The Legal Framework IOTC Requirements for Fisheries Data and levels of Compliance

The Legal FrameworkIOTC Requirements for Fisheries Data

and levels of Compliance

Mauritius, 18-20 March 2014Compliance Workshop: Collection and reporting of Fisheries data to IOTC

Sponsored by BOBLME-IOC-SmartFish-IOTC

Summary of IOTC Resolutions

IOTC Resolutions: IOTC and main shark species

• IOTC Resolution 10/02 Mandatory statistical requirements for IOTC Members and Cooperating Non-Contracting Parties (CPC’s)• Minima requirements for the reporting of statistics to the IOTC

• IOTC Resolution 13/08 Procedures on a fish aggregating devices (FADs) management plan• Minima requirements for the collection and reporting of data on

FADs, drifting or anchored, used by Purse seine and pole-and-line fisheries

• IOTC Resolution 13/03 On the recording of catch and effort data by fishing vessels in the IOTC Area of Competence• Minima data requirements for the collection of CATCH-AND-EFFORT

data

• IOTC Resolution 11/04 On a Regional Observer Scheme• Minima requirements sampling of catches in land and at-sea

Summary of IOTC Resolutions (cont.)IOTC Resolutions: Main sharks and other bycatch species

• IOTC Resolution 05/05 Concerning the conservation of Sharks caught in association with fisheries managed by IOTC• Minima requirements for the reporting of data on sharks caught on

IOTC fisheries

• Other Resolutions on sharks: Ban on catch retention and reporting requirements for:• Oceanic whitetip shark: IOTC Resolution 13/06• Thresher sharks: IOTC Resolution 12/09• Whale sharks: IOTC Resolution 13/05 (purse seine fisheries)

• IOTC Resolution 10/06 On reducing the incidental bycatch of Seabirds in longline fisheries• Minima requirements for the reporting of interactions with seabirds (longline)

• IOTC Resolution 12/04 On Marine Turtles• Minima requirements for the reporting of interactions with marine turtles

• IOTC Resolution 13/04 On the conservation of Cetaceans• Minima requirements for the reporting of interactions with cetaceans

Data requirements at a glance

Types of fisheries data for which the Commission has set [data collection] and reporting standards; and data resolution requested by the Commission:

Coastal fleetsEEZ vessels less than 24 m LOA

Active Crafts (FC) Number of fishig craft per boat-gear type category per year

Surface fisheries: CE by fishery, 1° grid and month

#FADs [Anchored & Drifting: CE by

1° grid and month (PS-BB)]

Supply vessels Purse seine

fishery: Effort 1° grid and month

Size data (SF)Scientific observer data Sample of catches in land to cover at least 5% vessel activities

Socio-economic data

Foreign fleets EEZ catch Not applicable

Vessels with LOA ≥ 24 m and all high seas vessels

CE data for foreign licensed fishing vessels (above CE standards)

Sample of catches at-sea to cover at least 5% fishing operations

Individual lengths of IOTC species sampled, by fishery, species, 5° grid, and month

Longline fisheries: CE by fishery, 5° grid and month

Individual vessel data for all fishing ships catching IOTC species

Discard levels IOTC species, sharks, seabirds, marine turtles, Cetaceans per IOTC Area, gear, species and Year (in number of weight)

Nominal catches (weight) of IOTC Species, main species of pelagic sharks, and other bycatch, per IOTC Area, gear, species and Year

No standards have been set as yet

Statistical Requirements Summary

Catch-and-Effort (CE) CE Data by fishery (type of boat-gear), area and period

Annual catches (NC+DI)

Industrial surface and longline fleets

Coastal Fisheries

Full Compliance: Coastal Fisheries

Reports Fishing Sector

Time

Sampling in land

Catch-and-effort

(statistical area, boat-gear,

species, month)Size frequency (statistical area,

boat-gear, species, month)

Catch-and-effort

estimation

Nominal Catch (Boat-gear, IOTC

area, Year, Species)

Aggregation

Catch-and-Effort (boat-gear, Stat Area, Month,

Species)

Raising

Coverage ≥ 5% vessel activities (e.g. trips)

Size Frequency (Species, boat-gear, Stat Area,

Month)

At least 1 fish measured for size per ton of catch

Socio-Economic (Various)

Raising & Aggregati

on

Fishing Craft (number boats / size category,

Gear, Year)

[Raising]

Surface Fisheries

Full Compliance: Surface Fisheries

Catch reports & Logbooks (Fishing Sector)

Time

Sampling in land

Catch-and-effort (1°Grid,

boat-gear-fishing mode, species,

month) Size frequency (5°Grid, boat-gear-

target, species, month)

Catch-and-effort

estimation

Nominal Catch (Boat-gear-fishing

mode-target, IOTC area, Year,

Species)

Aggregation

Catch-and-Effort (boat-gear-

fishing mode-target, 1°Grid,

Month, Species)

Raising

Size Data (Species, boat-gear-

target, 5°Grid, Month)

Socio-Econ.

