This form provides for the reporting of data on fisheries interactions with marine turtles, seabirds, mobulid rays, cetaceans, and whale sharks. CPCs having national and state legislation for protecting whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are encouraged to provide the data although they are exempt from reporting (Res. 13/05). CPCs having national and state legislation for protecting cetaceans are encouraged to provide the information to the Secretariat (Res. 23/06). For each stratum, the types of data and coverage (percentage; %) are essential to assess the representativeness and quality of the estimates.
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Number of interactions along with information on the value (%) and type of sampling coverage used for the estimations by year, fleet, fishery, and IOTC main area.
| Element | Requirement | Description | Input value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting year | M | Gregorian calendar year of the reported fishing activities in the dataset | Integer (e.g., 1996) |
| Reporting entity | M | Entity reporting the data to the IOTC Secretariat | Code from Entities |
| Flag state | M | Country of registration of the fishing vessels | Code from Countries |
| Element | Requirement | Description | Input value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisheries | M | IOTC definition of fishery units used to define fishing practices, which emerge from the combination of fishery purposes, area of operation, fishing vessels’ size, gear and gear configuration, and target species | Code from Fisheries |
| IOTC main areas | M | Two main statistical areas constituting the IOTC area of competence | Code from IOTC main areas |
| Element | Requirement | Description | Input value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original data type | M | Preliminary/final status of the data | Code from Types of data |
| Types of Coverage | O | Variable used for data coverage | Code from Types of Coverage |
| Element | Requirement | Description | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaison officer full name | M | Name of the liaison officer in charge of the compilation of the data | Plain text | John Doe |
| Liaison officer email | M | Email address of the liaison officer in charge of the compilation of the data | Valid email address | John.Doe@fao.org |
| Organisation name | M | Name of the organisation in charge of the compilation of the data | Plain text | National Institute of Fisheries |
| Organisation email | O | Email address of the organisation in charge of the compilation of the data | nif@gov.sc | |
| Finalisation date | M | Date of finalisation of the dataset | ISO 8601 | 1996-03-27 |
| Submission date | O | Date of submission of the dataset | ISO 8601 | 1997-03-21 |
