Annual retained catches allocated between the high seas and National Jurisdiction Areas, 1950–2024

These data provide historical catch estimates for the period 1950-2024 by species, fleet, gear and fishing area, including individual National Jurisdiction Areas (NJAs) and the high seas, as used in the interactive simulation tool developed in support of the IOTC Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria (TCAC).

These catch estimates are used to support the calculation of catch-based allocation components and to assign catches to fishing areas based on the methodology endorsed by the TCAC.

A detailed description of the fields included in this file is provided in Appendix 2 of document IOTC-2026-TCAC16-INF01_Rev1.

The dataset is provided as a CSV file, which can be opened directly in common spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel or LibreOffice Calc, or viewed using any standard text editor.