ICCAT·CICTA·CICAA

ICCAT strives to obtain complete and accurate statistics from all countries, entities and fishing entities operating tuna, tuna-like and shark fisheries in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. All countries/entities or fishing entities which operate tuna and/or shark fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas are requestedto submit their tuna/shark fisheries data. The following information is required.

Data Requests

The following Circulars provide information about the formats to use and the deadlines for submitting data to ICCAT.

Requirements

Deadline

Forms

Request for statistics (Task 1 & Task 2) on atlantic tunas and sharks in the ICCAT convention area

31 July*

Statistics
Tagging

List of Reporting Requirements for the SCRS in 2023

General

Req Nº	(old Nº)	Information required	Reference	Para.	Deadline	Form	Information required from	Email address
S:GEN01	S01	Annual Reports (Scientific)	Convention; Res. 01-16; Ref. 12-13; Rec. 18-07	…	15 September	See Ref. 12-13	All CPCs. A report should be submitted even if your CPC is not actively involved in any ICCAT fisheries	info@iccat.int
S:GEN02	S02	Task 1 Fleet characteristics (T1FC)	Art. IX (ICCAT Convention); Rec. 05-09; Res. 66-01; Various conservation and management measures relating to individual species	…	31 July except where otherwise specified in the request for statistics	ST01-T1FC	All CPCs. If no fleet exists, this fact should be reported to the Secretariat	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN03	S03	Task 1 Nominal catch estimations (T1NC)	Art. IX (ICCAT Convention); Rec. 05-09; Res. 66-01; Various conservation and management measures relating to individual species	…	31 July except where otherwise specified in the request for statistics	ST02-T1NC	All CPCs. If no catches of any tuna or tuna like species have been made, this should be reported to the Secretariat	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN04	S04	Task 2 Catch and effort (T2CE)	Art. IX (ICCAT Convention); Rec. 05-09; Res. 66-01; Various conservation and management measures relating to individual species	…	31 July except where otherwise specified in the request for statistics	ST03-T2CE	All CPCs	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN05	S05	Task 2 Size samples (T2SZ)	Art. IX (ICCAT Convention); Rec. 05-09; Res. 66-01; Various conservation and management measures relating to individual species	…	31 July except where otherwise specified in the request for statistics	ST04-T2SZ	All CPCs	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN06	S06	Task 2 Catch-at-size estimations (T2CS)	Art. IX (ICCAT Convention); Rec. 05-09; Res. 66-01; Various conservation and management measures relating to individual species	…	31 July except where otherwise specified in the request for statistics	ST05-T2CS	All CPCs	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN07	S07	Scientific tagging surveys (inventories)	Art. IX (ICCAT Convention); Rec. 05-09; Res. 66-01; Various conservation and management measures relating to individual species	…	31 July except where otherwise specified in the request for statistics	TG01-CnvEleTSurv	All CPCs	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN08	S08	Conventional Tagging declaration (releases/recoveries)	Art. IX (ICCAT Convention); Rec. 05-09; Res. 66-01; Various conservation and management measures relating to individual species	…	31 July	TG02-CnvTReRc	All CPCs	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN09	S09	Electronic Tagging declaration (releases/recoveries)	Art. IX (ICCAT Convention); Rec. 05-09; Res. 66-01; Various conservation and management measures relating to individual species	…	31 July	TG03-EleTReRc	All CPCs	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN10	S10	Task 3 Domestic observer program data	Rec. 16-14	Para 10f	31 July	ST09-DomObPrg	All CPCs	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN11	S11	Information on implementation of Rec. 16-14	Rec. 16-14	Para 10d/10e	15 September	See Ref. 12-13	All CPCs, except those that qualify for an exemption under para 4(b)	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN12	S12	Information and data on pelagic Sargassum	Res. 05-11	Para 1	31 July	SCRS document (Sub. Ecosystem )	CPCs with available information	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:GEN13	S13	Specific information for the fishing vessels that were authorized to carry out pelagic longline fisheries and harpoons in the Mediterranean during the preceding year	Rec. 16-05	Para 43	31 July	ST01-T1FC	CPCs which operated pelagic LL and harpoon fisheries in the Med in the previous year	STATS_info@iccat.int