(Various)

Active

Vessel

List

Sampling at sea At least 1 fish measured for size per

ton of catch

Size Data estimation

Total Enumeration

FAD & Suppl

y [PS+B

B]

DiscardsEstimation & Raising

Discards (Boat-gear-

target, IOTC area,

Year, Species)

Raising

Coverage ≥ 5% fishing operations (e.g. sets)

Trip Repor

t (1°Gri

d)

Aggregation

Longline Fisheries

Full Compliance: Longline Fisheries

Catch reports & Logbooks (Fishing Sector)

Time

Catch-and-effort (5°Grid,

boat-gear-target species, month,

species)

Size frequency (Species, boat-

gear-target species, 5°Grid,

Month)Catch-and-effort

estimation

Nominal Catch (Boat-gear-target, IOTC area,

Year, Species)

Aggregation

Catch-and-Effort (boat-gear-target,

5°Grid, Month, Species)

Raising

Size Data (Species, boat-

gear-target, 5°Grid, Month)

Socio-Econ. (Variou

s)

Active

Vessel

List

Sampling at sea

Coverage ≥ 5% fishing operations (e.g. sets)

At least 1 fish measured for size per ton of catch

Size Data estimation

Total Enumeration

Raising

DiscardsEstimation & Raising

Discards (Boat-gear-

target, IOTC area,

Year, Species)

Trip Repor

t (1°Gri

d)

Aggregation

Dissection of catch for a Fishing TripThe IOTC definitions for nominal catches, bycatch, and discards may differ from those used in other areasCatch-and-effort and size data shall be collected for IOTC species and the main species of sharks, as identified by the Commission, from both, nominal catches and discards

Total catchRetained catch

DiscardsMarketable

(Target)• Tuna (-like)• Sharks• Other finfish

Marketable (Other)• Tuna (-like)• Sharks• Other finfish

Incidental catch• Seabirds• Marine turtles• Cetaceans

Discards commercial and other species• Tuna (-like)• Sharks• Other finfish

NOMINAL CATCH

DISCARDS

BYCATCH

Importance of IOTC fisheries (2008-2012)The 19 countries invited at the Workshop have reported catches of IOTC species and sharks that represent over 75% of the total catches for all fisheries and species combined in the Indian Ocean (2008-12)Indonesia, Iran, India, and Sri Lanka caught over 50% of the total catches (2008-12)

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Indonesia (22%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Indonesia reported 1254 industrial tuna longliners, 19 industrial purse seiners

and 2 gillnetters fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Indonesia has reported conflicting catch figures for its coastal fisheries over

the time series (due to lack of sampling)• Data for coastal and industrial fisheries are not reported separately• Sampling in port of industrial longliners does not cover all catch components • Indonesia has implemented logbook and observer programmes but no data

has been reported to date; size data has not been reported since 2010

Fully compliantPartially Compliant

Non-compliantNot applicable


Nominal catch

Discards

Active Crafts (FC) Fishing Craft

CE Surface fisheries FADs PS-Supply vessels

Size data (SF) Size frequency

Scientific observer data Sampling Coverage

Socio-economic data

Foreign fleets EEZ catch Not applicable CE EEZ Licensed Foreign Fleets

INDONESIA


Catch-and-Effort (CE) Catch-and-Effort

Industrial surface and longline fleetsVessels with LOA ≥ 24 m and all high seas vessels

Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List

Size frequency

Trip Reports

CE Longline fisheries


Iran, Islamic Republic (11%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Iran reported 1229 industrial tuna gillnetters and 4 industrial purse seiners

fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Data for coastal and industrial fisheries are not reported separately• Iran has implemented a logbook programme for its industrial fisheries but no

data have been reported to the IOTC to date• Purse seiners do not use FADs at present (?)• Size data are not reported by type of fishery or IOTC grid (port sampling)




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data



Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports

IRAN, ISL. REP.




