Description

Data content

Stratification

General information
Main data elements
Data specifications
Buoy data
DFOB data

DFOB characteristics
Subsurface (tail)

Reporting metadata

Reporting deadlines

Reference code lists

Entities
Countries
Types of data types
Fisheries
Species
Types of activities on buoys
Types of drifting floating objects
Types of activities on drifting floating objects
Types of fates
Raisings
Catch units

Description

This form supports the reporting of data on operational activities conducted by purse seine and support vessels on drifting floating objects (DFOBs) and buoys. When present, data include information on buoy identifier, knowledge of the buoy position, and type of activity conducted on the buoy. For each DFOB, information on materials (i.e., presence of plastic or metal), dimensions (i.e., length, width, and height), and presence of mesh with value of mesh size for both the surface (i.e., raft) and subsurface (i.e., tail) components must be recorded. Finally, species-specific estimates of catches retained and discarded in numbers or live weight equivalent for the IOTC species, common sharks, and other bycatch species must also be included in the dataset.

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Data content

Operational information on DFOB-related activities, including buoys and DFOB characteristics and dimensions, along with estimates of retained catches and discards (in numbers or live weight equivalent) by species, fate, raising status, and catch unit.

Stratification

General information

Element	Requirement	Description	Input value
Reporting year	M	Gregorian calendar year of the fishing activities reported through the dataset	Integer
Reporting entity	M	Three-letter (alpha-3) code of the entity reporting the dataset to the IOTC Secretariat	Code_iso3 from Entities
Flag state	M	Three-letter (alpha-3) code of the country registration of the fishery vessels	Code_iso3 from Countries
Reporting Month	M	Calendar month of the fishing activities reported through the dataset	Integer 1..12
Vessel name	O	Name of the fishery vessel monitoring the buoy as available from the IOTC Record of Authorised Vessel RAV	Plain text
Vessel IOTC number	M	IOTC registered number of the vessel monitoring the buoy	Plain text (e.g., IOTC013542)

Main data elements

Element	Requirement	Description	Input value
Day of the month	M	Day of the month of the fishing activities reported through the dataset	Integer 1..31
UTC time	M	Universal time at which the drifting floating object was visited	time (hh:mm)
Latitude	M	Horizontal distances north or south of the Equator	Decimal degrees
Longitude	M	Vertical distances east or west of the prime meridian	Decimal degrees
Species	M	Species caught and discarded	Code from Species
Type of fate	M	Fate of fish caught (retained or discarded)	Code from Types of fate
Data raising	M	Level of raising (i.e., extrapolation)	Code from Raisings
Catch unit	M	Unit used to report the value of catch of a given species	Code from Catch units

Data specifications

Element	Requirement	Description	Input value
Original data type	M	Preliminary/final status of the data	Code from Types of data

Buoy data

Element	Requirement	Description	Input value
Present	M	Indicates whether a buoy is attached to the drifting floating object	Boolean (Y/N)
Identifier	M	Unique identifier of buoy monitored	(e.g., ISD+, M3+, T8E) followed by 5-9 digits
Position	M	Indicates whether the vessel have access/knowledge of the buoy position	Boolean (Y/N)
Activity	M	Type of activity undertaken when visiting or deploying the drifting floating object	Code from Buoy activity types

DFOB data

Element	Requirement	Description	Input value
Identifier	M	Unique identifier of the drifting floating object	Plain text
Type	M	Type of drifting floating object	Code from Types of DFOBs
Activity	M	Type of activities undertaken when visiting or deploying the drifting floating object	Code from Types of DFOB activities

DFOB characteristics

Description of the materials and dimensions of both surface and subsurface components of the drifting floating objects.

Surface (raft)

Element	Description	Unit	Format
Plastic	Indicates whether the surface or near-surface structure of the drifting floating object contains some plastic materials	-	Boolean
Metal	Indicates whether the surface or near-surface structure of the drifting floating object contains some metal materials	-	Boolean
Length	Length of the surface or near-surface structure of the drifting floating object	cm	Decimal
Width	Width of the surface or near-surface structure of the drifting floating object	cm	Decimal
Height	Height of the surface or near-surface structure of the drifting floating object	cm	Decimal
Mesh	Indicates whether the surface or near-surface structure of the drifting floating object contains mesh	-	Boolean
Mesh size	Size of the main net mesh used on the surface or near-surface structure of the drifting floating object (if any)	mm	Decimal

Subsurface (tail)

Element	Description	Unit	Format
Plastic	Indicates whether the tail of the drifting floating object contains some plastic materials	-	Boolean
Metal	Indicates whether the tail of the drifting floating object contains some metal materials	-	Boolean
Length	Length of the subsurface structure of the drifting floating object	cm	Decimal
Width	Width of the subsurface structure of the drifting floating object	cm	Decimal
Height	Height of the subsurface structure of the drifting floating object	cm	Decimal
Mesh	Indicates whether the subsurface structure of the drifting floating object contains mesh	-	Boolean
Mesh size	Size of the main net mesh used on the subsurface structure of the drifting floating object (if any)	mm	Decimal

