DRAFT WORK PROGRAMME OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE FOR 2008-2010 (Indicative budget in USD) Project items Description Status (Priority) Project 1. (Priority = Incorporate data provided by Members, Cooperating Non-Members and Participating High) Territories (CCMs) under the data provision policy into existing databases On-going Commission’s and facilitate access of Commission secretariat staff to those data as appropriate. SPC-OFP Services Project 2. (Priority = Compile estimates of annual catches by species, gear type and flag, as specified in the High) On-going procedures for Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission SPC-OFP Services For catches for which estimates are not otherwise available, conduct statistical analyses to estimate catches, particularly in regard to (a) purse-seine catches of bigeye tuna and Project 3. (Priority = yellowfin tuna, (b) discards of target tuna species, and (c) catches of non-target species. High) On-going SPC-OFP Services Includes estimating seabird interaction, bycatch and mortality as requested by CMM 2006-02: EB-SWG Priority Project 4. (Priority = Produce and publish on the website two issues of the Regional Tuna Commission’s Medium) Bulletin, containing estimates of monthly catch rates for WCPO fleets, based on the most On-going recent data available. SPC-OFP Services Project 5. (Priority = Produce and publish on the website the Tuna Fishery Yearbook 2006, Commission’s Medium) On-going containing annual catch estimates by gear type, flag and species. SPC-OFP Services Compile estimates of catch and effort in support of the functions of the Commission and Project 6. (Priority = its subsidiary bodies, such as (a) estimates of annual catches by vessel flag, EEZ, and High) archipelagic waters, for use in determining the catch component of the On-going Commission’s assessed contributions, and (b) estimates of catch and effort in support of Conservation SPC-OFP Services and Management Measures. Project 7. (Priority = Disseminate public domain catch, effort and size data on the website at Commission’s High) On-going agreed level of resolution. SPC-OFP Services Project 8. (Priority = Participate in the Indonesia and Philippines Data Collection Project (Projects 15 and 16) High) On-going and the compilation of information on the tuna fisheries of Vietnam. SPC-OFP Services
DRAFT WORK PROGRAMME OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE FOR 2008-2010 (Indicative budget in USD) Project items (Priority) Description Status Project 1. (Priority = High) SPC-OFP Services Incorporate data provided by Members, Cooperating Non-Members and Participating Territories (CCMs) under the Commission’s data provision policy into existing databases and facilitate access of Commission secretariat staff to those data as appropriate. On-going Project 2. (Priority = High) SPC-OFP Services Compile estimates of annual catches by species, gear type and flag, as specified in the procedures for Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission On-going Project 3. (Priority = High) SPC-OFP Services For catches for which estimates are not otherwise available, conduct statistical analyses to estimate catches, particularly in regard to (a) purse-seine catches of bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna, (b) discards of target tuna species, and (c) catches of non-target species. Includes estimating seabird interaction, bycatch and mortality as requested by CMM 2006-02: EB-SWG Priority On-going Project 4. (Priority = Medium) SPC-OFP Services Produce and publish on the Commission’s website two issues of the Regional Tuna Bulletin, containing estimates of monthly catch rates for WCPO fleets, based on the most recent data available. On-going Project 5. (Priority = Medium) SPC-OFP Services Produce and publish on the Commission’s website the Tuna Fishery Yearbook 2006, containing annual catch estimates by gear type, flag and species. On-going Project 6. (Priority = High) SPC-OFP Services Compile estimates of catch and effort in support of the functions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies, such as (a) estimates of annual catches by vessel flag, EEZ, and archipelagic waters, for use in determining the catch component of the Commission’s assessed contributions, and (b) estimates of catch and effort in support of Conservation and Management Measures. On-going Project 7. (Priority = High) SPC-OFP Services Disseminate public domain catch, effort and size data on the Commission’s website at agreed level of resolution. On-going Project 8. (Priority = High) SPC-OFP Services Participate in the Indonesia and Philippines Data Collection Project (Projects 15 and 16) and the compilation of information on the tuna fisheries of Vietnam. On-going
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