1. SPC Regional Technical Meeting on Coastal Fisheries
Fish for Life
TUVALU FISHERIES
Top Issues in Coastal Fisheries Data Collections
SPC Regional Technical Meeting on Coastal Fisheries

2. Issues Not using eMonitoring yet – though we want to !
Existing databases RFID, SEMCOS, Tufman(2), even Tails not suitable to our needs
Need Creel, Ciguatera (GTX and CTX), fish export and vessel monitoring
Need Tails+ using tablets and cloud to improve efficiency so we can do other things
Using old paper forms and database – inefficient, slow, double-data handling

3. Priorities Need to move quickly through data collection to management
Need easy ways to assess and re-assess multiple species cheaply and quickly
Already using PacFishID on tablets

4. What we are collecting
Creel to underpin management – using the instant size method
CTX: Cases of ciguatera poisoning using SPC form
GTX: Counts of G. toxicus and other spp in the lagoon
SE surveys done , but no plans to keep going
Vessels: Boats & canoes
LMMA data
Exports of reef fish
Water quality delayed till 2018

5. Our Capacity We are doing all except water quality monitoring now
Have 11 staff at HQ, + 7 on Outer Is.
Funds from GoT, World Bank, NZ, NAPA II, R2R
New vessel Tala Moana for regular metronome trips to Outer Islands
SPC server and internet connection not working
Using new server and our own database – but poor performance: paper to database, slow, unstable, multiple handling of data
Tala Moana

6. Need: Tails+ Tablets + Cloud
Use anywhere in Tuvalu and sync with database
Incorporate Creel (with length/weight), GTX,CTX, vessels, exports etc.
Single entry data, quick
Prepared queries for quick analysis
Funding is available from Tuvalu to assist with this
Need SPC’s help

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