CE EEZ Licensed Foreign Fleets

India (10%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• India reported 20 industrial tuna longliners fishing for IOTC species in 2012• India has reported conflicting catch figures for its coastal fisheries over the

time series, in particular as regards to species and gear breakdown• Catches and Catch-and-effort for commercial industrial longliners are as

reported by the fishing sector (in logbooks, likely to be incomplete)• India reports survey data for FSI longliners




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports


Industrial surface and longline fleetsVessels with LOA ≥ 24 m and all high seas vesselsINDIA




Sri Lanka (9%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Sri Lanka reported 2,482 [semi-]industrial multi-purpose vessels fishing for IOTC

species in 2012• Sri Lanka has strengthened its sampling programme for the coastal and offshore

fisheries• Data for coastal and industrial fisheries are not reported separately• Statistics are not recorded by gear type (aggregated by gear)• No observer programme in place




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data



Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports

SRI LANKA





Maldives (7%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Maldives reported 249 baitboats (multi-gear) fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Maldives has not implemented sampling for its coastal fisheries as yet• Data for coastal and industrial fisheries are not reported separately• Catch-and-effort, and size data for industrial fisheries not reported by IOTC

Grid (a logbook programme is in place though ); incomplete species breakdown (bigeye tuna); discards not available (probably minor discards)

• No observer programme in place




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data



Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List

Size frequency

Trip Reports



MALDIVES




Seychelles (4%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Seychelles reported 8 industrial purse seiners, 3 supply vessels, and 28

longliners fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Seychelles has implemented a sampling programme for its coastal fisheries but

the current system needs to be strengthened• Numbers of FADs and activities of supply vessels for purse seine fisheries not

reported; No observer programme in place (to be initiated soon)• No EEZ data reported for foreign licensed vessels in Seychelles in 2012




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


SEYCHELLES




Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports


Pakistan (4%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Pakistan did not report any industrial vessels fishing for IOTC species in 2012;

however, 10 gillnet vessels were reported in 2011• Pakistan implemented a sampling programme for its coastal fisheries with the

assistance of WWF; however, no data were reported for 2012• At present, it is not clear if Pakistan has any industrial vessels operating on the

high seas; or foreign licensed vessels operating in its EEZ




Nominal catch

Discards


CE Surface fisheries (?) FADs PS-Supply vessels



Socio-economic data



Nominal catch (?)

Discards (?)

Active Vessel List (?)


Size frequency (?)

Trip Reports (?)

PAKISTAN




CE EEZ Licensed Foreign Fleets (?)

Yemen (3%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• At present Yemen does not have an industrial fleet for IOTC species• Yemen has no sampling programme in place• To date, Yemen has not reported data to the IOTC for its coastal fisheries• Yemen does not license foreign tuna vessels to operate within its EEZ (?)




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


YEMEN



Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports



Oman (2%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Oman reported 8 industrial longliners fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Oman has implemented a sampling programme for its coastal fisheries but

catches are not reported fully by gear or species• Catch and catch-and-effort for the industrial fleet not reported for all active

vessels and not fully by species• No observer programme in place




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


OMAN




Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports


Malaysia (1%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Malaysia reported 5 industrial tuna longliners fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Although nominal catches and catch-and-effort are reported for coastal

fisheries, the species breakdown needs to be reviewed• Catches and Catch-and-effort for industrial longliners are as reported by the

fishing sector (in logbooks, likely to be incomplete), and refer only to IOTC Area F51

• Malaysia has not an observer programme in place




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


MALAYSIA



Active Vessel List


Nominal catch

Discards


Size frequency

Trip Reports


Thailand (1%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Thailand reported 2 industrial longliners fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Thailand has a sampling programme for its coastal fisheries but coverage is

insufficient• Catches for the longline fishery not fully by species• No observer programme in place




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data



Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports

THAILAND





Madagascar (<1%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Madagascar reported 8 [semi-]industrial tuna longliners fishing for IOTC species

in 2012• To date, Madagascar has not reported catches for its coastal fisheries; sampling

in some provinces was implemented in 2013 (IOC-SmartFish & IOTC support)• Madagascar did not report data other than Nominal catches and some discards

and trip reports for its longline fleet in 2012 (data reported for 2010-11 though)• No EEZ data reported for foreign licensed vessels in Madagascar in 2012




