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

2. 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 …

3. 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 …
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4. Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN
Check your National Fleet list
Are all of your flagged vessels included in the National Fleet list ?
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5. Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN
Check your National Fleet list
Has the active period (date ranges) been updated ?
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6. Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN
Check your National Fleet list
Have you included all foreign-chartered vessels ?
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7. 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)

8. Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN
Check for data not assigned to National fleet
TUFMAN Data Quality Report # 1
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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

9. Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN
Ensure the best coverage of logsheet data
TUFMAN Data Quality Report # 5
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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.

10. SEE NEXT PRESENTATION Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN
Ensure the best coverage of logsheet data
The BEST method – VMS-Logsheet Reconciliation
SEE NEXT PRESENTATION
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11. 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
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12. WCPFC Reporting Module
Annual catch estimates from TUFMAN
Annual catch estimates
WCPFC Reporting Module
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13. 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)