E - Iccat

Fleet
Instrument*,** Date of Commission decision
B S U Identify Initial Lift
sanction sanction
Initial concerns
Recent information
(2002 and previous)
-Encouraged to make
continued progress to
comply with ICCAT
measures
2002 action
Senegal x
-EC swordfish import data;
ocean uncertain
Seychelles iBET 2002 U -In 2001 and 2002, trade
data indicated increasing
bigeye harvests; no catch
reported
-Vessels on IUU list
Sierra Leone sBET
sSWO
sBFT
2001 B
2001 S
1999 U
2001 U
Singapore x x x 1999 B
1999 U
2002 U -In 2002, import data that
249 t of western bluefin
harvested in 2001, 11 t of
swordfish, and 152 t of
bigeye
-In 1999, 2001 IUU vessels
registered
-1999 letter of enquiry sent
about a vessel fishing in
the Atlantic
-Long history of fishing
outside ICCAT
conservation regime and
previously identified
-Lack of monitoring
control and reporting
measures
-Continued fishing
-Lack of responses or
adequate responses to
ICCAT communications
- In 2000, responses denied
any licenses issued for
Atlantic, and no evidence
of continued fishing; no
action taken
-In 2002, EC swordfish
import data; ocean unclear
-Letter seeking
clarification on origin of
catches
-Notify of ICCAT’s Action
Plan process
-Urge cooperation
-Identify for BET (UU)
-Sanction (UU for BET,
BFT, SWO)
-Request information to
clarify location of catches
-Notify of ICCAT’s Action
Plan process
-Urge to cooperate with
ICCAT if catches in
Convention area
St. Vincent &
Grenadines
sBET 1999 U 2000 U 2004? U -Fleet of 25 longline
vessels fishing in the
ICCAT area
-Small catches reported by
-In 2001, Observer from
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines presented
information on a remedial
-Extend sanctions through
Jan 2004 for BET (UU)
-Request clarification on
albacore catches