Reporting metadata

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

Reporting deadlines

Surface fisheries: 30 June (final)

Reference code lists

Entities

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CODE	CODE_ISO2	CODE_ISO3	LIST_NAME_EN	LIST_NAME_FR	FULL_NAME_EN	FULL_NAME_FR	SHORT_NAME_EN	SHORT_NAME_FR	NOCS_CATEGORY
ABW	AW	ABW	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	TERRITORY
AFG	AF	AFG	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	la République islamique d'Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION
AGO	AO	AGO	Angola	Angola	the Republic of Angola	la République d'Angola	Angola	Angola (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION
AIA	AI	AIA	Anguilla	Anguilla	Anguilla	Anguilla	Anguilla	Anguilla	TERRITORY
ALA	AX	ALA	Åland Islands	Îles d'Åland	the Åland Islands	les Îles d'Åland	Åland Islands (the)	Îles d'Åland (les)	TERRITORY
ALB	AL	ALB	Albania	Albanie	the Republic of Albania	la République d'Albanie	Albania	Albanie (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION
AND	AD	AND	Andorra	Andorre	the Principality of Andorra	la Principauté d'Andorre	Andorra	Andorre (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION
ANT	AN	ANT	Netherlands Antilles	Antilles néerlandaises	Netherlands Antilles	Antilles néerlandaises	Netherlands Antilles	Antilles néerlandaises	DISSOLVED NATION
ARE	AE	ARE	United Arab Emirates	Émirats arabes unis	the United Arab Emirates	les Émirats arabes unis	United Arab Emirates (the)	Émirats arabes unis (les)	FAO MEMBER NATION
ARG	AR	ARG	Argentina	Argentine	the Argentine Republic	la République argentine	Argentina	Argentine (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION

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Countries

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CODE	CODE_ISO2	CODE_ISO3	LIST_NAME_EN	LIST_NAME_FR	FULL_NAME_EN	FULL_NAME_FR	SHORT_NAME_EN	SHORT_NAME_FR	NOCS_CATEGORY
ABW	AW	ABW	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	TERRITORY
AFG	AF	AFG	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	la République islamique d'Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION
AGO	AO	AGO	Angola	Angola	the Republic of Angola	la République d'Angola	Angola	Angola (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION
AIA	AI	AIA	Anguilla	Anguilla	Anguilla	Anguilla	Anguilla	Anguilla	TERRITORY
ALA	AX	ALA	Åland Islands	Îles d'Åland	the Åland Islands	les Îles d'Åland	Åland Islands (the)	Îles d'Åland (les)	TERRITORY
ALB	AL	ALB	Albania	Albanie	the Republic of Albania	la République d'Albanie	Albania	Albanie (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION
AND	AD	AND	Andorra	Andorre	the Principality of Andorra	la Principauté d'Andorre	Andorra	Andorre (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION
ANT	AN	ANT	Netherlands Antilles	Antilles néerlandaises	Netherlands Antilles	Antilles néerlandaises	Netherlands Antilles	Antilles néerlandaises	DISSOLVED NATION
ARE	AE	ARE	United Arab Emirates	Émirats arabes unis	the United Arab Emirates	les Émirats arabes unis	United Arab Emirates (the)	Émirats arabes unis (les)	FAO MEMBER NATION
ARG	AR	ARG	Argentina	Argentine	the Argentine Republic	la République argentine	Argentina	Argentine (l')	FAO MEMBER NATION

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Types of data types

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR
FI	Final data	Données finales
PR	Preliminary data	Données préliminaires

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Fisheries

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR	FISHERY_CATEGORY_CODE	FISHERY_CATEGORY_NAME_EN	FISHERY_CATEGORY_NAME_FR
BS[SS]	Small-scale beach seine fishery	Pêcherie à petite échelle utilisant des sennes de plage	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SS]NI	Small-scale beach seine fishery targeting non-IOTC species	Pêcherie à petite échelle utilisant des sennes de plage ciblant les espèces non-CTOI	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SS]NS	Small-scale beach seine fishery targeting neritic tunas and seerfish	Pêcherie à petite échelle utilisant des sennes de plage ciblant les thons néritiques et maquereaux espagnols	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SS]SK	Small-scale beach seine fishery targeting sharks	Pêcherie à petite échelle utilisant des sennes de plage ciblant les requins	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SS]TR	Small-scale beach seine fishery targeting tropical tunas	Pêcherie à petite échelle utilisant des sennes de plage ciblant les thons tropicaux	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SU]	Subsistence beach seine fishery	Pêcherie de subsistence utilisant des sennes de plage	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SU]NI	Subsistence beach seine fishery targeting non-IOTC species	Pêcherie de subsistence utilisant des sennes de plage ciblant les espèces non-CTOI	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SU]NS	Subsistence beach seine fishery targeting neritic tunas and seerfish	Pêcherie de subsistence utilisant des sennes de plage ciblant les thons néritiques et maquereaux espagnols	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SU]SK	Subsistence beach seine fishery targeting sharks	Pêcherie de subsistence utilisant des sennes de plage ciblant les requins	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières
BS[SU]TR	Subsistence beach seine fishery targeting tropical tunas	Pêcherie de subsistence utilisant des sennes de plage ciblant les thons tropicaux	COASTAL	Coastal fisheries	Pêcheries côtières

