1. OCEANIC FISHERIES PROGRAMME
14-17 March 2017/SPC, Noumea

2. Oceanic Fisheries Programme
OFP Goal (FAME Strategic Plan ) “Fisheries exploiting the region’s resources of tuna, billfish and related species are managed for economic and ecological sustainability using the best available scientific information”

3. Oceanic Fisheries Programme
Stock Assessment & Modelling
Regional Services
Sub-Regional &National Services
Data Management
Data Acquisition & Quality Control
National Services & Capacity Building
Database systems
Fisheries & Ecosystem Monitoring & Analysis
Ecosystem Monitoring
Analysis
Fishery Monitoring

4. Oceanic Fisheries Programme
Client-based scientific service delivery
SPC members
FFA and sub-regional groups
WCPFC
Capacity building a major cross-cutting theme
2017 projected budget approximately 11.6 million CFP units

5. Main Funding Sources

6. Thank you for your support!
Donor Partners
Thank you for your support!
Australia
Environmental Defence Fund
European Union
FAO (ABNJ)
FFA – Regional Observer Cost Recovery
Global Environment Facility
International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
IUCN
Korea
New Zealand
Pew Charitable Trusts
The Nature Conservancy
WCPFC
WWF

7. Stock assessment and
modelling
14-17 March 2017/SPC, Noumea

8. Overview Reminder – what does SAM do? Key stories from 2015-2016
Lessons learnt
What next? 2017 onwards…
Key challenges
Supporting national, sub-regional and regional management decisions through world-class scientific advice

9. Regional stock assessments for tuna and tuna-like species undertaken
Scientific advice for subregional fisheries management initiatives
Scientific advice for national fisheries management initiatives
Capacity built
and communication
improved

10. Key stories from

11. Stock reference points and strategies?

12. 2016 skipjack stock assessment
Most robust SKJ assessment ever
Examined key uncertainties
Robustly defended the science at WCPFC SC12 from key DWFN criticisms
Comprehensively responded to criticisms through further analyses to WCPFC13

13. Enhancing national skills

14. National policy support
Longline bio-economic analyses & Fisheries Management Plans
In collaboration with FFA
HoF agenda item, WP4

15. National policy support
National webpages
>60 national reports in 2016
FAD reports
Spatial fishing reports
National bycatch reports

16. Lessons learned Increased focus on harvest strategies
National/sub-regional/regional
Increased ‘capacity building’
Calls for more advanced workshops
Improved gender balance
Increased call for bio-economic analyses

17. What next? 2017 onwards Harvest strategies
Working with managers to define ‘target’ levels
New tropical tuna CMM + new assessments
Increase understanding of FADs
Win-win options for BET mitigation
New management options
Improved management of longline fisheries
National bio-economic analyses
Management options for SPA
Enhanced capacity building
CMM effectiveness

18. Key challenges Supporting harvest strategy development
Biggest tuna fishery in the world
Diversity in national objectives within the WCPO
Gaining agreement at the international level
New data requirements
E.g. economics/social

19. Supporting national, sub-regional and regional management decisions through world-class scientific advice
Waiting for your call

20. DATA MANAGEMENT
14-17 March 2017/SPC, Noumea

21. Data Management Main highlights / achievements (2015-2016)
Lessons learned
Future (what next ?)
Challenges…

22. Data Management – what do we do ?
MEMBER COUNTRIES
Data Management Services Data acquisition, management and dissemination Systems, tools and support services Capacity development
Regional & sub-regional fisheries agencies
(WCPFC, FFA, PNAO)
OFP Scientists

23. Main highlights – 2015/2016 TUFMAN 2
New
TUFMAN 2
TUFMAN 1 replacement, cutting-edge
Logsheet, port sampling, unloadings, artisanal …
Web-based via browser (Secured !)
Installed in 16 PICTs including training
Data shared according to rules
Immediate access to processed data with internet
Accepts E-Reported data (e.g. iFIMS elog)
State-of-art helpdesk - SLACK
Replace legacy systems that are outdated
[TUFMAN is nearly 15 years old ...]
Move to contemporary technology
Construct a platform for rapid application development for emerging needs

24. DORADO (web-reporting system)
Main highlights – 2015/2016
New
DORADO (web-reporting system)
>100 reports using TUFMAN 2 and observer data
Satisfying national and WCPFC reporting reqs.
Access anywhere through secure login
Tables, Graphs, Maps
Different data source comparisons
Replace legacy systems that are outdated
[TUFMAN is nearly 15 years old ...]
Move to contemporary technology
Construct a platform for rapid application development for emerging needs

25. Main highlights – 2015/2016 TAILS
New
TAILS
Mobile device app (Google play store)
Allows remote data entry (in the field)
Artisanal: Logsheets, vessel activity/registration
Integrated with TUFMAN 2 and DORADO
Enter data offline, upload later…
Port sampling currently under development
Replace legacy systems that are outdated
[TUFMAN is nearly 15 years old ...]
Move to contemporary technology
Construct a platform for rapid application development for emerging needs

