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Requested fisheries statistics & data submission forms

 

Data setDescriptionIOTC formSpecies groupManagement measures or agreementsReport obligation levelReporting addressee and deadline
Annual catches
Nominal catchesTotal annual retained catches in live weight by IOTC area, species and type of fisheryForm 1RCIOTC speciesR-15/02ObligatoryIOTC Secretariat
LL: 30/06 (P)
LL: 30/12 (F)
OT: 30/06 (F)
Sharks

R-15/02; R-17/05

R-18/02

Obligatory
Other bycatchR-15/02Voluntary
Nominal catches (YFT)Annual retained catches of yellowfin tuna in live weight by IOTC area, type of fishery and vessel category (≥24m LOA or <24m LOA and fishing outside the EEZ)Form 1RC-YFTYellowfin tunaR-19/01 (para. 26)ObligatoryIOTC Secretariat
LL: 30/06 (P)
LL: 30/12 (F)
OT: 30/06 (F)
DiscardsEstimates of total annual discard levels in live weight (or number) by IOTC area, species and type of fisheryForm 1DIIOTC speciesR-15/02ObligatoryIOTC Secretariat
LL: 30/06 (P)
LL: 30/12 (F)
OT: 30/06 (F)
SharksR-15/02Obligatory
SeabirdsR-12/06; R-15/02Obligatory
Marine turtlesR-12/04; R-15/02Obligatory
Other bycatchR-15/02VoluntaryIOTC Secretariat
CetaceansR-13/04ObligatoryIOTC Secretariat
LL: 30/06 (P)
LL: 30/12 (F)
OT: 30/06 (F)
Whale sharksR-13/05Obligatory
Reporting statusBinary matrix of annual records of retained catches or discards by species and fishery groupForm 1DRIOTC species; elasmobranchsR-18/07Obligatory
Active crafts
Numbers of craftsTotal annual number of fishing crafts operated by type of fishery, type of craft and craft sizeForm 2FCFisheries targeting IOTC speciesFSA-Annex I, Article 4VoluntaryIOTC Secretariat
Catch-and-effort
Surface fisheriesCatch by species in live weight and fishing effort by type of fishery by 1° grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch)Form 3CEIOTC speciesR-15/01; R-15/02ObligatoryIOTC Secretariat
LL: 30/06 (P)
LL: 30/12 (F)
OT: 30/06 (F)
SharksR-15/01; R-15/02; R-17/05Obligatory
Other bycatchR-15/01; R-15/02Voluntary
Longline fisheriesCatch by species in number or live weight and effort in number of hooks set by 5° grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch)Form 3CEIOTC speciesR-15/02Obligatory
SharksR-15/01; R-15/02; R-17/05Obligatory
Other bycatchR-15/01; R-15/02Voluntary
Catch by species in number (or live weight) and effort in number of hooks set by 1° grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch)Form 3CEIOTC speciesR-15/01; R-15/02VoluntaryScientific Commitee1,2

Sharks

R-15/01; R-15/02; R-17/05; R-18/02

Voluntary
Coastal fisheriesCatch by species and fishing effort by type of fishery, geographic area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch)Form 3ARIOTC speciesR-15/02ObligatoryIOTC Secretariat
LL: 30/06 (P)
LL: 30/12 (F)
OT: 30/06 (F)
SharksR-15/01; R-15/02; R-17/05Obligatory
Other bycatchR-15/01; R-15/02Voluntary
Support vesselsNumber and characteristics of supply vessels and number of days-at-sea by type of supply vessel by 1° grid area and month strataForm 3SUNot applicableR-15/02Obligatory
Fish Aggregating DevicesInteractions with floating objects (FADs and natural objects) by purse seiners and supply vessels, including number of sets and corresponding catches by 1° grid area and month strataForm 3FANot applicable

R-15/02

R-19/02

Obligatory
Number of FADs deployed in 2018 and 2019 by purse seine vessels and associated supply vessels by 1° grid area and month strataForm 3FDNot applicable

R-19/01

Obligatory01/03/2020
Monthly report of daily positions of active buoys equipping FADs and natural floating objects, stratified by month and purse seine vessel (including buoy identifier)Form 3BUNot applicable

R-19/02

Obligatory

IOTC Secretariat
Compiled at monthly intervals: to be submitted with a time delay of at least 60 days, but no longer than 90 days from the end of the month1

 

Size frequency data 
Fish sizesLength/weight data by species, type of fishery and 5° grid area and month strataForm 4SFIOTC speciesR-15/02ObligatoryIOTC Secretariat
LL: 30/06 (P)
LL: 30/12 (F)
OT: 30/06 (F)
SharksR-17/05Obligatory
Socio-economic data
Fish pricesAverage prices of fish per type of fish product (preservation, processing), weight units, type of currency, month and marketForm 7PRIOTC speciesA-Article5 paragraph 2(d)VoluntaryIOTC Secretariat
Country indicatorsSet of national socio-economic indicators (e.g. GDP, OECD status, number of fishermen, contribution of fisheries to GDP, etc.)Not availableNot applicableVoluntaryIOTC Secretariat or Scientific Committee

Management measures or agreements:

IOTC Resolution (R); IOTC Recommendation (Rc); IOTC Agreement (A); UN Fish Stocks Agreement (FSA)
Reporting addressee and deadline:Longline fisheries (LL) Preliminary statistics (P) or Final statistics (F); Other fisheries (OT) shall (reporting is obligatory) /may (reporting is voluntary) be reported to the IOTC through the IOTC Secretariat (IOTC-Statistics@fao.org) or through the Scientific Committee

1Data for the exclusive use of IOTC scientists, bound by IOTC confidentiality policy (R-12/02)

2Subject to the approval of the data owners, should be provided for scientific use in a timely fashion.

You can also download all the forms as a single ZIP archive.

 

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