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Species

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR	NAME_SCIENTIFIC	SPECIES_GROUP_CODE	SPECIES_CATEGORY_CODE	FAMILY	ORDER	IUCN_STATUS_CODE	IS_IOTC	IS_TARGET	IS_SSI	IS_PREDATOR	IS_BAIT	IS_AGGREGATE	IS_ASFIS
ABL	Attentive carplet		Amblypharyngodon melettinus	OTHERS	OTHERS	Cyprinidae	Cypriniformes	LC	false	false	false	false	false	false	true
AG_CETACEANS	Cetaceans nei	Cétacés nca		OTHERS	CETACEANS				false	false	true	true	false	true	false
AG01	Black marlin and striped marlin	Marlin noir et marlin rayé	Makaira nigricans; Tetrapturus audax	BILLFISH	BILLFISH				true	true	false	false	false	true	false
AG02	Indo-Pacific sailfish and shortbill spearfish	Voilier indo-pacifique et makaire à rostre court	Istiophorus platypterus; Tetrapturus angustirostris	BILLFISH	BILLFISH				true	true	false	false	false	true	false
AG06	Kawakawa, frigate and bullet tunas	Thonine orientale, auxide et bonitou	Euthynnus affinis; Auxis spp	TUNAS	NERITIC				true	true	false	false	false	true	false
AG07	Longtail tuna and kawakawa	Thon mignon et thonine orientale	Thunnus tonggol; Euthynnus affinis	TUNAS	NERITIC				true	true	false	false	false	true	false
AG10	Skipjack tuna and kawakawa	Listao et thonine orientale	Katsuwonus pelamis; Euthynnus affinis	TUNAS	TUNAS_NEI				true	true	false	false	false	true	false
AG21	Sharks nei other than oceanic whitetip shark and blue shark	Espèces de requins autres que le requin océanique et le requin peau bleue	Selachimorpha (Pleurotremata); needs update	SHARKS	SHARKS				false	true	false	true	false	true	false
AG35	Yellowfin tuna and skipjack tuna	Albacore et listao	Thunnus albacares; Katsuwonus pelamis	TUNAS	TROPICAL				true	true	false	false	false	true	false
AG38	Blue shark, shortfin mako, oceanic whitetip shark	Requin peau bleue, requin-taupe bleu et requin océanique	Prionace glauca; Isurus oxyrinchus; Carcharhinus longimanus	SHARKS	SHARKS				false	true	false	true	false	true	false

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Types of activities on buoys

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR
DE	Deployment	Mise à l'eau
EU	End of use	Fin d'utilisation
LO	Loss	Perte
RE	Retrieval	Retrait
ST	Stranding	Échouage
TR	Transfer	Transfert

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Types of drifting floating objects

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR
ANLOG	Natural object of animal origin	Objet naturel d'origine animale
DFAD	Drifting FAD	DCP dérivant
FALOG	Artificial object resulting from human activity (and related to fishing activities)	Objet artificiel provenant d'activités anthropiques (liées à des activités de pêche)
HALOG	Artificial object resulting from human activity (not related to fishing activities)	Objet artificiel provenant d'activités anthropiques (non liées à des activités de pêche)
VNLOG	Natural object of plant origin	Objet naturel d'origine végétale

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Types of activities on drifting floating objects

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR	DFOB	AFOB
CO	Consolidation	Consolidation	true	false
DE	Deployment	Mise à l'eau	true	true
EU	End of use	Fin d'utilisation	true	false
LO	Loss	Perte	true	false
RE	Retrieval	Retrait	true	true
ST	Stranding	Échouage	true	false
VF	Visit with fishing	Visite avec pêche	true	true
VI	Visit without fishing	Visite sans pêche	true	true

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Types of fates

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR
DI	Discarded	Rejeté
RE	Retained	Conservé
UN	Unknown	Inconnu

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Raisings

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR
NR	Data not raised	Données non extrapolées
PR	Data partially raised to totals	Données partiellement extrapolées aux totaux
RT	Data fully raised to totals	Données entièrement extrapolées aux totaux
UN	The raising status is unknown	Le niveau d'extrapolation est inconnu

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Catch units

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CODE	NAME_EN	NAME_FR
KG	Weight (kg)	Poids (kg)
NO	Number of fish	Nombre de poissons
T	Weight (t)	Poids (t)

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IOTC statistical data reporting: Form 3DA (v1.0-update)

Author: IOTC Secretariat

Description

Data content

Stratification

General information

Main data elements

Data specifications

Buoy data

DFOB data

DFOB characteristics

Surface (raft)

Subsurface (tail)

Reporting metadata

Reporting deadlines

Reference code lists

Entities

Countries

Types of data types

Fisheries

Species

Types of activities on buoys

Types of drifting floating objects

Types of activities on drifting floating objects

Types of fates

Raisings

Catch units