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Types of fisheries statistics requested by the IOTC and reporting deadlines

Types of Data	Description	IOTC Form	Species Group	Management Measures /Agreements	Type of Report	Report To / Reporting Deadline
Annual Catches
Nominal Catches	Estimates of total annual retained catches in live weight by IOTC Area, species and type of fishery	Form 1RC	IOTC Species	R-10/02	Obligatory	Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F)
			Sharks	R-10/02; R-05/05	Obligatory
			Other species	R-10/02	Voluntary
Discards	Estimates of discard levels (dead individuals) in live weight (or number) by IOTC Area, species and type of fishery	Form 1DI	IOTC Species	R-10/02	Obligatory
			Sharks	R-10/02;	Obligatory
			Seabirds	R-10/02; R-10/06	Obligatory	SC; LL only Timely
			Marine Turtles	R-10/02; R-09/06	Obligatory	SC; LL only Timely
			Other species	R-10/02	Voluntary	Sec
Active crafts
Numbers of Craft	Total number of fishing crafts operated by type of fishery, type of craft and craft size by year	Form 2FC	Fisheries targeting IOTC Species	FSA-Annex I, Article 4	Voluntary	Sec
Catch and Effort
Surface Fisheries	Catch by species in live weight and fishing effort by type of fishery by 1o grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch)	Form 3CE	IOTC Species	R-10/02	Obligatory	Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F)
			Sharks	R-10/02; R-05/05	Obligatory
			Other bycatch	R-10/02	Voluntary
Longline Fisheries	Catch by species in number or live weight and effort in number of hooks set by 5o grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch)	Form 3CE	IOTC Species	R-10/02	Obligatory
			Sharks	R-10/02; R-05/05	Obligatory
			Other bycatch	R-10/02	Voluntary
	Catch by species in number or live weight and effort in number of hooks set by 1o grid area and month strata (extrapolated to annual catch)	Form 3CE	IOTC Species	R-10/02	Voluntary	SC Timely*
		Form 3CE	Sharks	R-10/02; R-05/05	Voluntary	SC Timely*
Coastal Fisheries	Catch by species and fishing effort by type of fishery and geographic area	Form 3AR	IOTC Species	R-10/02	Obligatory	Sec LL: 30/06 (P) LL: 30/12 (F) OT: 30/06 (F)
			Sharks	R-10/02; R-05/05	Obligatory
			Other bycatch	R-10/02	Voluntary
Supply vessels	Number and characteristics of supply vessels and number of days-at-sea by type of supply vessel by 1o grid area and month	Form 3SU	Not applicable	R-10/02	Obligatory
FAD	Total number and type of Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) set by purse seiners and supply vessels by quarter by fleet	Form 3FA	Not applicable	R-10/02	Obligatory
Size Data
Fish lengths	Length data by species by type of fishery by 5o grid area by month	Form 4SF	IOTC Species	R-10/02	Obligatory
Fish lengths		Form 4SF	Sharks	R-05/05	Obligatory
Socio-Economic Data
Fish Prices	Average prices of fish per type of fish product (preservation, processing), weight units, type of currency, month and market	Form 7PR	Main IOTC Species	A-Article5 paragraph 2(d)	Voluntary	Sec
Country Indicators	Set of indicators per type of indicator and year (e.g. GDP, OECD status, number of fishermen, contribution of fisheries to GDP, etc.)	n/a	Not applicable	A-Article5 paragraph 2(d)	na	na

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Management Measures / Agreements:	IOTC Resolution (R); IOTC Recommendation (Rc); IOTC Agreement (A); UN Fish Stocks Agreement (FSA)
Report To / Reporting Deadline:	Longline fisheries (LL) Preliminary statistics (P) or Final statistics (F); Other fisheries (OT) Shall (reporting is compulsory) /may (reporting is voluntary) be reported to the IOTC through the IOTC Secretariat (Sec) or through the Scientific Committee (SC)
* Data for the exclusive use of IOTC scientists, subject to the approval of the data owners and bound by IOTC confidentiality policy (Resolution 98/02); should be provided for scientific use in a timely fashion.

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