Report of the Ad Hoc Consultation on the Role of Regional Fishery Agencies in Relation to High Seas Fishery Statistics. La Jolla, California, USA, 13 - 16 December 1993 PDF
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FAOFisheriesReportNo.500 FIDI/R500 ISSN0429-9337 Reportofthe ADHOCCONSULTATIONONTHEROLEOF REGIONALFISHERTAGENCIES INRELATIONTOHIGHSEASFISHERYSTATISTICS LaJolla.California,USA,13-16December1993 FOODANDAGRICULTUREORGANIZATIONOFTHEUNITEDNATIONS Copyrightedmaterial FAOFisheriesReportNo.500 FIDI/R500 Reportofthe ADHOCCONSULTATIONONTHEROLEOF REGIONALFISHERYAGENCIESINRELATIONTO HIGHSEASFISHERYSTATISTICS LaJolla,California,USA,13-16December1993 FOODANDAGRICULTUREORGANIZATIONOFTHEUNITEDNATIONS Rome,1994 This one TptuhhbeelipdcaearsttiiogonnfadttoihoennostFoiemompdpllyaotnyhdeedeAxgaprnridecsu(slhtieuornperoefOsraegnnaytnaoitpziiaontniiooonfnwmhoaftaettrshioeaelvUiennritthoeinds aoNrraetbaioouonrnsdoafcroiitnsecaseurtnhoirnigtitehse,olregcaolnscteartnuisngoftahenydecloiumnittrayt,iotneorfriittosryf,rocnittiyeorrs M-74 ISBN92-5-103505-9 c0ArArAalegep0lltrpp1,rirlri0cpoiieu0dchgvluahaotRtclttustioosriocmyeronoseensOpts,.fryeeosgirmIrhavnt,soanegluuoidyorlzc.radhttoNrbpitaoeehonrensapmrmdaiwoirdsifttsrsttieeeoho,sdtenswi,teinUhtdwniahisinttotoyhupeuttdafbhtoleshNriteDacmaitaptroitreeroiicnomobtrsneoy.nprm.teaVranoPimfyyuaibltmslebhseieeicdapeoanrltunsleiro,opopfnroeTstolsehdeDereucimtccvareioenospddniy,dioreicnisx,,gCttmFhaoetreronaectoocdhwodaanflianelntnirahd-.a.e ©FAO1994 Copyrightedmaterial -Ill- PREPARATIONOFTHISREPORT ThisistheReportoftheAdhocConsultationontheRoleofRegionalFisheryAgenciesin RelationtoHighSeasFisheryStatistics,LaJolla,California,13-16December1993.TheReport wasadoptedbytheAdhocConsultationon16December1993. Distribution: FAOMemberNationsandAssociateMembers ParticipantsattheAdhocConsultation OtherinterestedNationsandinternationalorganizations FAOFisheriesDepartment FAORegionalOffices Copyrightedmaterial -IV- FAO. ReportoftheAdhocConsultationontheRoleofRegionalFisheryAgenciesinRelationto HighSeasFisheryStatistics. LaJolla.California,USA,13-16December1993. FAOFisheriesReport.No.500. Rome,FAO. 1994. 167p. ABSTRACT TheAdhocConsultationontheRoleofRegionalFisheryAgenciesinRelationtoHigh SeasFisheryStatistics,washeldattheHeadquartersoftheInter-AmericanTropicalTuna Commission(IATTC),LaJolla,California,USA,on13-16December1993.TheAdhoc ConsultationwasorganizedbyFAO. Thefollowingitemswerediscussed: reviewof statisticsreportedonhighseasfisheriesandpresentlycollatedbyregionalfishery agencies; specificationoftherequirementsforstatisticsonhighseasfisheriesfor researchandmanagementpurposes; logisticalandfinancialimplicationsassociatedwith datacollection;adviceonthehighseasfisherystatisticstobecollectedanddisseminated byFAO;reportingofhighseasfisherystatisticsandexchangeofdatabetweenregional fisheryagenciesandFAO;theCoordinatingWorkingPartyonAtlanticFisheryStatistics (inCfWoPr)m,atiaonndbeittswpeoesnsiFblAeOexatnednsrieogniontoalafriesahseroyutasgiednecitehsecAotnlcaenrtnicingOctehaen;autheoxrcihzaatnigoenooff vesselstofishonthehighseas. Copyrightedmaterial -V- CONTENTS OPENINGOFTHECONSULTATION APPOINTMENTOFCHAIRMAN 1 REVIEWOFTHESTATISTICSREPORTEDONHIGHSEASFISHERIES WHICHAREPRESENTLYCOLLATEDBYREGIONALFISHERY AGENCIES 1 SPECIFICATIONOFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORSTATISTICSONHIGH SF.ASFISHERIESFORRESEARCHANDMANAGEMENTPURPOSES 2 LOGISTICALANDFINANCIALIMPLICATIONSASSOCIATEDWITHDATA COLLECTION __ _ ID ADVICEONTHEHIGHSEASFISHERIESSTATISTICSTORECOLLATED ANDDISSEMINATEDBYFAQ 12 REPORTINGOFHIGHSEASFISHERYSTATISTICSANDEXCHANGEOF DATABETWEENREGIONALFISHERYAGENCIESANDFAQ 13 