chapman biomass estimation methods agreed at WG-SAM-16 with revisions to the CPUE-by-seabed area parameter values agreed at WG-SAM-17. The analysis includes Research Blocks in Subareas 48.2, 48.6, 58.4 and 88.3. Given the changes in CPUE-by-seabed area method parameter values that were agreed at WG-SAM-17, the estimates of biomass in the relevant Research Blocks have increased relative to the estimates that were presented at WG-FSA-16. The higher CPUE-by-seabed area estimates has also resulted in a greater overlap in confidence intervals with the Chapman estimates in some, but not all, of the Antarctic toothfish Research Blocks.