Bluefin Tuna

Req Nº	(old Nº)	Information required	Reference	Para.	Deadline	Form	Information required from	Email address
S:BFT01	S15	Redundant
S:BFT02	S16	Procedures and results from stereoscopical cameras OR alternative methodology for estimating size of bluefin tuna	Rec.21-08/22-08	Para 173	31 October	Raw data outputs on individual fish. (methodology and other information on alternative techniques may be presented as SCRS paper)	CPCs involved in bluefin tuna farming	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:BFT03	S17	Task 2 Size samples from stereoscopical cameras resulting from S:BFT02	Rec.21-08/22-08	Annex 9	31 July	ST06-T2FM	CPCs involved in bluefin tuna farming	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:BFT04	S18	Task 3 Domestic observer program data (BFT)	Rec.21-08/22-08	Para 98	31 July	ST09-DomObPrg / TBD in 2023	CPCs involved in bluefin tuna farming	STATS_info@iccat.int ROP_info@iccat.int
S:BFT05	S21	Details of research programs on W-BFT	Rec. 21-07/22-10	Para 6g/ 5g	Before commencement of such programmes and report to the SCRS before the start of the BFT Species Group	SCRS document	CPCs involved in cooperative research	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:BFT06	S22	Updates to abundance indices and other fishery indicators	Rec. 21-07/22-10	Para 4	In advance of SCRS annual Species Group meetings	SCRS document	CPCs with catches/ discards of W-BFT	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:BFT07	S23	Information resulting from GBYP related research including new information resulting from enhanced biological sampling activities	Rec. 21-07/22-10	Section G. Para 20 /Para 14	In advance of BFT stock assessement	SCRS document	CPCs that harvest western Atlantic bluefin	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:BFT09	S53	Report on the scientific activities conducted by vessels operating in the context of a scientific project of a research institute integrated in a scientific research program	Rec. 21-08/22-08	Para 44	60 days before SCRS	SCRS document. Catch data resulting from activities should be reported with Task 1 data	CPC wishing to conduct a sport catch-and-release fishery in the North East Atlantic	STATS_info@iccat.int

Tropical Species

Req Nº	(old Nº)	Information required	Reference	Para.	Deadline	Form	Information required from	Email address
S:TRO01	S24	Redundant
S:TRO02	S25	Management plans for the use of fish aggregating devices (including steps to minimise ecological impact)	Rec. 22-01	Para 34	31 January	Annex 1 of Rec. 19-02	CPCs operating FAD fisheries	info@iccat.int STATS_info@iccat.int
S:TRO03	S44	Task 3 FAD information (tropicals) (month, 1x1 squares, FAD type, etc)	Rec. 22-01	Para 39 i	31 July	ST08-FadsDep	CPCs operating FAD fisheries	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:TRO04	S45	Task 3 Support vessels data on tropical fisheries (BB/PS)	Rec. 22-01	Para 39 iv	31 July	ST07-TropSupVes	CPCs operating FAD fisheries	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:TRO05	S46	Task 3 Domestic observer program data (tropicals)	Rec. 22-01	Para 55 & 58	30 April	ST09-DomObPrg. (also covered by S:GEN10) and any additional necessary documents.	CPCs with LL and PS fisheries for tropical tuna species	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:TRO10	S46b	Information on electronic monitoring systems (EMS)	Rec. 22-01	Paras 55 and 57	30 April	No specific format	CPCs with LL and PS fisheries for tropical tuna species	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:TRO06	S47	Task 3 Port Sampling Program data (tropicals)	Rec. 22-01	Para 61	31 July	ST10-PortSamp	CPCs in whose port landing or transhipment of BET/YFT/SKJ takes place	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:TRO07	S48	Historical FAD set data as required by the SCRS (Task 2 catch & effort)	Rec. 22-01	Para 31	31 July	ST03-T2CE & ST08-FadsDep (including pertinent SCRS documents)	CPCs with historical data on FAD Sets	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:TRO08	S49	Redundant
S:TRO09	S58	Redundant

