1. TDW-11: 24-28th April 2017, Noumea, New Caledonia
Data Collection Committee (DCC)
TDW-11: th April 2017, Noumea, New Caledonia

2. DCC Since the last TDW, lots of workshops DCC Strategy Meeting
EM Process Standards for LL Meeting
Mini DCCs (observer and artisanal)
10th DCC Meeting (Nadi, Fiji, Dec)
Reports available

3. DCC DCC Strategy Meeting (April 2016) What is DCC’s future role?
DCC is relevant, as it provides data standards above and beyond the WCPFC min. standards.
New TORs (2016 – 2020 / every 3-5 yrs)
Membership defined – SPC and FFA with invited participation
Role – retain paper copy and develop framework for emerging technologies by…

4. DCC DCC Strategy Meeting
Providing definition of standards and processes for
{A standard is a data field. Processes are steps / procedures required to collect see next file}
Secondary role is to review / advise / inform broad range of stake holders on the compatibility, duplication, and efficiency.
Catch and Effort logsheets
Observer programmes
Port Sampling
Catch landings (at port, at sea)
MCS activities
Fishery Management schemes (VDS, CMS)
And recognising that VMS data and a few key licencing fields (e.g. UVI, registration etc.) are critical and consistently required for each of the above.

5. DCC EM Process Standards for LL Meeting (June ‘16)
Workshop requested and attended by EM providers.
Report submitted to WCPFC EREM WG.
Provides standards on how EM data must be submitted.
E.g. pre-trip, manipulation of images, automatic detection through sensors or the calculation,
Field characters, validation rules, coding language
Did not look at legal policy, coverage requirements

6. Theme
Mini – DCC
Observer (Oct ‘16)
Artisanal (Aug ‘16)

7. Theme DCC 10 (Dec 16) : Outputs Report available.
Logsheets on line and;
Translations requested – FR, ES, TW, KR, (JP?)
Most changes with Obs, Artisanal
Observer workbooks printing
d/1531-dcc10-report

8. DCC Building blocks and instructions DCC provides the building blocks
Sampling Design provides the instructions
(NTDPD, Artisanal Sampling Design)
If you don’t follow the instructions
you don’t get what’s on the box …

9. DCC
Recommendations
2. SPC and FFA conduct a general review of the catch offloading processes (on-shore and transhipments) in the longline and purse seine fisheries with a view of updating DCC data fields and protocols. This review should consider the requirements for science, fisheries management, CDS and compliance.
3. SPC and FFA request industry and national programmes to submit all non-DCC data forms used by industry and other entities in their national tuna fisheries (overlapping with data types covered by DCC forms) well in advance of the next DCC, noting that the introduction on non-DCC data forms / standards can impact current DCC data collection protocols.

10. Thank You
Any questions?