Update on the review of Oman’s data collection system and statistics

At the 26th Session of the Working Party on Tropical Tunas Data Preparatory Meeting, Oman reported that “is internally reviewing its sampling protocol, with adjustments to data from 2014 where catches may have been underestimated”, in particular in relation to yellowfin catches, as was included in the Minutes of the Meeting.

As a next step the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (hereinafter, the “MAFWR”) hired the services of an external expert (a senior fisheries consultant in fisheries data and statistics; hereinafter the “External Expert”), to prepare and present a Preliminary Report at the 26^th Session of the WPTT that took place in Seychelles during 28 October – 2 November 2024.