WCPFC Tuna Fishery Yearbook

The WCPFC Tuna Fishery Yearbook presents annual catch estimates in the WCPFC Statistical Area from 1950 onwards. The tables of catch statistics cover the four main commercial species caught in the region: albacore (Thunnus alalunga), bigeye (Thunnus obesus), skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) and yellowfin (Thunnus albacares). The Tuna Yearbook is prepared by the OFP under contract to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.

Tuna Fishery Data Catalogue

The OFP is responsible for compiling regional tuna fisheries data, including operational (logsheet) catch and effort data, aggregated catch and effort data, size composition data, unloadings data, observer data and tagging data. The Data Catalogue presents tables summarizing the holdings of data by the OFP.

SPC/FFA Tuna Fishery Data Collection Committee

The Data Collection Committee meets about every second year to review data collection forms and related issues. All data collection forms maintained by the DCC are presented in an appendix to the report of the meeting.

Fork Length, the Observer and Port Sampler Newsletter
Code Longueur, la lettre d'information des observateurs et
         des échantilloneurs au port

Fork Length is a newsletter for observers and port samplers in the tuna fishery sampling programmes of SPC member countries and territories.

Port Sampling Manual  / Manuel d'échantillonage au port

The Port Sampling Manual is a reference guide for the sampling of tuna fisheries in port.

Working Papers - Internal Reports - Meeting Reports

Selected statistics-related working papers presented at meetings of the Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish (1987-2004), during the Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (2005 onwards) or other meetings, and OFP Internal Reports on a broad range of subjects, are available.

Longline Observer Guide (2007) / Guide de l'observateur-Pêche à la palangre