1. Ensuring you are CMS compliant!
Tuna Data Workshop
April 2016
SPC, Noumea

2. Overview What is an obligation? How to interpret WCPFC obligations
Issues arising from Compliance Monitoring Reports
Help! …. where to find it.
CMM??

3. WCPFC obligations Resolutions – non-binding/statements of intent
Convention – binding
Conservation and Management Measures (CMM’s) – binding – adopted under Art. 10
Commission Decisions – binding

4. How to interpret obligations?
CMM structure
Preamble text – background and context
Paragraphed measures - adopted under Art. 10
Language determines obligation status
‘shall’ …….. binding
‘resolves’, ‘should’, ‘agree’, ‘encourage’, ‘may’ … non-binding

5. Determine scope and applicability
Who does the obligation apply to?
Flag State, WCPFC Sec, observer progs, all CCMs?
Is it an obligation?
Review the language, is it written as a resolution or binding measure?
Think about the spatial scope of the obligation
Do your vessels fish beyond national jurisdiction?
Do your vessels fish in the relevant CMM area?
Does the obligation apply to areas under national jurisdiction?

6. Understand what the obligation requires
Are you required to report nominal values or estimates? E.g. CMM , para. 3 Silky sharks
Have you reported all information as per required formats? i.e. CMM transhipment Annex II
Are you reporting the correct information?
E.g CMM , para. 4.(b) Whale sharks – reports from vessel masters not observers!
Is the information consistent with other reports i.e. AR Pt 1, fished/did not fish reports etc.
Have you met reporting deadlines?

7. EXERCISE …
Sharks, seabirds, ROP

8. Is every CMM provision an obligation?
“Resolves as follows:
Commission Members, Cooperating non-Members, and participating Territories (CCMs) shall implement, as appropriate, the FAO International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA Sharks).”
CMM Sharks

9. Is every CMM provision an obligation?
“And adopts, in accordance with Articles 5 and 10 of the Convention, that:
CCMs shall take measures necessary to require that their fishers fully utilize any retained catches of sharks. Full utilization is defined as retention by the fishing vessel of all parts of the shark excepting head, guts, and skins, to the point of first landing or transshipment.”
CMM Sharks

10. Determine scope and applicability
Remember!
Annual Reports Part 1 and 2 provide information on activities undertaken in the previous calendar year.
i.e. this years Part 1 report should include information on 2015 activities.
But … providing updates on recent fisheries management developments is always a good thing 

11. Issues arising from CMR!
Understanding national implementation
Inclusion of measures in legislation, regulations, licensing agreements and conditions
Saying yes, when you really mean No or N/a
Incorrect reporting in Part 2 of applicability of a measure
Yes – an obligation has been implemented
No – an obligations has not been implemented
N/a – the obligation does not apply
More vessels = more obligations to implement

12. Issues arising from CMR!
Meet your DEADLINES!
Part 1 – July 4th and Part 2 – July 1st
Use the 2016 reporting checklist
Liaise with your colleagues responsible for developing and submitting other WCPFC reports
Submit completed reports as much as possible … and submit revisions … NOTE – if you submit obligatory info in dCMR you are probably late!

13. Issues arising from CMR!
Correct information reported in the wrong place
E.g. Included in Part 2 instead of Part 1
If the obligation is to report … then report, even if there is no data to report
e.g. CMM – seabird interactions
Part 1 template
Reporting against Addendum – mandatory!
Check the data gaps paper – ST-WP-01
Only source of publically accessible fisheries information

14. Issues arising from CMR!
Key shark species
Implement and enforce use of LL logsheet v.2014
Tropical tuna measure
Purse seine effort – non PNA
Limits advised to WCPFC10
Annual report against those limits
FAD set limit reporting

15. Issues arising from CMR!
Regional Observer Programme
Data provision Att.K, Ann.C, para.4
5% LL coverage Att.K, Ann.C, para.6
Coverage determination – ROP trip placement info
Coastal state data provision
Does not detract responsibility of flag State to provide this information… includes FFA/SPC flag States!

16. Issues arising from CMR!
Charter notification CMM
Catch/effort reporting – incl. charter notification scheme
Transhipment CMM
Ensure Annex II reports all transhipment activities, and is consistent with Annex I – declaration, and Annex III – notices.
Reporting against flagged/chartered vessels – applies to EEZ, including ports, high seas and other areas of national jurisdiction – does not apply to TW and AW.

17. Lessons learned Review previous year Part 1
Address issues raised in last years dCMR
Submit accurate reports on time!

18. HELP! WCPFC Secretariat FFA Secretariat SPC-OFP
Tony Beeching, Assistant Science Manager
Ana Taholo, Assistant Compliance Manager
Templates and guidelines found here:
FFA Secretariat
Pamela Maru, Fisheries Management Adviser
SPC-OFP
The lovely folks at ……