Figure 1

Southwest Pacific Ocean study area. Red ‘×’ markers indicate the location of swordfish tagging events (n indicates number of individuals tagged in each cluster of overlapping markers). The dotted line indicates the 165°E parallel separating WCPFC stock assessment regions. The red and blue tinted areas indicate the IHO boundaries of the Tasman Sea and Coral Sea43, respectively, and select bathymetric features are labelled according to44. Generated in R 4.2.167 with ETOPO1 bathymetry46.