E - Iccat

PWG REPORT
Paragraph 2 of [Ref. 01-17] states that: "The applicant shall commit itself to transmit all the data to ICCAT that
the Contracting Parties have to submit to ICCAT based on the recommendations adopted by the Commission".
The following table summarizes the mandatory types of information submitted by Chinese Taipei and
Philippines during 2003:
Cooperator
Chinese Taipei Task I & II
(30-vi-03)
Philippines
Statistical data Reporting
tables
Task I & II
(24-iv-03)
S. ALB
catches
N. ALB
vessels
Positive
vessel list
Vessel
chartering
Stat. Doc.
Reports
17-x-03 Up to vi-03 18-viii-03 30-vi-03 --- Validation info
for BFT, BET
& SWO (iv, vi,
& viii-03)
24-iv-03
2. Letters from the Executive Secretary
Not applicable Not
applicable
24-iv-03 --- Validation info
for BFT, BET
&SWO(vii-03)
National
Reports
20-x-03
Paragraph 1 of [Ref. 01-17] requires the Executive Secretary to “contact all Non-contracting Parties, Entities, or
Fishing Entities known to be fishing in the Convention area for species under ICCAT competence to urge each
of them to become a Contracting Party to ICCAT or to attain status as a Cooperating Party, Entity or Fishing
Entity”.
The Secretariat estimates that 44 non-Contracting and non-Cooperating Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities have
recently been fishing for tuna and tuna-like species in the Convention Area. Five of these (Bolivia, Indonesia,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines) received special letters from the Commission
(dated 28 November 2002) urging them to become Contracting Parties or to apply for Cooperating Status. Two
others (Belize and Netherlands Antilles) applied for Cooperating Status before June 2003. On 12 June 2003, the
Executive Secretary sent letters to the remaining ones, urging them to consider Contracting Party or Cooperating
Status. These are: Argentina, Belarus, Benin, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Denmark (in respect of the Faroe
Islands), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Grenada, Guyana,
Guinea Bissau, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Malta, Mauritania, Monaco, Mozambique,
Norway, Senegal, Serbia & Montenegro, Singapore, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, and
Ukraine.
Of the countries that received correspondence on possible Cooperating Status, Malta and Turkey became
Contracting Parties to ICCAT; Singapore explicitly declined the invitation.
3. Requests for Cooperating Status
Requests from Netherlands Antilles and from Belize for Cooperating Status had been sent to the Secretariat in
2002 but had arrived after the 90-day deadline specified in [Ref. 01-17]. The PWG agreed, therefore, that these
applications for Cooperating Status would be considered at the 2003 Commission meeting unless withdrawn.
Other requests for Cooperating Status, as shown in Appendix 1 2 , were received during 2003 and prior to the 90-
day deadline. These are from Cuba, Egypt, Guatemala and Guyana.
The following table summarizes the types of information received from these applicants during 2003:
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Applicant Information
Belize
- Task I (zero catch) (4-viii-03)
- Zero vessels >24 m (4-viii-03)
- National Report (23-x-03)
Cuba
- Task I and Task II data (2-vi-03)
Egypt
Guatemala
Guyana
Netherlands Antilles
- Task I (zero catch) (12-v-03)
- Vessel list (12-v-03)
- Task I (28-viii-03)
- Task I (7-vii-03)
- Vessel list (7-vii-03)
2 This is on file at the Secretariat.
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