MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE

2007 COD FISHERIES

March 26, 2008

Conservation & Protection Division

C&P DIVISIONThe Conservation & Protection (C&P) Division carries out fisheries monitoring and compliance-related work for DFO

This presentation is about monitoring and compliance in 2007 cod fisheries.

How did we monitor cod fisheries?

Commercial/Stewardship fishery:

1. At-Sea Observers2. Dockside Monitoring

Program3. Fishery Officers

(land, sea and air)

Recreational fishery:

1. Fishery Officers (land, sea and air)

• Commercial / Stewardship fishery

• 570 “sea days” by At-Sea Observers

• 380 cod fishery deployments

MONITORING – AT SEA OBSERVERS

All stewardship cod fishery landings were subject to the Dockside Monitoring Program

• Total of 100 ports in 2J3KL:• 36 with 100% dockside monitoring• 64 with random dockside monitoring

•Monitoring performed by Fish Harvesters’ Resource Centre

• ~ 90% of landings (by weight) were to be physically monitored

DOCKSIDE MONITORING

Commercial cod fishery landings were also subject to the Dockside Monitoring Program

• Total of 100 ports in 4R 3Pn:• 36 with 100% dockside monitoring• 64 with random dockside monitoring

• in 3Ps:• 37 ports with random dockside monitoring • The remaining have with 100% dockside monitoring

• ~ 90% of landings (by weight) were to be physically monitored

DOCKSIDE MONITORING

MONITORING - FISHERY OFFICER PATROLS

There are ~ 100 Fishery Officers stationed in NL Region.

In 2007:

Officers spent 6,452 hours on the recreational groundfish fishery:

4,460 patrol hours and 1,992 hrs on other activities

2,051 vessel checks and 4,599 persons checked

Officers spent 16,266 hours on the commercial / stewardship cod fishery:

5,984 patrol hours and 10,274 on other activities (mostly investigations)

949 vessel checks and 1185 persons checked

RECREATIONAL FISHERY MONITORINGFishery Officers recorded daily estimates, for their areas of responsibility, of:

– average weight of cod caught,– average number of cod per person,– average number of persons per boat, and– number of boat trips made.

Estimates based on observations during patrols, knowledge of local area, and on other available information.

Information on weather conditions, patrols and inspections also recorded.

RECREATIONAL FISHERY MONITORING

Fishery Officer information was rolled up by Detachments on a weekly basis, and sent to RHQ for roll-up.

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - WEATHERWeather Conditions in the 2007 NL recreational groundfish fishery

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MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY – PARTICIPATION 2007

Estimated number of participants by NAFO Division and week

NAFO Div Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Total

2J 190 129 148 282 168 917

3K 4,461 3,566 2,856 2,923 3,561 17,366

3L 3,190 3,962 4,806 3,846 12,402 28,206

3PN 820 564 626 336 824 3,170

3PS 1,486 1,765 1,806 912 1,201 7,170

4R 2,635 3,422 2,844 2,151 1,289 12,341

ALL 12,782 13,408 13,086 10,450 19,445 69,170

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - LANDINGS 2007

Estimated total weight of cod landed (kg) by NAFO Division and week

NAFO Div Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Total

2J 581 363 729 1,706 1,706 5,085

3K 28,003 23,597 20,037 26,289 42,257 140,182

3L 28,141 25,669 37,375 24,462 110,085 225,733

3PN 4,616 2,820 3,326 2,442 5,364 18,567

3PS 12,816 15,455 14,948 7,448 11,578 62,244

4R 15,154 24,827 19,186 12,628 6,069 77,865

ALL 89,311 92,730 95,600 74,974 177,059 529,675

Estimated cumulative weekly catches by NAFO Division

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - LANDINGS 2007

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MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - FISH SIZEObserved fish size (kg) by week and NAFO Division

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Est. # persons participating 12,782 13,408 13,086 10,450 19,445 69,170

Est. # of boat trips 4,743 5,105 4,885 3,944 7,823 26,500

# of persons checked 930 519 756 540 1854 4,599

# of boats checked 362 237 323 227 902 2,051

Fisher inspection rate 7.3% 3.9% 5.8% 5.2% 9.5% 6.6%

Boat inspection rate 7.6% 4.6% 6.6% 5.8% 11.5% 7.7%

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - INSPECTION RATES

COMPLIANCE - “OCCURRENCES”• Fishery Officers recorded a total of 648 “Occurrences” (including complaints, etc)

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2J 7 2 9

3K 60 7 67

3L 54 65 119

3Ps 121 18 139

3Pn 0 1 1

4R 298 15 313

Total 540 108 648

COMPLIANCE - VIOLATIONS

There were a significant number of violations detected in both the commercial / stewardship fishery and the recreational cod fishery.

COMPLIANCE - VIOLATIONS

Charges Seizures -Division Laid or Persons Written Total

Pending Unknown Warnings2J 7 73K 6 9 34 493L 3 1 10 14

3PS 32 25 574R 44 1 223 268

SubTotal 85 11 299 395

3K 6 2 83L 41 14 55

3PN 2 23PS 9 7 164R 9 7 16

SubTotal 67 30 97

Grand Total 152 11 329 492

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COMPLIANCE - VIOLATIONSThe 64 charges laid in the commercial / stewardship fishery arising from only 25 separate incidents, and were for:

– fishing during close time– failing to tend gear, or leaving gear out after season,– landing fish without having it monitored, and– registration / licence.

The 56 charges in the recreational fishery arose from 28 separate incidents, and were for:

– fishing during close time and– exceeding daily bag limits– Illegal buy / sell.

COMPLIANCE – RECREATIONAL VIOLATIONSViolations in recent NL recreational groundfish fisheries by year

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CHARGES LAID SEIZURE - PERS UNKN WARNING ISSUED

SUMMARY – RECREATIONAL FISHERY

• Well monitored with high compliance

• Relatively short time-frame manageable

• Positive response from public and enforcement personnel

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