Identification cards

IOTC Species Identification Guides

As per the recommendations of the Working Parties and the Scientific Committee, the IOTC Secretariat has developed Identification Guides for marine turtles, seabirds, and sharks and rays that maybe incidentally caught or otherwise interacted with by IOTC fisheries targeting tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean. These guides are intended for use by scientific observers, field samplers, as well as fishers in order to improve the quality of the data being recorded and reported to the IOTC Secretariat.

English

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Sharks and rays identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Marine turtles identification cards
• Seabirds identification cards for fishing vessel operating in the Indian Ocean
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries

French

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Sharks and rays identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries *

Arabic

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries

Bengali

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Sharks and rays identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries

Hindi

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Sharks and rays identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries *

Indonesian

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Sharks and rays identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Marine turtles identification cards
• Seabirds identification cards for fishing vessel operating in the Indian Ocean
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries *

Malaysian

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Sharks and rays identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries

Persian

• Marine turtle identification cards
• Shark and ray identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Billfish identification cards
• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries

Portuguese 

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Shark and ray identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Marine turtle identification cards
• Seabirds identification cards for fishing vessel operating in the Indian Ocean

Sinhalese

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Shark and ray identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries

Spanish

• Marine turtle identification cards
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries

Swahili

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Shark and ray identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries *

Tamil

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Shark and ray identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries

Thai

• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Billfish identification cards
• Shark and ray identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries

Urdu

• Marine turtles identification cards
• Sharks and rays identification in Indian Ocean pelagic fisheries
• Billfish identification cards
• Tuna and tuna-like species identification cards
• Cetacean identification guide for Indian Ocean fisheries

  *  these guides are under development, please contact the Secretariat

A limited number of hard copies of the identification guides are available from the IOTC Secretariat. Please send your inquiry to [email protected]

Any government or organisation that would like to fund further translation and/or printing of the identification guides may request its logo to be added to the second page of the guides. The identification guides are to be printed on material that is water resistant, such as polypropylene, to cope with wet environments.

FAO SmartFish Sharks Identification Guide

• FAO_Onboard_Identification_Pelagic_Guide_Part_1
• FAO_Onboard_Identification_Pelagic_Guide_Part_2
• FAO_Onboard_Identification_Pelagic_Guide_Part_3
• FAO_Onboard_Identification_Pelagic_Guide_Part_4
• FAO_Onboard_Identification_Pelagic_Guide_Part_5

ACAP/JFRA Seabird bycatch identification guides

• English
• French
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Chinese
• Traditional Chinese

International Whaling Commission fact sheets

• species information

LONGLINE TERMINAL GEAR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

CPCs are recommended to use the identification guide developed for longline terminal gear by SPC:

www.spc.int/DigitalLibrary/Doc/FAME/Manuals/Beverly_09_LLTerminalGear.pdf