SESSION 4 How to prepare your TUFMAN data to obtain Annual Catch Estimates Sixth Tuna Data Workshop (TDW-6) 23-27 April 2012 SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia

Presentation Outline Annual catch estimates - Critical steps to check and prepare your TUFMAN data Set up and check your National fleet Post-entry Processing Link National fleet list to catch/effort data Resolve missing data Refine logsheet-reported catches with unloadings data Check for data not assigned to National fleet Ensure the best coverage of logsheets and unloadings data TUFMAN reports to produce annual catch estimates …

Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN There are several critical steps to check and prepare your TUFMAN data prior to producing reports to obtain annual catch estimates If these steps are not done properly, then logsheet data you have entered will not be included in the TUFMAN reports for annual catches … (as per slide)

Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Check your National Fleet list Are all of your flagged vessels included in the National Fleet list ? (as per slide)

Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Check your National Fleet list Has the active period (date ranges) been updated ? (as per slide)

Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Check your National Fleet list Have you included all foreign-chartered vessels ? (as per slide)

Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Post-entry Processing Link National fleet list to catch/effort data Resolve missing data Refine logsheet-reported catches with unloadings data (as per slide)

Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Check for data not assigned to National fleet TUFMAN Data Quality Report # 1 (as per slide) ACTION REQUIRED : Check the Vessels are in the National Fleet list and the date ranges correspond to when the vessel should be considered as a part of your fleet Re-run the post-entry processing Re-run the TUFMAN Data Quality Report #1 to ensure the problems are resolved

Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Ensure the best coverage of logsheet data TUFMAN Data Quality Report # 5 (as per slide) ACTION REQUIRED : Have the missing logsheets been received but not entered ? Review the months where logsheet activity is low and ask the fishing company to confirm that the vessels were inactive or active and the logsheets should then be provided… Enter missing logsheets, rerun post-entry processing, etc.

SEE NEXT PRESENTATION Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Ensure the best coverage of logsheet data The BEST method – VMS-Logsheet Reconciliation SEE NEXT PRESENTATION (as per slide)

Catch Report #1 and #2 for National Fleet Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Annual catch and effort reports Catch Report #1 and #2 for National Fleet (as per slide)

WCPFC Reporting Module Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Annual catch estimates WCPFC Reporting Module (as per slide)

Probably the best available method Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN Annual catch estimates VMS – Logsheet Reconciliation Report Probably the best available method SEE NEXT PRESENTATION (as per slide)