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data



Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports

MADAGASCAR





Comoros (<1%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2011• At present Comoros does not have an industrial fleet for IOTC species• In 2011 the sampling system was strengthened with the support of the IOTC-

OFCF Project; IOC-SmartFish provided further support in 2013• Comoros licenses foreign vessels to operate within its EEZ; to date, Comoros

has not reported catch-and-effort data for foreign licensed vessels




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data



Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports



COMOROS


Tanzania (<1%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Tanzania reported 8 industrial longliners fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Tanzania reported catches for its coastal fisheries aggregated by gear• To date, Tanzania has not reported data for its industrial fleet, other than

information on active vessels• No EEZ data reported for foreign licensed vessels in Tanzania in 2012




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


TANZANIA




Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports


Bangladesh (<1%)

• Bangladesh is not an IOTC CPC at present (though has applied for CNCP status)• Data availability refers to the year 2012• At present Bangladesh does not have an industrial fleet for IOTC species• Nominal catches for Bangladesh from the FAO database; catch aggregated by

species and no gear information available• It is not known if Bangladesh licenses foreign vessels to operate within its EEZ




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports



Industrial surface and longline fleetsVessels with LOA ≥ 24 m and all high seas vesselsBANGLADESH



Kenya (<1%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• At present Kenya does not have an industrial fleet for IOTC species• Kenya has reported incomplete catch figures for its coastal fisheries, in

particular as refers to species and gear breakdown• Kenya did not sample catches at the landing place in 2012• A sampling programme was established in 2013 (coverage levels are unknown)• No EEZ data reported for foreign licensed vessels in Kenya in 2012




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


KENYA




Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports


Mauritius (<1%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Mauritius reported 5 industrial longliners fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Mauritius has implemented a sampling system for its coastal fisheries but

coverage is insufficient• Size data for industrial longliners refers only to swordfish and not by IOTC grid • No observer programme in place• Mauritius reported EEZ data for foreign licensed longline vessels in Mauritius

in 2012 (not for purse seiners)




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data


MAURITIUS




Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports


Djibouti (<1%)

• Djibouti is not an IOTC CPC at present (though has applied for CNCP status)• Data availability refers to the year 2012• At present Djibouti does not have an industrial fleet for IOTC species• Nominal catches for Djibouti from the FAO database; catch aggregated by

species and no gear information available• Djibouti does not license foreign tuna vessels to operate within its EEZ (?)




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data





Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports

DJIBOUTI



Mozambique (<1%)

• Compliance refers to the year 2012• Mozambique reported 1 industrial longliner fishing for IOTC species in 2012• Mozambique has implemented catch monitoring for is coastal fisheries;

however, sampling coverage is unknown• Size data for industrial longliners highly aggregated, not by month and IOTC grid• No observer programme in place• No EEZ data reported for foreign licensed vessels in Mozambique in 2012




Nominal catch

Discards





Socio-economic data



Nominal catch

Discards

Active Vessel List


Size frequency

Trip Reports

MOZAMBIQUE





Summary of Compliance: By Country

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100Indonesia

IranIndia

Sri Lanka

Maldives

Seychelles

Pakistan

Yemen

OmanMalaysiaThailand

Madagascar

Comoros

Tanzania

Bangladesh

Kenya

Mauritius

DjiboutiMozambique

Data Requirements Compliance IndexNominal Catch Catch-and-Effort Size Frequency

Importance of Catch

HIGHEST CATCHLOWEST CATCH

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

NC

CE

SF

NC

CE

SF

NC

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SF

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% Nominal Catch for which NC/CE/SF data are available by IOTC standards

Q0: As reported Q2 Q4 Q6 Q8: Not reported/fully estimatedGOOD QUALITY

POOR QUALITY

Summary of Compliance: By Fishery

0 25 50 75 100

Artisanal

Artisanal Other

Artisanal Workshop

Semi-industrial

Semi-industrial Other

Semi-industrial Workshop

Industrial

Industrial Other

Industrial Workshop

Contribution of catches (%) to total catches

• The artisanal and semi-industrial fisheries of countries invited to the Workshop took the majority of the catches in the Indian Ocean during 2008-2012;

• and around 35% of the total catches of industrial fisheries (2008-2012)• Overall levels of Compliance for countries at the Workshop:

• Nominal catch: 5% artisanal; 35% semi-industrial; 50% industrial• Catch-&-Effort: Nil artisanal; Nil% semi-industrial; 45% industrial• Size frequency: Nil artisanal; Nil semi-industrial; 35% industrial• Observer Programme and discards: Nil compliance

