Data

1
Data the WCPFC Convention

• Inaugural Tuna Data Workshop
• SPC Headquarters, Noumea
• 23-27 October 2006
• Lara Manarangi-Trott

2
Legal obligations for data under the WCPF
Convention
Members - provide data and other
information (Article 23 (2))
Commission - compiles and disseminates (Article
10(1))
In accordance with UN Fish Stocks Agreement,
Annex I (which shall form an integral part of the
WCPF Convention)
3
Recent developments in the WCPFC

• Inaugural Tuna Data Workshop
• SPC Headquarters, Noumea
• 23-27 October 2006
• Lara Manarangi-Trott

4
Reporting in the WCPFC

• Scientific Data to be Provided
• SC1 Recommendation
• Annual Report Template
• Part 1 national report
• Part 2 MCS and enforcement
• WCPFC Vessel Record
• WCPFC Convention Annex IV
• Conservation and Management Measure 2004-01
• Members to Provide information as per
• Conservation and Management Measures
  Resolutions
• Decisions of the Commission, SC and TCC

5
Relevant developments in the WCPFC

• Catch documentation scheme
• Verification compliance
• Commission VMS
• Regional Observer Programme
• WCPFC Vessel Record
• How many vessels are authorised in the Commission
  Area?
• Other vessel lists active vessel lists black
  lists

6
Relevant developments in the WCPFC

• Port State Procedures
• Inspection procedures
• Documentation
• Transshipment Rules and Procedures
• Rules and Procedures for Access to and Use of
  Commission Data by Members (and Territories)
• Allocation