Albacore

Req Nº	Information required	Reference	Para.	Deadline	Form	Information required from	Email address
S:ALB01	Age at maturity	Rec. 22-05	Para 9	13 September	SCRS document (covering data reported under S:GEN03 and S:GEN05)	CPCs catching Mediterranean albacore	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:ALB02	Habitat	Rec. 22-05	Para 9	13 September	SCRS document (covering data reported under S:GEN03, S:GEN04, S:GEN05)	CPCs catching Mediterranean albacore	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:ALB03	Impact of longline fisheries in terms of catch composition	Rec. 22-05	Para 9	13 September	SCRS document (covering data reported under S:GEN04)	CPCs catching Mediterranean albacore	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:ALB04	CPUE series	Rec. 22-05	Para 9	13 September	SCRS document	CPCs catching Mediterranean albacore	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:ALB05	Monthly estimation of spawner and recruit proportion in the catches	Rec. 22-05	Para 9	13 September	SCRS document (covering data reported under S:GEN06 )	CPCs catching Mediterranean albacore	STATS_info@iccat.int

Billfish

Req Nº	(old Nº)	Information required	Reference	Para.	Deadline	Form	Information required from	Email address
S:BIL01	S27	Redundant
S:BIL02	S28	Redundant
S:BIL03	S55	Statistical methodology used to estimate dead and live discards of marlins / roundscale spearfish	Rec. 19-05	Para 16	15 Sep	No specific format	CPCs catching (retained or discarded alive or dead) blue marlin, white marlin and/or roundscale spearfish	info@iccat.int
S:BIL04	S56	Information about their data collection program for artisanal and/or small-scale fisheries	Rec. 19-05	Para 16	15 Sep	No specific format	CPCs with artisanal and small-scale fisheries catching (retained or discarded alive or dead) blue marlin, white marlin and/or roundscale spearfish	info@iccat.int
S:BIL05	S57	Results of trials on electronic monitoring for BIL	Rec. 19-05	Para 20	1 Mar	ST09-DomObPrg (and any additional necessary SCRS document)	CPCs trialling electronic monitoring systems with BIL interactions	info@iccat.int STATS_info@iccat.int

Shark

Req Nº	(old Nº)	Information required	Reference	Para.	Deadline	Form	Information required from	Email address
S:SHK01	S32	Plan for improving data collection for sharks on a species specific level	Rec. 11-08	Para 4	31 July	SCRS document	CPCs that have not reported species-specific shark data	info@iccat.int STATS_info@iccat.int
S:SHK02	S50	Results of research and biological sampling on shortfin mako	Rec. 14-06; Rec. 19-06	Para 3; Para 6	Prior to Sharks Species Group meeting	SCRS document	CPCs carrying out research on shortfin mako	info@iccat.int
S:SHK03	S51	Information on blue shark	Rec. 16-12; Rec. 19-07	Para 7	Prior to the Blue Shark Data Prepartory Meeting	SCRS document	CPCs undertaking scientific research on blue sharks	info@iccat.int STATS_info@iccat.int
S:SHK04	S54	The amount of North Atlantic shortfin mako caught and retained on board as well as dead discards and live releases and statistical methodology used to calculate such discards/releases	Rec. 19-06/21-09	Para 9/13	31 July	SCRS document and data under S:GEN03 (Task 1 form ST02-T1NC)	CPCs that authorize their vessels to catch and retain on board, transship or land North Atlantic shortfin mako	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:SHK05		Statistical methodology used to estimate dead discards and live releases	Rec. 22-11	Para 13	31 July	SCRS document (on data reported under S:GEN03)	CPCs catching southern Atlantic stock shortfin mako (SMA), with an average catch (2018-2020) of 1 tonne or more.	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:SHK06		Information on artisanal/small-scale fisheries data collection programs	Rec. 22-11	Para 13	31 July	SCRS document (on data reported under S:GEN03)	CPCs with artisanal/small-scale fisheries catching southern Atlantic stock shortfin mako (SMA)	STATS_info@iccat.int

