OCEANIC FISHERIES PROGRAMME / PROGRAMME PECHE HAUTURIERE

FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE
ON TUNA AND BILLFISH

Noumea, New Caledonia,
9th-16 August 2001

 
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Meeting Details & Arrangements Invitation - Bernard Thoulag Terms of reference and guidelines for participation Guideline for the preparation of National Tuna Fisheries Reports Guideline for Powerpoint presentations in the SPC conference room Travel Arrangements Announcement Agenda Agenda Draft Agenda for Meeting of the SCTB Statistics Working Group   Draft Agenda for the Yellowfin Research Group Draft Agenda for the Billfish and Bycatch Research Group Final Agenda for the Fishing Technology Working Group List of Participants Participants  Executive Summary Executive Summary Document  Report of Meeting Draft Report of SCTB14 List of Working Papers  Information Reports Anonymous. Report of the thirteenth Meeting of the Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish (SCTB13), 5-12 July 2000, Noumea, New Caledonia. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. 124 pp.   Overview of Western and Central Pacific Ocean Tuna Fisheries GEN–1 Lewis A.D. & P.G. Williams. Overview of the western and central Pacific Ocean tuna fisheries – 2000. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. GEN–2 Forum Fisheries Agency. Economic overview of the tuna fishery. Forum Fisheries Agency. Honiara. Solomon Islands.   Statistics Working Group SWG-1 Lawson, T. Status of data collection, compilation and dissemination. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-2 Lawson, T. Estimates of annual catches of target species in tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-3 Williams, P.G & A.W. Whitelaw. Estimates of annual catches for billfish species taken in commercial and recreational fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-4 Williams, P. & T. Lawson. A review of catches of tuna and tuna-like species in the South China Sea. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-5 Lawson, T., S.-K. Chang, A. Coan & M. Hinton. Review of Japanese catch and effort logsheets. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-6 Lawson, T. Predation of tuna by whales and sharks in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-7 Millar, C. Classification of purse-seine effort by school association. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-8 Bigelow, K. Estimation of bigeye catches by purse seiners. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-9 Lawson, T. Observer data held by the Oceanic Fisheries Programme covering tuna fishery bycatches in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-10 Lawson, T. Methods for analysing bycatches with observer data. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SWG-11 Millar, C & P. Williams. Taiwanese distant-water longline catch characteristics with regard to albacore targeting. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia SWG–12 Wang, S.B. & R.F.Wu. Possibility of incorporating longline logbook data recovered from America Samoa during 1964-1994 period into Taiwanese longline database of the Pacific region. Overseas Fisheries Development Council of the Republic of China, R.O.C.   Research Groups Skipjack SKJ-1 Hampton, J. & D. Fournier. Stock assessment of skipjack tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SKJ-2 Lehodey, P. Application of SEPODYM to skipjack tuna in the Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. SKJ–3 Sun, C.L. & S.Z. Yeh. Catch, Effort and Standardized CPUE of the Skipjack Tuna from Taiwanese Tuna Purse Seine Fishery in the Central and Western Pacific. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Yellowfin YFT- 1 Hampton, J. & D. Fournier. Stock assessment of yellowfin tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia YFT- 2 Itano, D. The reproductive biology of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in Hawaiian waters and the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Univ. of Hawaii. YFT- 3 Grubbs, R., Holland, K. & D. Itano. Food habits and trophic dynamics of structure-associated aggregations of yellowfin and bigeye tuna (Thunnus albacares and Thunnus obesus) in the Hawaiian Islands: Project description, rationale and preliminary results. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Univ. of Hawaii. YFT– 4 Labelle, M. An operational model of the WCPO yellowfin tuna fishery designed for testing MULTIFAN–CL. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. YFT– 5 Sun, C.L. & S.Z. Yeh. Updated CPUE of Central and Western Pacific Yellowfin Tuna from Taiwanese Tuna Fisheries. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC YFT– 6 Adam, M.S., J.Sibert, D.Itano & K. Holland. Size-specific Tag Attrition in Bulk Transfer Models: Analysis of Hawaii Tuna Tagging Project Data. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research and Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii. Bigeye BET- 1 Hampton, J. & D. Fournier. A preliminary stock assessment model for bigeye tuna in the Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. BET-2 Kikkawa, B. & J. Cushing. Variations in Growth and Mortality of Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the Equatorial Western Pacific Ocean. National Marine Fisheries Service, SWFSC and Department of Commerce, Government of Guam. BET-3 Bruno Leroy. Use of microincrements analysis to locate annuli in Bigeye otoliths. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. BET– 4 Sun, C.L., M. Maunder, J. Hampton, G. Watters & S.Z. Yeh. Application of the A-SCALA method to Bigeye Tuna in the western and Central Pacific Ocean. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community. BET– 5 Sun, C.L. & S.Z. Yeh. Updated CPUE of Central and Western Pacific Bigeye Tuna from Taiwanese Tuna Longline Fisheries. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Albacore ALB- 1 Bigelow, K., Hampton, J. & D. Fournier. Stock assessment of albacore tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. ALB–2 Wang, C-H. Two steps estimating the parameters r, q and K of South Pacific albacore stocks (Thunnus alalunga) based on surplus production model. