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ICCAT REPORT 2002-2003 (II)
Furthermore, no provision is made for non-Contracting Parties that have not been granted Cooperating Status, or
Contracting Parties that had 0 catch in 1999, and it cannot be determined whether or not such Parties may catch
any bigeye tuna in the Convention area.
These same uncertainties apply to the Recommendation by ICCAT on Bigeye Tuna Conservation Measures [Ref.
02-01].
Billfish
At the 2002 Commission meeting, a question was raised as to whether small scale artisanal longline fisheries
should be considered as ‘pelagic longline’ catches under Recommendation by ICCAT to Establish a Plan to
Rebuild Blue Marlin and White Marlin Populations [Refs. 00-13, 01-10, 02-13] or whether these may be
considered as small-scale artisanal fisheries under the Recommendation by ICCAT Regarding Atlantic Blue
Marlin and Atlantic White Marlin [Ref. 97-9]. The Commission has not yet responded to this question.
For billfish, Task I (nominal catch from the scientific database) has been used in many cases, as the Reporting
Forms adopted under Recommendation [Ref. 98-14] are not gear-specific.
Explanatory notes
The following abbreviations are used in the tables:
CP
NCC
NCO
n/a
= Contracting Parties
= Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing Entities
= Other non-Contracting Parties
= Not applicable
The reference numbers of the applicable Recommendations are shown on each table.
In the tables, the figures shown in bold indicate that they were officially notified on a Reporting Table, in
accordance with Recommendation [Ref. 98-14]. The quotas/catch limits are, in general, taken from the
Recommendations. The shaded figures indicate that autonomous catch limits, not strictly based on the relevant
Recommendation. Reported balances and adjusted quotas are also used, and may not correspond to the results of
mathematical formulas developed by the Secretariat.
In cases where no Reporting Tables were received, the catch figures are taken from the ICCAT database.
Note following the 18 th Regular Meeting of the Commission:
The Compliance Tables that follow have been revised by the Secretariat in accordance with the decisions
reached by the Commission.
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