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3 rd WG FUTURE OF ICCAT – MADRID 2012
Appendix 11 to ANNEX 4.2
ICCAT Reporting Requirements Review
No
Information
required
Rec/Res
Frequency &
deadline
Form adopted
by Commission
Processed / stored /
published
Purpose of
information
Comments
Possible
overlap
Recommended
Action
Referred for
Action
Referred for
Action
GENERAL
1 Annual
Reports
(Scientific).
Convention;
Res. 01-16
and Ref. 04-
17.
Annual; At the
start of the
SCRS meeting.
Yes, see Ref.
04-17.
Biennial Report. Scientific. Basic reporting
requirement.
N/A None N/A N/A
2 Annual
Reports
(Commission)
Convention;
Res. 01-16
and Ref. 04-
17;
Annual; One
month before
the Commission
meeting.
Yes, see Ref.
04-17.
Biennial Report.
Management
Implementation.
Basic reporting
requirement.
N/A None N/A N/A
3 Compliance
Tables.
Rec. 98-14.
Annual, with
Annual report
(one month
before the
Commission
meeting).
Yes (outdated-
CP13-
COC_Sec).
Published in COM
report.
To determine if
reported catches and
size distribution are
within CPC
catch/size limits for
the purposes of the
Compliance
Committee reviews;
To agree on
adjustments for
under/over harvest
in prior year.
Current system of
allowing changes
until first day of
meeting
inconsistent with
Rec. Form
adopted by the
Commission no
longer relevant to
current methods.
Adjustments are
agreed for the
prior year after
fishing has
occurred.
Difficulty
accounting for
prior year revised
data and
unreported
catches. COC
(2008) agreed on
31 July
submission
deadline without
amending Rec.98-
14.
Task 1 and 2
data
submissions.
For E-BFT,
overlap with
weekly/monthly
Catch Reports.
1) Resolve
deadline
difference
between Rec.
98-14 and
deadline
adopted by the
Commission in
2008.
2) Revise rec. to
reflect current
reporting
practices.
COC Rec 11-11
addresses overlap
with Task I and II
data and
weekly/monthly
BFT catch
reports, resolves
the deadline
conflict, and
establishes a
process for
subsequent
changes made by
CPCs to
compliance table
submissions.
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