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC ALB–3 Griggs, L. & T. Murray. Monitoring the length structure of commercial landings of albacore tuna during the 2000–2001 fishing year. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), Wellington. Billfish and Bycatch BBRG–1 Kleiber, P., Takeuchi, Y. & H. Nakano. Calculation of plausible maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for blue sharks (Prionace glauca) in the North Pacific. National Marine Fisheies Service, SWFSC and National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan BBRG–2 Allain, V. Food web study in the tuna ecosystem of the western and central Pacific Ocean. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia BBRG–3 Robins, C. Longline-turtle interactions in Australia's pelagic longline fishery. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Australia BBRG–4 Robins, C. Using fishermen to collect scientific information. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Australia BBRG–5 Laurs, M., C. Boggs & R. Brill. NMFS Honolulu Laboratory Research to reduce Bycatch of Sea Turtles. National Marine Fisheries Service, Honolulu Laboratory, Hawaii. BBRG–6 Laurs, M., & C. Karnella. Status and Impacts of Litigation on the Hawaii Longline Fishery for Swordfish and Tunas. National Marine Fisheries Service, Honolulu Laboratory, Hawaii and National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Area Office, Honolulu, Hawaii.   Fishing Technology Working Group FT–1 Millar, C. Review of vessel attributes in the FFA Regional Register. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. FT-2 Fonteneau, A., Gaertner, D. & V. Nordstrom. An overview of problems in the catch per unit of effort and abundance relationship for the tropical purse seine fisheries. Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT 49 (3) : 258-278. FT-3 Coan, A. & D. Itano. Factors that may have affected U.S. purse seine catch rates in the central-western Pacific Ocean: an examination of fishing strategy and effective fishing effort. National Marine Fisheies Service, SWFSC and Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research FT-4 Itano, D. A fishing technology working group to the Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Univ. of Hawaii. FT-5 Opnai, J. & L. Clark. Status of the review of the Palau Arrangement. Forum Fisheries Agency, Honiara, Solomon Islands FT-6 Gaertner, D. & P. Pallares. The European Union research project “Efficiency of the tuna purse seiners and effective efforts” (ESTHER). Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and Instituto Español de Oceanoggrafia (IEO). FT-7 Honda, M. Status report of the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO). Forum Fisheries Agency, Honiara, Solomon Islands. FT-8 Brogan, D. Status of SPC’s Observer Data Collection, Standardisation and Accessibility with regard to Gear and Vessel Attributes. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. FT-9 Morón, J. Report on Management Measures for the European Tuna Purse Seine Fleet. APAGAC, Madrid, Spain. FT-10 Beverly, Steve. Longline Fishing Perspectives: Techniques, Gear, Boats, Bait and Recent Trends. Coastal Fisheries Programme, Secratariat of the Pacific Community. FT-11 Morón,, J., J. Areso, and P. Pallarés. Statistics and Technical Information about the Spanish Purse-Seine Fleet in the Pacific. APAGAC, Madrid, Spain, Spanish Fisheries Office in Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles and Instituto Español de Oceanoggrafia (IEO), Madrid, Spain. FT-12 Wu, R.F. & S.B. Wang. A Brief Overview In Recent Development of Purse Seine Fishery in Taiwan. Overseas Fisheries Development Council of the Republic of China, R.O.C. FT-13 Kumoru, L. Purse-Seine Operations in Papua New Guinea. National Fisheries Authority. Papua New Guinea.   SCTB Working Group Reports Yellowfin Template Robert Campbell. Technical synopsis of Fisheries and resource status in the Western-Central Pacific ocean Albacore Template Talbot Murray. South Pacific Albacore Stock Review   National Tuna Fishery Reports NFR-1 Australia Ward, P. & C. Robins. Tuna and billfish fisheries of the north-eastern Australian Fishing Zone. Bureau of Resource Sciences. Australia. NFR-2 Canada Shaw, W. An Update for Canadian Tuna Fisheries in the North and South Pacific Ocean Through 2000. Fisheries and Oceans Canada NFR-3 CHINA Dai Xiaojie. National Report of China. Department of Marine Fishery Science and Technology, College of Oceanography, Shanghai Fisheries University NFR–4 FSM Park, T. FSM 2000 Fisheries Review. Micronesian Maritime Authority. FSM NFR-5 FIJI Tuwai, Iliapi & M. Lagibalavu . Tuna and billfish fisheries of Fiji’s fishing zone. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests. Fiji. NFR-6 French Polynesia, Christophe Misselis. French Polynesia National Report on Tuna Fisheries. Service des Ressources Marines. Tahiti, French Polynesia. NFR–8 Korea Koh, J. Korean tuna fisheries in the western Pacific Ocean. National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI). Republic of Korea. NFR-9 New Caledonia, Etaix-Bonnin, R. New Caledonia Tuna Fishery. Service territorial de la marine marchande. Noumea, New Caledonia. NFR–10 New Zealand Murray, T. & L. Griggs. NATIONAL TUNA FISHERY REPORT 2001 – NEW ZEALAND. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), Wellington. NFR–11 Papua New Guinea Kumoru, L. PNG Country Report. National Fisheries Authority. Papua New Guinea. NFR–12 Samoa Su’a, D. & P. Watt. Samoa National Tuna Fishery Report. Fisheries Division. Department of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology. Samoa. NFR–13 Taiwan Wang, S-B, & C-L. Kuo. Update on tuna Fisheries of Taiwan in the Pacific Region. Overseas Fisheries Development Council of the Republic of China and Fisheries Administration, Council of Agriculture, R.O.C. NFR-14 SOLOMON ISLANDS Oreihaka, E.. Domestic Tuna Fisheries in the Solomon Islands. Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Honiara, Solomon Islands. NFR-15 USA Coan, A., J. Childers, R. Ito, B. Kikkawa & D. Hamm. Summary of U.S. fisheries statistics for highly migratory species in the central-western Pacific, 1996-2000. National Marine Fisheries Service. USA