Compliance and Regional Cooperation in the EPO Guillermo Compeán

CUARTO TALLER GLOBAL DE CAPACITACION

PARA EL CONTROL Y VIGILANCIA PESQUERA

San Jose C.R.

Febrero 2014

DUTIES OF FLAG STATES (Antigua’s Convention)

• Not grant the right to fly its flag to a vessel fishing in the Convention Area, unless the vessel is authorized to do so, and only when it can exercise effective control over the activities of such vessel.

• Ensure that vessels flying its flag do not fish in areas under the sovereignty or national jurisdiction of any other State in the Convention Area without the corresponding license, permit or authorization from the State with jurisdiction.

• Ensure that vessels flying its flag comply with the provisions of this Convention and the conservation and management measures adopted.

Relevant Commission Resolutions

C-99-07 DAPs/FADs (1999) Prohibit the transshipment of tuna and the use

of tender vessels.

C-02-03 Fishing Capacity (2002) Limit purse-seine fishing capacity

C-03-01 Bigeye tuna statistical document (2003) All BE should be

accompanied by an Statistical Document.

C-03-04 At-Sea Reporting (2003) Require all on-board observer to transmit

a weekly report .

C-03-05 Data Provision (2003) All catch information is provided annually to

the IATTC.

C-04-05 Consolidated Resolution on By Catch (2006) Require fishermen on

PS to release non-target species

C-04-06 Vessels Monitoring System (VMS) (2004) Establish a satellite-based

vessel monitoring system (VMS).

C-05-02 Northern Albacore Tuna (2005) Limit fishing effort for North Pacific

albacore tuna.

C-05-03 Conservation of Sharks (2005) Require the fully utilization of any

retained sharks and the release of live sharks caught incidentally.

Relevant Commission Resolutions

C-07-03 Impact Mitigation on Sea Turtles (2007) Report to IATTC annually

on the implementation of the FAO Guidelines on Sea Turtles.

C-09-04 IDCP (2009) To continue the international observer program and

ensure that at least one-half of the observers are IATTC observers.

C-11-02 Seabirds (2011) Require to LL vessels to use mitigation measures.

C-11-05 List of longliners over 24m (2011). Authorize LL to operate only if

CPC is able to fulfill the requirements and responsibilities, and

conservation and management measures.

C-11-07 Compliance (2011) CPC shall fill the compliance questionnaire and

send it back 2 months prior to the Compliance Committee meeting.

C-11-10 Conservation of Oceanic Withetip Sharks ( 2011) Prohibit retaining,

transshipping, landing, storing, selling, or sale any whitetip sharks.

C-13-01Tuna Conservation (2012) Restric tropical tuna catches for 2014-16.

C-12-07 Transshipments (2012) Establishes a program to monitor LL

transshipments (LSTLFVs).

C-12-09 Conservation of Bluefin tuna (2012) Establishes catch limits for

Pacific bluefin tuna.

•IATTC and National observer programs 8 active – all using an identical database structure

•1966 – United States (discontinued in 1994) •1979 – IATTC •1992 – Mexico •2000 – Venezuela •2001 – Ecuador •2003 – European Union •2005 – Colombia •2006 – Panama •2007 – Nicaragua

SAMPLING COVERAGE BY THE ON-BOARD OBSERVER PROGRAM DURING 2010.

COBERTURA POR EL PROGRAMA DE OBSERVADORES A BORDO DURANTE 2010.

Buques de capacidad de acarreo ≥ 363 t – Vessels of ≥363 t carrying capacity

Observado por programa:

Viajes CIAT Nacional Total % observado

Observed by program:

Trips IATTC National Total % observed

Flota fleet

Colombia COL 41 20 21 41 100

Ecuador ECU 236 160 76 236 100

España - Spain ESP 17 8 9 17 100

Guatemala GTM 11 11 - 11 100

Honduras HND 6 6 - 6 100

México MEX 173 89 84 173 100

Nicaragua NIC 22 11 11 22 100

Panamá PAN 93 45 48 93 100

El Salvador SLV 23 23 - 23 100

Venezuela VEN 62 33 29 62 100

Vanuatu VUT 12 12 - 12 100

Subtotal1 696 418 278 696 100

Otros – Other 10 3 7 10

Total 706 421 285 706

Observer database

1979 – Trip logs

1979 – Cetacean life history

1987 – Flotsam (significant redesign in 2005)

1989 – Billfish (redesign in 2006)

1990 – Sea turtle

1993 – Bycatch

2004 – Shark

Summary: key results (cont.)

Dolphin sets, mortality per set, and mortalities in

the EPO 1979-2012

At-Sea Reports, 2001-2010

Observed trips with finned shark, 2006-2012

Tuna set with discards (Resolution C-12-01)

2006-2012

Discards in tons by set, 2012

Sea Turtles

• A program 2004-2006 was initiated to mitigate

bycatches, reduce the mortality caused by coastal

longline fisheries, and compare the catch rates of

tunas, billfishes, and dorado with “J” (conventional)

and circular hooks of two sizes

• Observers have taken data on more than 1,000

fishing trips by the vessels that are trying the various

hooks

Data colected in small longlinners

TRANSSHIPMENT OPERATION

Locations of observed transhipments for IATTC observer deployments

commencing in November 2011 to January 2013. Green = IATTC, Red =

WCPFC, Yellow = Port

List of carrier vessels

l

Number/

Número

Taipei Chino 2

Japón 4

Corea 2

Islas Marshall 1

Kiribati 2

Panamá 17

Sierra Leone 1

Singapur 1

Vanuatu 17

TOTAL 47