1. Steve Brouwer Oceanic Fisheries Programme Pacific Community
How The data you provide
contribute to analyses for
your country
Steve Brouwer
Oceanic Fisheries Programme
Pacific Community

2. National Scientists

3. Regular analyses FAD closure reports Longline reports
Country webpage updates
NPOA and shark/seabird/sea turtle management plans

4. Longline reports
Using logsheet catch & effort data as well as oceanography data

5. Using logsheet catch & effort data as well as observer and economic data
Due to lower CPUE in the FAD closure months days are less valuable at that time of year
FAD closure
reports
If no FAD closure: on average vessels fishing in PI waters were estimated to make 5% more
Overall effort has increased in Pacific Island waters since 2009 and has remained relatively stable over the last 5 years

6. But the distribution of effort between PNA members has also changed, benefitting some countries but not others
Proportion of effort

7. NPOAs and exploratory fisheries
Use logsheet catch & effort data
but very reliant on good observer data

8. Periodic requests Longline value
Using logsheet catch & effort data as well as observer, vessel and economic data

10. Set catch limit for Albacore
We can use these data to estimate how many vessels should fish in your waters
Set catch limit for Albacore
Estimate the expected hooks required
Albacore CPUE
CPUE and hooks set both vary across the fleet
BET & YFT CPUE
Estimate the bigeye and yellowfin bycatch
Estimate the expected number of vessels
Average hooks per set
BUT the number of hooks matter so you need to limit those if you want to maintain catch rates and have no controls on catch

11. Big catch today increases the chances of a small catch tomorrow

12. Bioeconomic analyses Maximum profit Cost Profit $$$ Revenue Loss
Most profitable level of effort
Cost
Profit
Revenue
$$$
Break even point
Loss
Effort

13. Bioeconomic analyses
Maximum profit
$$$
Low cost
Loss
Effort

14. Bioeconomic analyses
High cost
Maximum profit
$$$
Loss
Effort

15. Bioeconomic analyses
Medium cost
$$$
Low revenue
Effort

16. Low cost
($1.1/hook)
per hook
Or maximise the number of vessels to increase licence revenue
Choose do you want to maximise profit for vessels.
Medium cost
($1.5/hook) per hook
High cost ($2/hook)
per hook

17. One-off specialist analyses
Purse seine habitat analysis
Using logsheet and observer catch & effort data as well as oceanographic data

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23. Summary
Providing logsheet and observer catch, effort and, vessel information allows us to do analyses that help you:
Assess your fisheries
Make informed management decisions and plans
Plan fishing strategies and negotiations with countries/companies wanting access to your waters
Develop underexploited stocks in your EEZ
Shows where information gaps exist
If there are any analyses that you would like us to do, just
we can do the work for you or help you do it yourself through attachments

24. Questions?