26. Other highlights/achievements
Data Management
Other highlights/achievements
HoF10 papers
Information Papers IP3 & IP4

27. Lessons learned Data Management Setting regional standards
… make it easier to acquire, manage and disseminate data (e.g. DCC, WCPFC ER stds)
Consideration of what is important for member countries
e.g. being flexible to respond to differing requirements
Keeping up with technology
Continual process
Life span of DB tools
More powerful platforms become available
Takes time and resources … but worth the investment …

28. Future Data Management
TUFMAN 2 for observer data (major development project)
OnBoard
new E-Log mobile device app for SPAC Longline fishery integrating with TUFMAN 2
Enhanced CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Data Auditing and Data Management
New Systems !
CDS/CMS/TKA initiatives in SPAC LL fishery - collaboration with FFA & member countries
Enhanced reporting tools
New CES and mobile device push reports – better data dissemination to senior managers
Standing commitments and ongoing support to key clients
e.g. PICTs, WCPFC Data Manager, OFP Scientists, FFA, PNAO

29. Key challenges Data Management New technologies (e.g. ER and EM)
Changing fast … need to be innovative but flexible … continuous redevelopment of products …. listen/respond to countries requirements … will still need people, but transition of roles … ensuring standards for 3rd party technical service providers
Integration of different IMS products
TUFMAN 2 / FIMS / RIMF / CDS etc.
Dealing with different and non-standard requirements
Respond to directives issued by countries…
Different systems can exist, but ensure data flows seamlessly to the benefit of PICTs
Cooperation and Collaboration !
Data sharing rules and regional standards are important !

30. Data Management – Take home message
E-Reporting and E-Monitoring
Enhanced DATA ACCESS
(data sharing rules and inter-IMS data flows)
YOUR DATA
Better quality
More timely
More accessible
More efficient
More cost effective
Enhanced DATA QUALITY and COVERAGE through reports and targeted auditing
Data summaries, incl. RECONCILING different types of data
(DORADO web reporting)
Enhanced training techniques and tools to BUILD CAPACITY

31. FISHERIES AND ECOSYSTEMS MONITORING AND ANALYSIS
14-17 March 2017/SPC, Noumea

32. Overview The new FEMA section Key stories 2015-2016 Lessons learnt
What next? 2017 onwards…
Key challenges
Integrated monitoring has just begun – it is entirely driven by current and future needs of our members

33. New FEMA Previously two sections: Began merge late 2015
Fisheries Monitoring section
Ecosystem Monitoring and Analysis section
Began merge late 2015
Completed early 2016
Covers all previous work + now includes e-monitoring

34. EVEN BETTER FISHERIES BETTER FISHERIES
Data (Effort, catch, ecosystem, biology)
Uncertainties
Stock Assessments
Management Advice
Better fisheries and ecosystem monitoring
Additional biological and ecosystem research
EVEN BETTER SCIENCE
EVEN BETTER FISHERIES
Ecological indicators
Reduced uncertainty
Data (Effort, catch, biology)
Uncertainties
Stock Assessments
Management Advice
Better fisheries monitoring
Additional biological research
BETTER SCIENCE
BETTER FISHERIES

35. Key stories: observers
Developing and refining regional standards (PIRFO)
Quality assurance of training and data
National ownership helps create local jobs (at-sea and onshore)
Gender modules
Cost recovery

36. Key stories: tagging
Central Pacific cruise 2015 tagged 1953 bigeye tuna
Western Pacific cruise 2016 tagged 1575 bigeye tuna
Collected broad range of data on all species encountered - acoustic and archival tags, biological specimens
Critical stock assessment input
Key international and sector collaborations along with national support

37. Key stories: e-monitoring
A technology development driven by members
Developed standards for process to transform records to data for LL, and for office observers (PIRFO)
Trials in Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, Palau, FSM and RMI
Integrating with DM section e.g. OnBoard

38. Key stories: turtles (New) use of regional data Access to new data
Capacity building
New ways of working
Ocean basin scale
Immediate management application

39. Lessons learnt External interest in region as global sentinel
Better use of existing assets
Scale
Integration of monitoring is critical
Figure 1: Yellowfin catch length frequency derived from observer sampling data, 1985.
Length (cm)
Using lmax as an ecosystem indicator

40. What next? 2017 onwards Market driven ecosystem science
Bycatch science (MSC)
Climate change and ocean acidification
Genetics (traceability, CDS)
Integrated monitoring – including e2
Regional standards with member implementation
Monitoring collects fisheries and ecosystem data
Increasing range of data stored here for you
Integrated analyses

41. Key challenges
Significantly enhancing regional science capability with key assets
marine tissue bank
tagging platform
high speed computing/internet bandwidth
Attracting investment at a regional scale
Providing advice from a regional context in a scale which is nationally actionable
data limitations, population base, regional scale

42. Summary Need to invest soon if we want to keep markets open
Monitoring is still science
Integrated approaches critical for success
Integrated monitoring has just begun – it is entirely driven by current and future needs of our members