THECOORDINATINGWORKINGPARTYONATLANTICFISHERY STATISTICS(CWP),ANDITSPOSSIBLEEXTENSIONTOAREAS OUTSIDETIIF.ATLANTICOCEAN L4 EXCHANGEOFINFORMATIONBETWEENFAQANDREGIONAL VFEISSHSEERLYSTAOGEFNICSIHEOSNCOTNHCEEHRINGIHNSGETAHSF.AUTHORIZATIONOF 14 ANYOTHFRMATTERS 15 ADOPTIONOFTHF.REPORT 15 Copyrightedmaterial APPENDIX Page A TERMSOFREFERENCE LZ B AGENDA IS C LISTOFPARTICIPANTS 10 D LISTOFDOCUMENTS 2j0 E OPENINGSTATEMENT J21 E REVIEWOFTHESTATISTICSREPORTEDONHIGHSF.AS FISHERIESWHICHAREPRESENTLYCOLLECTEDBY REGIONALFISHERYAGENCIES 26 G COMMISSIONFORTHECONSERVATIONOFANTARCTICMARINE LIVINGRESOURCES 27 H SOUTHPACIFICFORUMFISHERIESAGENCY 32 I INTER-AMERICANTROPICALTUNACOMMISSION 43 I OIFNTAETRLNAANTTIIOCNATLUNCAOSMMISSIONFORTHF,CONSERVATION j!2 K INTERNATIONALCOUNCILFORTHEEXPLORATIONOFTHESEA 53 L INDO-PACIFICTUNAPROGRAMME.. 24 M NORTHWESTATLANTICFISHERIESORGANIZATION 78 N SOUTHPACIFICCOMMISSION 90 Q NORTHPACIFICANADROMOUSFISHCOMMISSION 114 E FAQREGIONALBODIES IIS Q TABLE: SUMMARYOFDATACOLLATEDANDHELD BYREGIONAIFISHERYAGENCIES 17S R SPECIFICATIONOFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORSTATISTICS ONHIGHSF.ASFISHERIESFORRESEARCHAND MANAGEMENTPURPOSES 122 Copyrightedmaterial APPENDIX Pas S MINIMUMDATAREQUIREMENTSFORTHECONSERVATION ANDMANAGEMENTOFSTRADDLINGFISHSTOCKSANDHIGHLY MIGRATORYFISHSTOCKS(NEGOTIATINGTEXTPREPAREDBY THECHAIRMANOFTHEUNCONFERENCEONSTRADDLINGFISH STOCKSANDHIGHLYMIGRATORYFISHSTOCKS,NEWYORK, 12-30JULY1993) 135 T TABLE: FISHINGEFFORTMEASURESBYGEARCATEGORIES 139 U LOGISTICALANDFINANCIALIMPLICATIONSASSOCIATED WITHDATACOLLECTION 143 V HIGHSEASFISHERYSTATISTICSTOBECOLLATEDAND DISSEMINATEDBYFAO 145 W REPORTINGANDEXCHANGEOFHIGHSEASFISHERY STATISTICS 154 X ROLEOFTHECOORDINATINGWORKINGPARTYONATLANTIC FISHERYSTATISTICS(CWP) 155 Y PROVISIONBYFAOOFINFORMATIONONTHE AUTHORIZATIONOFVESSELSTOFISHONTHEHIGHSEAS 160 Z ACRONYMSUSEDINTHISREPORT 167 Copyrightedmaterial OPENINGOFTHECONSULTATION 1. TheConsultationwasheldattheHeadquartersoftheInter-AmericanTropicalTuna Commission(IATTC),LaJolla,USA,from13-16December1993. Fourteenparticipants fromregionalfisheryagencies-attendedtheConsultation. Inaddition,threeobservers attendedtheConsultation.ThetermsofreferencefortheConsultationaregiveninAppendix A. TheListofParticipantsisinAppendixC. 2. TheSecretaryoftheConsultation,Dr.R.Grainger,welcomedparticipantstoLa Jolla,andpresentedanOpeningStatementonbehalfofDr.W.Krone,AssistantDirector- Generala.i..FisheriesDepartment,FoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheUnitedNations (FAO). ThefulltextoftheopeningstatementisinAppendixE. ADOPTIONOFAGENDAANDWORKINGARRANGEMENTS 3. TlieConsultationadoptedtheAgendashowninAppendixB. Thedocumentsplaced beforetheConsultationarelistedinAppendixD. APPOINTMENTOFCHAIRMAN 4. Dr.JamesJoseph,Director,IATTC,wasappointedChairmanoftheConsultation. 5. TheChairmanoftheUNConferenceonStraddlingFishStocksandHighlyMigratory FishStocks,HisExcellencyMr.SatyaNandan,spokeatthebeginningofthemeeting. He congratulatedDr.JosephonhisappointmentasChairmanoftheConsultationandexpressed thankstoFAOfortheinvitationtoparticipateintheConsultation. AmbassadorNandan tnootseodmtehaotfhtehevatleuchendicsaulchispsauretsicbiepiantigona,ddarsestsheeddeblyibtehreatUioNnsCaotnftehreeCnocnes.ultHaetipooninwteerdeocuetnttrhaalt regionalfisheryagencieswouldbeexpectedtoplayacrucialroleinthefutureconservation andmanagementofstraddlingfishstocksandhighlymigratoryfishstocks. Headdedthat thecollectionofhighseasfisheriesdatawasnotanendinitself,butratherameansoftrying toensurethatstraddlingfishstocksandhighlymigratoryfishstockscouldbeeffectively conservedandmanagedovertheirentireranges. REVIEWOFTHESTATISTICSREPORTEDONHIGHSEASFISHERIESWHICH