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SCTB13
GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF NATIONAL TUNA
FISHERY REPORTS
The national tuna fishery reports will be presented at SCTB
13 (brief verbal presentation), and each presenter will be asked to summarize
his/her presentation in written form for inclusion in the report of the
meeting. Tabling of the national tuna fishery report in a background paper
would be desirable.
The report should present catch statistics for 1999 and the
four previous years, if possible; recent developments in each fishery for
tropical tunas (skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye and albacore) should be
highlighted, and where important, fisheries for small tunas and billfish.
National fishery reports by SPC members should give highest
priority to information concerning their domestic fleets, whereas reports for
distant water fleets should present information concerning the activities of
their fleets within the Western and Central Pacific (to 1500 W) and the entire
Pacific, where appropriate.
The catch statistics should consist of annual catches
(metric tonnes), by species, for the 1999 calendar year (by gear - longline,
pole-and-line, purse seine, multi-gear domestic fisheries of Indonesia and
Philippines) or the 1998/99 season (troll fishery for albacore). If possible,
preliminary statistics for the 1999/2000 albacore season would be of interest.
Where possible, the number of vessels by gear type should be included. As well
as information on catches of the main tuna species, information on catches of
the main billfish species (blue, black and striped marlin, swordfish) and
other by-catch species should be included where possible.
- Possible headings to assist in the preparation and
presentation of the national reports are as follows:
- Brief introduction/background to the fishery/fisheries
- Total catch, for all species and all gears combined -
1995-1999
- Fleet structure
- Catch by species, for each gear type
- Final market destination of catches / disposal of catch
- Onshore developments (transhipment, processing etc)
- Future prospects and developments
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