CPC and Coastal State Status

The file contains the definitions of all parameters characterising each Contracting Party and Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CPC) in relation to the allocation criteria.

• The ‘CPC’ worksheet lists all current IOTC Contracting Parties (CPs), Liberia as a Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP), and Taiwan,China as a Fishing Entity (FE). It includes information on CPC status, classification as a Coastal State or Small Island Developing State (SIDS), and the presence and size of National Jurisdiction Areas (NJAs) within the IOTC Area of Competence
• The ‘COASTAL_STATE_SOCIO_ECONOMIC’ worksheet includes all CPCs identified as Coastal States, along with their development status and a set of socio-economic indicators aligned with the requirements of Option 1 and Option 2 under paragraph 6.6(1)(b) of IOTC-2024-TCAC13-REF02.These indicators are used to simulate allocation scenarios that incorporate development and vulnerability criteria.

Detailed descriptions of the fields included in these two worksheets are provided in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of document IOTC-2025-TCAC15-INF02, respectively.

The data reflect the status of CPCs and Coastal States as presented at the thirteenth session of the Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria (TCAC13), and are currently included in the interactive simulation tool developed to facilitate the exploration of various configuration options for the catch allocation components outlined in the Draft Allocation Regime (v7), presented at TCAC13 (IOTC-2024-TCAC13-REF02). The tool is an interactive R Shiny web application, available at https://foodandagricultureorganization.shinyapps.io/iotc-tcac-simulations/. The App is password-protected to support access control and monitoring, with login credentials provided to participating delegates. To ensure full transparency and reproducibility, all scripts and data used to generate the Shiny App are available in the iotc-tcac-simulations repository, hosted on the IOTC Secretariat’s GitHub.