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| Types of Data | Description | IOTC Form | Species Group | Management Measures /Agreements | Type of Report | Report To / Reporting Deadline |
| Annual Catches | ||||||
| Nominal Catches | Estimates of total annual retained catches in live weight by IOTC Area, species and type of fishery | Form 1RC | IOTC species | R-15/02 | Obligatory | Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F) |
| Sharks | Obligatory | |||||
| Other species | R-15/02 | Voluntary | ||||
| Nominal Catches (YFT) | Estimates of Yellowfin tuna annual retained catches in live weight by IOTC Area, type of fishery and vessel category (>=24m LOA or <24m LOA and fishing outside the EEZ) | Form 1RC-YFT | Yellowfin tuna | R-19/01, para. 26 | Obligatory | Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F) |
| Discards | Estimates of discard levels (dead individuals) in live weight (or number) by IOTC Area, species and type of fishery | Form 1DI | IOTC species | R-15/02 | Obligatory | Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F) |
| Sharks | R-15/02 | Obligatory | ||||
| Seabirds | R-15/02; R-12/06 | Obligatory | ||||
| Marine Turtles | R-15/02; R-12/04 | Obligatory | ||||
| Other species | R-15/02 | Voluntary | Sec | |||
| Cetaceans | 13/04 | Obligatory | Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F) | |||
| Whale sharks | 13/05 | Obligatory | ||||
| Summary of reported catches in support of Resolution 18/07 | Form 1DR | IOTC species; sharks | R-18/07 | Obligatory | ||
| Active crafts | ||||||
| Numbers of Craft | Total number of fishing crafts operated by type of fishery, type of craft and craft size by year | Form 2FC | Fisheries targeting IOTC species | FSA-Annex I, Article 4 | Voluntary | Sec |
| Catch-and-Effort | ||||||
| Surface Fisheries | Catch by species in live weight and fishing effort by type of fishery by 1° grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch) | Form 3CE | IOTC species | R-15/02; 15/01 | Obligatory | Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F) |
| Sharks | R-15/02; 15/01; R-17/05 | Obligatory | ||||
| Other bycatch | R-15/02; 15/01 | Voluntary | ||||
| Longline Fisheries | Catch by species in number or live weight and effort in number of hooks set by 5° grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch) | Form 3CE | IOTC species | R-15/02 | Obligatory | |
| Sharks | R-15/02; 15/01; R-17/05 | Obligatory | ||||
| Other bycatch | R-15/02; 15/01 | Voluntary | ||||
| Catch by species in number or live weight and effort in number of hooks set by 1° grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch) | Form 3CE | IOTC species | R-15/02; 15/01 | Voluntary | SC 1. & 2. | |
| Sharks | Voluntary | |||||
| Coastal Fisheries | Catch by species and fishing effort by type of fishery and geographic area | Form 3AR | IOTC species | R-15/02 | Obligatory | Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F) |
| Sharks | R-15/02; 15/01; R-17/05 | Obligatory | ||||
| Other bycatch | R-15/02; 15/01 | Voluntary | ||||
| Support vessels | Number and characteristics of supply vessels and number of days-at-sea by type of supply vessel by 1° grid area and month | Form 3SU | Not applicable | R-15/02 | Obligatory | |
| FAD | Yearly interactions with Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) set by purse seiners and supply vessels by moth, grid and fleet | Form 3FA | Not applicable | Obligatory | ||
| Number of FADs deployed in 2018 and 2019 by purse seine vessels and associated supply vessels per 1°x1° grid | Form 3FD | Not applicable | Obligatory | 01/03 2020 | ||
| Detailed monthly report of active buoys by vessel | Form 3BU | Not applicable | Obligatory | Compiled at monthly intervals: to be submitted with a time delay of at least 60 days, but no longer than 90 days from the end of the month 1. | ||
| Size Data | ||||||
| Fish lengths | Length data by species by type of fishery by 5° grid area by month | Form 4SF | IOTC Species | R-15/02 | Obligatory | Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F) |
| Sharks | R-17/05 | Obligatory | ||||
| Socio-Economic Data | ||||||
| Fish Prices | Average prices of fish per type of fish product (preservation, processing), weight units, type of currency, month and market | Form 7PR | Main IOTC species | A-Article5 paragraph 2(d) | Voluntary | Sec |
| Country Indicators | Set of indicators per type of indicator and year (e.g. GDP, OECD status, number of fishermen, contribution of fisheries to GDP, etc.) | n/a | Not applicable | na | na | |
| Management Measures / Agreements: | IOTC Resolution (R); IOTC Recommendation (Rc); IOTC Agreement (A); UN Fish Stocks Agreement (FSA) |
| Report To / Reporting Deadline: | Longline fisheries (LL) Preliminary statistics (P) or Final statistics (F); Other fisheries (OT) Shall (reporting is compulsory) /may (reporting is voluntary) be reported to the IOTC through the IOTC Secretariat (Sec) or through the Scientific Committee (SC) |
1. Data for the exclusive use of IOTC scientists, bound by IOTC confidentiality policy (Resolution 12/02); 2. Subject to the approval of the data owners, should be provided for scientific use in a timely fashion; | |
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