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ICCAT REPORT 2002-2003 (II)
Statement by Chinese Taipei on its Request for Renewal of Cooperating Status
Appendix 10 to ANNEX 10
Chinese Taipei has been providing statistical data of fishing activities in the ICCAT convention area in the form
of Task I and Task II to the Secretariat within the timeframe as requested. We have sent scientists to participate
in the work of stock assessment and scientific research on tuna species under the purview of ICCAT.
We have implemented domestic measures to comply with the conservation measures adopted by ICCAT, and we
have applied strict control on the activities of our fishing vessels within the convention area, to ensure that the
catch limits and quotas allocated to us are not overused.
Our Fisheries Agency has been conducting vessel monitoring by means of satellite transponders installed on
board the vessels in a voluntary basis. Pilot project on scientific observers program has been launched to collect
fisheries information that is not readily available in daily logbook, such as by-catch and biological samples.
Since 1999, Chinese Taipei and Japan have cooperated with each other in the joint efforts to combat and
eliminate IUU/FOC large-scale tuna longliners under a joint program. As of 24 November 2003, Japan has
purchased for scrap some 44 second-hand longliner vessels it exported, while Chinese Taipei has re-registered
47 large-scale tuna longliners built in its shipyards by amending its regulations. In addition, Chinese Taipei and
Japan have jointly assisted owners of some 69 large-scale tuna longliners to seek legitimization in Vanuatu and
Seychelles under a special arrangement.
Chinese Taipei has continued providing voluntary financial contributions to ICCAT, both for the administrative
use by the secretariat and special fund for scientific research.
With all the work done, not less than those by the members, we feel that we should deserve continuation of the
Cooperating Status as accorded by the Commission.
Appendix 11 to ANNEX 10
Information for Final Consideration of the Application of
Netherlands Antilles for Cooperating Party Status Within ICCAT
Since October 2002 the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has presented to ICCAT a formal
request on behalf of the government of the Netherlands Antilles for Cooperating Party status, reflecting the firm
commitment of the Netherlands Antilles to respect, implement and maintain the conservation and management
measures taken by ICCAT.
Item 3 of Appendix 10 to ANNEX 10 reflects that the Netherlands Antilles has duly provided the requested
information by ICCAT on annual catches (Task I) and the vessel list. The data reporting 3 document reflects that
information on Task I was actually provided to ICCAT. The historical catch series of the Netherlands Antilles
goes back to 1996 as can be seen in the SCRS Report. For your information, the total catch of the Netherlands
Antilles for 2001 was approximately 21,000 t of tropical tunas caught by three purse-seine boats. Information on
Task II has not yet been formally provided. However, this information has been made available to the SCRS
since 1996 through the scientific institutions that control the purse seine fleet in the Atlantic Ocean to be
considered every year for the evaluation of the tuna stocks in the Atlantic Ocean.
The report on the establishment of an ICCAT Positive List indicates that the Netherlands Antilles as a non-
Contracting or Cooperating Party has submitted its vessel list in accordance with Recommendation [Ref. 02-22]
of ICCAT. These vessels have however not been included on the Positive List by the Secretariat, because the
applicant does not yet have Cooperating Status in ICCAT.
3 On file at the Secretariat.
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