1. Day 5 Session 1 What are the implications of the assessment for your country?

2. Country level implications
The WCPO region comprises many different countries and territories, all of whom have direct or indirect fisheries based economic interests in the regions tuna resources.
The species of most economic or social importance varies between countries/territories (for any given species, some countries will have significant economic reliance, and others very little etc. Some have significant reliance on multiple species).
Hence, the national level implications of any given assessment will differ depending on the species and between countries.

3. Country level implications
Determining the implications of a given assessment for a given country will depend initially on the following:
A) The outcomes of the assessment (resource status and scientific advice in response to that)
B) Your countries contribution to overall fishing impacts
C) Your countries economic, social or food security dependance on the resource being assessed
D) The management options being considered in response to the assessment outcomes

4. Where is your fishery located?
Is it in a high or low catch region for the species under consideration?

5. Resource Status 47% probability of overfishing
SC3 advice – reduce fishing mortality from average.
The implications stemming from a healthy stock may be potential for further development of fishery
Implications from overfishing might be effort/catch restrictions

6. Country contributions to impacts
Look at the region in which your country is situated, and consider the following:
A. Is a large portion of the stock located there?
B. Are there high impacts on the regional biomass?
C. What proportion of the regions catch is taken by your fishery?
D. What proportion of the WCPO catch is taken by your fishery

7. Country contributions to impacts
A. Are there high impacts on the regional spawning biomass?

8. Country contributions to impacts
Which gears is your fishery based on and to which component (age classes) will your fishery contribute the highest impacts?

9. Country contributions to impacts
Which gears is your fishery based on and to which component (age classes) will your fishery contribute the highest impacts?

10. Resource Status
So….do management recommendations relate directly to your region, your fishery, the gears operating within your fishery and the age classes being impacted most by your fishery?
Does your fishery/country require the resource to be sustainable?
If the species is not important to your fishery or country, might the management actions effect your fishery anyway (as a byproduct)…e.g BET and SKJ

11. Management options implications
The key implications of an assessment become more apparent through consideration of the management options being considered in response to assessment outcomes:
If your countries food security is dependant upon the sustainability of the stock?
Is the fishery a major employer?
Does the fishery generate significant national revenue (e.g. licence fees)
Therefore longterm sustainability may mean longterm employment base, food security and national revenue.

12. Management options implications
A fishery which is judged to be healthy might offer potential for fishery development? But is that development economical?
What implications do the following three management options scenarios have for your country?

13. Analysis of Management Options
BET 2007 – Scenario = PH/ID effort is constant and equal to recent average, while PS UNASS effort level is irrelevant as it does not catch BET.
F/Fmsy < 1
F/Fmsy > 1
Large reductions in effort required to achieve Fmsy for BET.
LL 50%, PS 0%
LL 40%, PS 15%
LL 30%, PS 30%
LL 20%, PS 45%
LL 10%, PS >50%
LL 0%, PS >>50%
Is your country reliant on either or both of these fishery methods and species? Which options are more attractive, least attractive?

14. Effect of Management Measures

15. Effect of Management Measures
What are the implications of 100% FADs use for your fisheries likely impacts on the stock? For your fisheries future access,exploitation of the stock?