Report on progress of IOTC-OFCF Japan Project for JFY2025 activities and planned activities for JFY2026

The IOTC-OFCF Japan Project is conducted by the IOTC Secretariat and OFCF Japan (Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation of Japan) and has been implemented since JFY2002. The project is supported by the Fisheries Agency of Japan. The objectives are: (1) to improve the accuracy of tuna and tuna-like fishery statistics and information provided by IOTC coastal States (2) to develop capacity in the collection, management and reporting of tuna fishery statistics by IOTC coastal States.