Summary of Compliance: Annual Catch

• Nominal catch: 5% artisanal; 35% semi-industrial; 50% industrial• Discards: Nil coverage• Major issues:

• Artisanal and semi-industrial fisheries: Catch reports not validated through independent sampling of catch and effort, then:• Problems to allocate catches by type of fishery (catches aggregated for

the artisanal and semi-industrial components)• Problems with estimates of total catch• Problems with estimates of catches by type of gear; and catches

around anchored-FADs• Problems with estimates of catches by species

• Industrial fisheries: Catches incomplete (no discards) and not validated due to lack of sampling at-sea, and in port (some fleets)• Problems to allocate catches by type of fishery (catches aggregated for

the semi-industrial and industrial components)

Summary of Compliance: Catch-and-Effort• Catch-&-Effort: Nil artisanal; Nil% semi-industrial; 45% industrial• Major issues:

• Artisanal and semi-industrial fisheries: Generalized lack of catch-and-effort data due to lack of independent sampling and poor reporting• Catch and effort by month not available (seasonality of many fisheries

is unknown)• Lack of logbook programmes or poor quality data recorded on

logbooks for semi-industrial fleets• Industrial fisheries: Lack of logbook programmes or poor quality data

recorded on logbooks and data not reported for some fleets • Purse seine: Numbers of FADs and activities of supply vessels not

reported• Longline: Lack of reporting for some fleets; catches by gear and target

species group (tropical tunas; swordfish and albacore; other species) not reported separately

• Other fisheries: Lack of data for industrial pole-and-line and gillnet fisheries (logbook programmes not fully operational)

Summary of Compliance: Size Frequency• Size frequency: Nil artisanal; Nil semi-industrial; 35% industrial• Major issues:

• Artisanal fisheries: Generalized lack of size data due to lack of independent sampling and poor reporting

• Semi-Industrial fisheries: Insufficient sampling, poor coverage, and poor reporting

Problems shared by Artisanal and Semi-industrial fisheries:• Size data not representative of total catches of the fishery concerned

(poor coverage and/or uneven distribution of sampling)• Size data combined for fisheries operated in different areas and having

different selectivities (e.g. multi-gear fisheries; lack of weighting of size data)

• Industrial fisheries: Incomplete sampling of catches and insufficient time-area coverage for some fleets • Length samples not by area (the majority of the longline fleets and all

gillnet vessels and baitboats)• Lack of size data for bycatch species and discards (lack of at-sea

sampling)

Summary of Compliance: IOTC species• The majority of the catches of neritic

tunas, BLM, SFA, SKJ and, to a lesser extent, YFT come from countries attending the Workshop

• Statistics for marlins, sailfish and neritic tunas are poor quality in general, due to:• Problems with species

identification: Catches misreported by species

• Problems with gear and species breakdown: Catches not by gear and/or species

• Very little catch-and-effort and size data available for species other than tropical tunas

0 20 40 60 80 100

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

NCCESF

YFT

BET

ALB

SBF

SKJ

SWO

BLM

BLU

MLS

SFA

LOT

KAW

FRI

BLT

COM

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Q0: As reported Q2 Q4 Q6 Q8: Not reported/fully estimated

YFT

BET

ALB

SBF

SKJ

SWO

BLM

BLU

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SFA

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Main Priorities• Coastal fisheries:

• Implementation (or strengthening) of sampling programmes in most countries (improvement in data collection) to achieve:• Separation of coastal and industrial fleets (as defined by the

Commission)• Obtain the necessary catch-and-effort and size data from the fisheries• Validation of information reported by the fishing sector or, where not

available, implementation of sampling to obtain the necessary data• Improve reporting through a better understanding of the requirements and

arrangements in each country to allow the timely reporting of data to the IOTC (improvement in data management)

• Industrial fisheries:• Full implementation of logbook systems to achieve 100% logbook

coverage, as recommended by the Commission• Full implementation of the regional observer scheme (sampling at-sea) to:

• Collect/validate length frequency data for the fishery• Validate the catch-and-effort data reported in logbooks• Obtain information on discards of IOTC species and sharks and

incidental catches of other species

WHERE DO WE START ?

Mauritius, 18-20 March 2014Compliance Workshop: Collection and reporting of Fisheries data to IOTC

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