1. TDW-12: 23-27th April 2018, Noumea, New Caledonia
Annual Catch Estimates
Starting your work …
TDW-12: th April 2018, Noumea, New Caledonia

2. Annual Catch Estimates
What are they ?
“…are simply the total catches by species for a fishing fleet covering a calendar year“
Catch => METRIC TONS
“Number of active vessels by size class” also required
ACE are a WCPFC reporting obligation

3. Annual Catch Estimates
WCPFC essential requirements (obligations)
Annual catch by GEAR and SPECIES
No. of ACTIVE Vessels by size class
Calendar Year
Main area is the WCPFC CONVENTION AREA
Prepared for the NATIONAL FLEET
The deadline is 30th APRIL each year
How they were determined
Estimates of DISCARDs now required ...
More details:
Main tuna species, billfish, and shark

4. Annual catch estimates provided for the WCPFC Convention Area

5. Annual catch estimates
Subarea needed – stock ares
Annual catch estimates
must be provided for the other areas in some cases.

6. Annual Catch Estimates
Why ?
Concise representation of actual catch (total removals)
Snapshot comparison between years, fleets, gears, fisheries, etc.
Concise indication of the trends over time
Indication of all data collected in the tuna fishery
Used to produce economic indicators (value of catch)
All contained in the WCPFC Tuna Fishery Yearbook
Totals removal: actual catch actually accounts for all fish that was caught and therefore removed from the stock (retained AND discarded)
Value of catch: summary presented at the WCPFC, making use of the countries ACE

7. CONSERVATION OF THE STOCKS
Annual Catch Estimates
Why ?
DATA
e.g. ACE
CONSERVATION OF THE STOCKS
ANALYSES
Stock assessments
SCIENTIFIC ADVICE
MANAGEMENT ADVICE

8. Annual Catch Estimates
How ?
Guidelines
Run
DORADO REPORTS
CSV output
ACE template
(as per slide)
Data transfer
EXCEL templates

9. CSV from Dorado Recon Report #2.2.3
Annual Catch Estimates
Transfer Dorado CSV output to EXCEL template
EXCEL ACE TEMPLATE
CSV from Dorado Recon Report #2.2.3

10. Annual Catch Estimates
EXCEL template work + +

11. OUTPUT FROM EXCEL TEMPLATE transferred here
(as per slide)
OUTPUT FROM EXCEL TEMPLATE transferred here

12. Annual Catch Estimates
Raised catches – see Dorado Reports
Generated by fleet for each key WCPFC species
The higher the coverage, the closer to reality

13. Annual Catch Estimates
HOW ? Which category do you fit into ?
Logsheet coverage in TUFMAN2 is very high
Work through the Guidelines and DORADO
Logsheet coverage in TUFMAN2 not so good …
See SPC (…and work through the Guidelines)
Very few data for my fleet
SPC, please help me !
My domestic fisheries are complex
None of the above
see SPC

14. Annual Catch Estimates
HOW ? Which category do you fit into ?
Observer data exist in TUFMAN2
Work through the Guidelines and DORADO
Observer data doesn’t exist in TUFMAN2
See SPC

15. Annual Catch Estimates
USB key
All needed material is included on your USB key
Guidelines – Steps to produce ACE (PDF)
ACE Excel templates (XLSX)
WCPFC Annual Catch Estimates previous submission (as a template if you don’t have it)

16. Annual Catch Estimates
Download documents & guides

17. Use the GUIDELINES and DORADO reports
Let’s get started ... soon !
This work needs to be completed by the end of the workshop !
Use the GUIDELINES and DORADO reports
Think about WHAT information/data you have and need
Think about HOW you might do the work
Think about what assistance you need from SPC
If you finish 2017, please check previous years !
You can start your work this afternoon !