Other species / By catch

Req Nº	(old Nº)	Information required	Reference	Para.	Deadline	Form	Information required from	Email address
S:BYC01	S37	Provision of existing identification guides for sharks, seabirds and turtles and marine mammals caught in the Convention area	Rec. 11-10	Para 3	Whenever available	No specific format	CPCs that have developed identification guides for ICCAT species	info@iccat.int
S:BYC02	S38	Information on interactions of its fleet with sea turtles in ICCAT fisheries by gear type	Rec. 10-09 /22-12	Para 1 / Para 5	31 July	ST12-InterSTurt	CPCs whose fisheries interact with sea-turtles	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:BYC03	S39	CPCs shall record data on seabird incidental catch by species through scientific observers in accordance with the Recommendation 10-10 and report these data annually	Rec. 11-09	Para 1	31 July	ST09-DomObPrg	All CPCs with seabird by-catch in their longline fisheries	STATS_info@iccat.int
S:BYC04	S41	Notification of measures taken on the collection of by-catch and discard data in artisanal fisheries through alternative means	Rec. 11-10	Para 1c	15 September	Ref. 12-13. Include in part 1 of Annual Report	CPCs operating artisanal fisheries	info@iccat.int STATS_info@iccat.int
S:BYC05	S42	CPCs shall report on steps taken to mitigate by-catch and reduce discards, and on any relevant research	Rec. 11-10	Para 1e	15 September	Ref. 12-13. Include in part 1 of Annual Report	CPCs operating any fishery for species under the purview of ICCAT	info@iccat.int STATS_info@iccat.int

Notes: The deadlines differ for species for which a stock assessment or data preparatory meeting is being conducted

Fishery Statistics

Task 1 catch statistics - Nominal annual catch of tuna, tuna-like species and sharks, by region, gear, flag and species, and where possible, by EEZ and High Seas. Catches should be reported in kilograms, round (live) weight.
Task 1 fleet characteristics - Number of fishing vessels by size classes, gear and flag.
Task 2 catch and effort statistics - Catch and effort statistics by area, gear, flag, species and by month.
Task 2 size data - Actual size frequencies of fish sampled by area, gear, flag, species and by month and by sex if possible.
Catch-at-size data - Catch-at-size data for bluefin, albacore, yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack tunas and swordfish, by gear, sampling area and by month or quarters, and by sex and by 5x5 degree squares if possible. The ICCAT form 3-6 to show sampling coverage and data substitutions is also required.
Conventional tagging. The Secretariat maintains a database on conventional tags applied to Atlantic tunas, billfishes and sharks.
Archival (electronic) tagging. The Secretariat maintains an inventory of archival tags that have been deployed by various institutions.

Other Data

Observer data. A number of nations have observer programs in place and that the information collected from such programs has been or could be provided to ICCAT. The SCRS has recommended that Contracting Parties, and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities that can do so, should provide their observer data to the Secretariat. Be sure to including information on the contents, type of data being submitted, the species or fisheries covered, the data format, etc. Also, please indicate if the data are of a confidential nature.
Seabird information. The Commission encourages the collection and reporting of all available information on interactions with seabirds, including incidental catches in all fisheries under the purview of ICCAT.
Turtle information. The Commission encourages the collection and reporting of all available information on interactions with sea turtles in ICCAT fisheries, including incidental catches and other impacts on sea turtles in the Convention area, such as the deterioration of nesting sites and swallowing of marine debris.
Data on farmed bluefin tuna. The ICCAT Recommendation on bluefin tuna farming contains several requirements for sampling and reporting of data on details (e.g. size composition) of bluefin tuna catches that go to farming operations.