FAO/Fisheries Mgmt & Conservation Service: Activities on Tuna

Outline  FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture Dept.: new structure  Tuna information on FAO’s website  Tuna catch data  Tuna publications  FAO Committee on Fisheries, Rome, March 2009  FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture Dept.: new structure  Tuna information on FAO’s website  Tuna catch data  Tuna publications  FAO Committee on Fisheries, Rome, March 2009

FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture Dept.: new structure Fishery & Aquaculture Information & Statistics Service (FIES) Programme Coordination Unit (FIDP) Int'l Institution & Liaison Service (FIEL) Development & Planning Service (FIEP) Fisheries & Aquaculture Economics & Policy Division (FIE) Aquacult. Mgmt & Concervation Service (FIMA) Fisheries Mgmt & Conservation Service (FIMF) Fisheries & Aquaculture Management Division (FIM) Fishing Technology Service (FIIT) Fish Utilization & Marketing Service (FIIU) Fish Products & Industry Division (FII) Office of the Assistant Director General (FID)

Tuna information on FAO’s website  Tuna topics: access to all tuna info  Tuna resources,  Tuna resources,  Taxonomy, ecology & general importance  Stock status  Other involved institutions  Tuna fisheries & utilization,  Tuna fisheries & utilization,  Fisheries & farming  Catches  Fisheries management  Utilisation & trade  Other involved institutions  FAO activities on tuna,  FAO activities on tuna,  Global tuna data & other information  FAO fishery bodies  Resoution of global problems in tuna fisheries research & management  FAO projects

Tuna data  Three sets of global tuna catch data from FAO  Tuna catches by species, FAO statistical area & year  Available also for all other fish species  Not by fishing gear & stock  Based mostly on official national statistics  Updated annually  Now to 2007  Tuna catches by species, stock, fishing gear & year  Only for principal market tunas  Based on best data from tuna RFMOs  Updated annually  Now to 2007  Tuna & billfish catches by species, fishing gear, 5x5 degree square, year & quarter  For tuna, only for principal market tunas  Based on best data from tuna RFMOs  Updated every 2-3 yrs  Now to 2006

Tuna publications  Focus on those being prepared  Other published on FI’s website  Focus on those being prepared  Other published on FI’s website

Tuna publications being prepared  Last two publications from the FAO Project on the Management of Tuna Fishing Capacity  Proceedings of the Workshop to Further Develop, Test and Apply a Method for the Estimation of Tuna Fishing Capacity from Stock Assessment-Related Information (La Jolla, California, USA, May 2007)  “Using stock assessment information to assess fishing capacity of tuna fisheries” by H. Arrizabalaga, V.R. Restrepo M. Maunder and J. Majkowski. ICES Journal of Marine Science (in print) ICES Journal of Marine Science (in print)  Last two publications from the FAO Project on the Management of Tuna Fishing Capacity  Proceedings of the Workshop to Further Develop, Test and Apply a Method for the Estimation of Tuna Fishing Capacity from Stock Assessment-Related Information (La Jolla, California, USA, May 2007)  “Using stock assessment information to assess fishing capacity of tuna fisheries” by H. Arrizabalaga, V.R. Restrepo M. Maunder and J. Majkowski. ICES Journal of Marine Science (in print) ICES Journal of Marine Science (in print)

Tuna publications being prepared (cont.)  General global reviews  Biological characteristics of tuna & tuna-like species  Status of tuna resources: historical perspective  Tuna fisheries management: past & future challenges  Recent trends in the tuna industry  By-catches of tuna fisheries  Marine fishery resources of Pacific Islands  General global reviews  Biological characteristics of tuna & tuna-like species  Status of tuna resources: historical perspective  Tuna fisheries management: past & future challenges  Recent trends in the tuna industry  By-catches of tuna fisheries  Marine fishery resources of Pacific Islands

FAO Committee on Fisheries, Rome, March 2009  Issues of relevance to tuna  Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) & the International Plans of Action (IPA)  Combating IUU fishing, including  a legally-binding instrument on port State measures  a global record of fishing vessels  Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries  Climate change & fisheries & aquaculture  Issues of relevance to tuna  Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) & the International Plans of Action (IPA)  Combating IUU fishing, including  a legally-binding instrument on port State measures  a global record of fishing vessels  Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries  Climate change & fisheries & aquaculture