AREPRESENTLYCOLLATEDBYREGIONAL FISHERYAGENCIES 6. TheChairmanoftheConsultationpointedoutthatthetaskoftheConsultationwould beessentiallytoconsidertwolevelsofstatisticalinformation: (i)dataofafineresolution thatregionalfisheryagencieswouldrequireforstockassessment,managementandrelated purposes,and(ii)aggregateddatarelatingtohighseascatches,speciescomposition,effort, w\iJthFionratnhdeopuutrspiodesetsheoffrthaimserweoprorkt,ofreFgAioOn,alwfhiischherayraegceonnciceesrnaerdewtiatkhenretosehaercihnatnedr/goorvemranmneangteamlefnitshoerfyfibsohdeireise,sefsotraablipasrhteidcubloatrh region. Copyrightedmaterial 2 etc.,thatcouldbecompiledbyFAOtobemadeavailabletotheinternationalcommunity. InthisrespectaggregateddataheldbyFAOwouldgenerallynotbeusedforstock assessmentpurposes. 7. TheChairmansummarizedtheintroductorypaperforAgendaItem4(Doc.5;see AppendixF)notingthatitprovidedguidancefortheensuingpresentationsbytheparticipants fromtheregionalfisheryagenciesandsubsequentdiscussion. Headdedthattherewasa highdegreeofvariabilityinhighseasfisherydatabetweenregions,andalargevariationin theextenttowhichparticularhighseasfishstockswerecoveredbyregionalfisheryagencies. TheChairmanindicatedthatanattemptshouldbemadeintheConsultationtoidentifythose areaswheretherewasinadequateornocoverageofhighseasfishstocksbyregionalfishery agencies. 8. Participantsfromtheregionalfisheryagenciesweretheninvitedtomakeshort presentationshighlightingtheiragency’shighseasfisherystatisticalactivities. CommissionfortheConservationofAntarcticMarineLivingResources(CCAMLR) 9. MostoftheareacoveredbytheCCAMLRConventionishighseas(Doc.5.A;see AppendixG). DatacollectedbytheCommission,whicharesuppliedbyMembers,areused forstockassessmentpurposes,fortheoperationalmanagementoffisheries, forthe assessmentofincidentalmortalityofmarinemammalsandbirds,andforthecalculationof annualfinancialcontributionsbyMembers. QuotasarenotspecifiedbytheCommission formanagementpurposes,thoughcatchlimitationsandothercriteriatakingaccountof incidentalspeciesmortalityareused.TheCommissionhasascientificobserverprogramme inwhichobserversareplacedonvesselsoperatingintheConventionarea. Thepurposeof thisprogrammeistofacilitatecollectionofdatafromcommercialsourcesandscientific researchvessels. ManagementintheConventionareatakesintoaccountcommercially targetedaswellasrelatedanddependentspecies,i.e.anecosystemapproach.Thetotalcost fordatamanagementisapproximatelyUS$32000. SouthPacificForumFisheriesAgency(FFA) 10. Approximately19percentoftheregionservedbytheFFAishighseas. Tunaisthe mostimportantcommercialspeciesharvestedintheregion(Doc.5.C; seeAppendixH). Some94percentofcatchesaretakenbydistantwaterfishingfleets. TheFFAisprimarily concernedwiththeeconomicandpolicyaspectsofmanagementandtothisextenttheAgency complementstheworkoftheSouthPacificCommission(seeparagraph16)whichisdirected towardsresearch.HighseasfisheriesdataareofparticularimportancetoFFAMembersfor ihesuccessfulimplementationofregionallyagreedarrangementsconcerningmonitoring, controlandsurveillance(MCS),andtoenableFFAMemberstoassesstherelativeeconomic benefitsdistantwaterfishingfleetsderiveinhavingaccesstotheirEEZs.Allvesselsfishing withintheFFAregionarerequiredtoprovidecompleteandaccuratefishingdetails, includinghighseasactivities,incompliancewiththeregionallyagreedminimumtermsand conditionsofaccess.TheFFAmaintainsthreedatabases:theregionalregisterdatabase,the regionaltunafisherieslogsheetdatabase,andtheUSTreatycatchdatabase. Underthe provisionsoftheUSTreaty thereisanobserverprogrammewhichcurrentlycovers20 percentoftripsbyUSvessels. Inaddition, theUSNationalMarineFisheriesService Copyrightedmaterial
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