PFRP PI Meeting 15-16 December 2010

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission

David Itano Pelagic Fisheries Research Program University of Hawaii Global tropical tuna purse seine catch Blue = Skipjack: Yellow = Yellowfin : Red = Bigeye

- 20 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 60 - 70 - 80 - 90 - 100- 110- 120- 130- 140- 150- 160- 170180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 - 10 - 2405 40 30 Western and Central 20 Pacific 10 0 0 - 10 Atlantic 0 Indian Eastern Pacific - 20 0 - 30 3 Source: A. Fonteneau

140,000 1800000 272,700 1,782,600 1600000 Atlantic 1400000 558,000 1200000 Bigeye Indian 1000000 Yellowfin WCPO 65 % Eastern Pacific 800000 Skipjack WCPO 600000 400000 WCPO Purse seine catch 200000 0 2008 = 1,782,600 mt Atlantic Indian EPO WCPO 2009 = 1,894,500 mt Note: catch data as reported by relevant RFMO and rounded to nearest 100 mt Data sources: ICCAT, IOTC, IATTC, SPC/WCPFC Commission composition • Members (CCMs)  Australia, China, Canada, Cook Islands, European Union, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Japan, Kiribati, Korea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Nauru, , Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, , Solomon Islands, Chinese Taipei, Tonga, , United States of America, Vanuatu.

• Participating territories  American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, New Caledonia, , Wallis and Futuna

• Cooperating Non-members  Belize, Indonesia, Senegal, Mexico, El Salvador, Ecuador, Vietnam, Thailand, Panama.

• Observers  IGOs  NGOs 150E 160E 170E 180 170W 160W 150W 140W

USA JAPAN Western and Central Pacific Ocean

30N

Mexico Minami Hawaii Tori Shima Wake 20N Northern Western and Central Pacific Marianas Fishery Commission Johnston Guam Marshall Eastern Pacific Ocean Islands 10N

Federated States of Micronesia Palmyra Palau Howland Inter-American Tropical and Baker Tuna Commission0 Papua New Guinea Nauru Kiribati Jarvis Line Phoenix Islands Tuvalu Solomon Is Tokelau Cook 10S Wallis & Western Islands Futuna Samoa Fiji Am Samoa Tonga Australia Vanuatu Niue New 20S Caledonia French Polynesia Matthew & Hunter Pitcairn

Norfolk Commission composition • Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)  Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

• Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)  Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu

• Te Vaka  Cook Islands, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and Tonga

• Asian hui, EU and DWFN vs SIDS

• Philippines/Indonesia • Australia/New Zealand • USA Global Tuna Landings by Species tropical tunas

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2 SKJ MIllion tons MIllion

1 YFT

BET 0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

2500 SKJ YFT BET 2000 Purse Seine Longline 1500

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600 YFT SKJ BET 500 400 200 0 0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Thousand Tons Thousand Courtesy of P. M. Miyake from RFMO data Miyake et al. in press Western and Central Pacific Distribution of purse seine fishery (black circles)

120E 130E 140E 150E 160E 170E 180 170W 160W 150W

18.3% 2.6%

40N 79.1% 40N Skipjack Yellowfin

30N Bigeye

30N 1 2 20N 20N 3 4 5 10N

10N 46,800 1,410,000 0 326,000 0 Skipjack

10S Yellowfin 10S Yellowf in tuna catch (mt) 1990-2000 Bigeye 200,000 100,000 20S 20S 20,000

Longline Pole-and-line 6 7 30S 30S Purse seine 2008: 1,782,800 mt Other

120E 130E 140E 150E 160E 170E 180 170W 160W 150W

Source: SPC / SCTB Principal gear types (2009)

• Purse Seine …. 73% of WCPO tuna catch • (skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye) WCPO: wide variety of purse seine and ringnet effort

Note: photo credits to D. G. Itano unless otherwise noted. Reproduction or use of graphics or data contained in this presentation is prohibited without express consent of the ISSF and person(s) / organization(s) credited Purse seine set types or fishing mode

Live Animal associated sets - dolphin

- whale shark - manta ray Drifting FADs

Enhanced natural log

Bamboo raft

Bamboo and floats Purse seine floats and netting Anchored FADs

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Indonesian “house FAD” Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Eastern P PURSE SEINE FISHING GROUNDS Ocea Western and Central Pacific Ocean

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