MANUAL OF PROCEDURES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION REQUIRED BY ICCAT SCI-057

Objective Better understanding what needs to be reported A guide; not a legal instrument Complements the Rec. on Compliance with Statistical Reporting Obligations [05- 09]

Outline: 5 parts – Vessels in general – Farming and management measures for east Atlantic bluefin tuna – Statistical Document Programs – Compliance tables and trade measures – Statistical and biological information

Outline: each Part has 4 items – Parties concerned: Who? – Deadline date: When? – Form: How? – Instructions and guidelines: What?

Example: BFT-E catch reports

Who? E.3.1 Parties concerned All Contracting Parties, and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing Entities fishing bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

When? E.3.2 Deadline date Each CPC shall send the Secretariat a report on the provisional monthly catches of bluefin tuna within 30 days of the end of the calendar month in which catches were made. Reports of catches by vessel shall be made 10 days after initial entry into the E-BFT Plan Area, and every five days after 1 June of each year

How? E.3.3 Form The forms for the submission of this information are COMP-025-BFT-CBM and COMP-026-BFT-CBV.

What? E.3.4 Instructions and guidelines Form COMP-025-BFT-CBM includes the monthly catches by gear and geographical area