REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH ... - Iccat

Sub-Com Ecosytems Table 1. Summary information for the observer questionaires received. The countries listed without observer information are believed to have additonal observerprograms for which no questionnaire was received.Reported byFlag ofvesselsFleet/GearTarget SpeciesRange ofvessel sizeYears of operationof the program (1)Season ofoperation%vessels/tripswithobserver% of totaleffort inthe fisherywithobservernº RefdocsBy-catchquantifiedSizeFateBio.samplesMitigationChineseTaipeiChineseTaipeiPelagicLonglineEC-Ireland EC-Ireland Mid waterpaired trawlUSA USA PelagicLonglineIceland Japanese PelagicLonglineRussianFederationRussianFederationRussianFederationRussianFederationPelagicLonglineJapan Japan PelagicLonglineBET-ALB 24-50M 2002-2008 3-8% 3 yes some some? yes yesALB 20 - 40 m 1999-2006 July - October 3 yes yes no yes yesSWO-BET-YFT-TUNless than 49 m 1992-present All year 1.2-6.6% 2.2-13.9% 5 yes yes yes yes noBFT 379-409 GRT 1996-2005 August-Nov 100% 100% 12 yes no no yes noSWO-BET-YFT-ALB-SHK1965-1991, 2005,2006Purse seine YFT-TUN 50-85 m 1973-2000, 2006,2007BET-YFT-BFT45 - 55 m inLOA1995-2008. 1995and 1996 arepreliminary.all year round 2 no no no yes noall year round 2 no no no yes noAll year round, butmostly June-January4-7% 10 yes yes yes yes someTurkey Turkey Purse seine BFT 17.3-62 m 2003-2006 May-June 5.2-10.7% 0 no no no some noMexico Mexico Pelagic YFT 13-25 m 1994-2008 All year 100% 100% 27 yes yes yes yes yesLonglineVenezuela Venezuela PelagicLonglineEC-France EC-France France PSMedSWO-BET-ALB1991-2008 All year 8.1-19.7% 6.2-36.4% 8 some some some yes noBFT 27-34 m 2003 01/05/2003 au30/09/2003Norway Norway does not have any relevant information to provide concerning this iccat questionnaire on scientific observer programsEC-Greece EC-Greece PelagicLonglineSWO 12m to 20m 2004 to 2006 February toSeptember5.25% 35% 1 yes no yes no yes3.2-4.7% 0.59-0.89%7 yes some yes no no