Description

This form provides for the voluntary reporting of data on recovery of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gears (ADLFG), including specifications for FADs and buoys. Data includes information on the recovery location, gear specifications, information to assess the impact of the area, presence of species entanglements and reuse or place of disposal information. For FADs data also include unique identifiers, and information of the FAD structure and materials.

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Sheet	Data Components	Description
META	Metadata	Information on the data submission by reporting fleet
GEAR	Data	Information on recovery of gears other than FADs
FAD	Data	Information on recovery of FADs and buoys

Field	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Liaison officer full name	M	Name of the liaison officer in charge of the compilation of the data	String	e.g., `John Doe`
Liaison officer email	M	Email address of the liaison officer in charge of the compilation of the data	String	e.g., `John.Doe@fao.org`
Organisation name	M	Name of the organisation in charge of the compilation of the data	String	e.g., `Institute of Fisheries`
Organisation email	M	Email address of the organisation in charge of the compilation of the data	String	e.g., `nif@gov.sc`

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Reporting year	M	Gregorian calendar year of the fishing activities reported through the dataset	Integer	e.g., 1996
Reporting entity	M	Code of the entity reporting the dataset to the IOTC Secretariat	Code from Entities	e.g., `EUESP`
Flag state	M	Code of the country registration of the fishery vessels	Code from Countries	e.g., `EUESP`

GEAR

Recovery data

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Month	M	Month of year of the gear recovery reported through the dataset	Integer	e.g., `10`
Day of month	M	Day of the month of the gear recovery reported through the dataset	Integer	`31`
Latitude	M	Horizontal distances north or south of the Equator	Decimal degrees	e.g., `-25.60`
Longitude	M	Vertical distances east or west of the prime meridian	Decimal degrees	e.g, `60.10`
Depth	M	Length of a straight line measured downwards from the sea surface in meters	Decimal degrees	`3.5`
Habitat type	M	Code list to develop	e.g., `seagrass meadow`

##Gear data

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Identifier	M	Unique identifier of the of the gear or gear component found	Plain text
Fishing_gear	M	The identified fishing gear	Code from Fishing Gear	e.g., `DL`
Gear component	M	The identified gear component	String	e.g., `net`
Gear material	M	The identified gear component material	String	e.g., `monofilament`
Gear weight	M	the identified gear component weight in kilograms	Decimal	e.g., `50.40`

Impact area evaluation

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Damage type	M	The type of damage caused by the gear found	Code list to develop	e.g., `abrasion`
Area	M	The damaged area in m2 in which the gear was found	Decimal	e.g., `3.6`
Reef zone	M	If the gear was found on the reef indicate the area	Code list to develop	e.g., `reef bank`
Coral type	M	If the gear was found on corals indicate the coral type	Code list to develop	e.g., `soft`
Coral species	M	If the gear was found on corals, indicate the coral species identified in the damaged area	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`

Entanglements

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Species	M	Species entangled with the gear found	Code from Species	e.g., `LKV`

Recovered gear data

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Reused	M	Indicate if the gear component found be re-utilised	String	e.g., `Yes`
Place of disposal	M	indicate the place of disposal if the gear its not re utilized	String	e.g., `tbd`

FAD

Recovery data

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Month	M	Month of year of the FAD recovery reported through the dataset	Integer	e.g., `10`
Day of month	M	Day of the month of the FAD recovery reported through the dataset	Integer	`31`
Latitude	M	Horizontal distances north or south of the Equator	Decimal degrees	e.g., `-25.60`
Longitude	M	Vertical distances east or west of the prime meridian	Decimal degrees	e.g, `60.10`
Depth	M	Length of a straight line measured downwards from the sea surface in meters when the FADor FAD component was found	Decimal degrees	e.g., `3.5`
Habitat type	M	Code list to develop	e.g., `seagrass meadow`

FAD data

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Type	M	Type of drifting floating object	Code from Types of DFOBs	e.g., `DFAD`
FAD ID	M	Unique identifier of the drifting floating object found	Alphanumeric	e.g., `tbd`
Buoy ID	M	Unique identifier of buoy model found (e.g., ISD+, M3+, T8E) followed by 5-9 digits	Alphanumeric	e.g.,`tbd`

Floating elements

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Material	M	The identified floating element material	String	e.g., `monofilament`
Number	M	The number of floating elements found by material	Integer	e.g., `2`
Rope length	M	The length of rope in meters (m)	Decimal	e.g., `5.40`

Surface (raft)

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Shape	M	Description to add	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`
Dimension	M	Description to add	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`
Structure material	M	Description to add	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`
Coverage material	M	Description to add	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`

Submerged structure

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Structure type	M	Description to add	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`
Material	M	Description to add	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`
Length	M	Length of the subsurface structure of the drifting floating object	cm	Decimal
Mesh size	M	Size of the main net mesh used on the subsurface structure of the drifting floating object	mm	Decimal
Type of attractors	M	Description to add	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`
Length laying	M	Description to add	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Weight	M	Weight in kilogrammes (kg) of the gear or gear element found	Decimal	e.g., `25.10`

Impact area evaluation

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Damage type	M	The type of damage caused by the gear found	Code list to develop	e.g., `abrasion`
Area	M	The damaged area in m² in which the gear was found	Decimal	e.g., `3.6`
Reef zone	M	If the gear was found on the reef indicate the area	Code list to develop	e.g., `reef bank`
Coral type	M	If the gear was found on corals indicate the coral type	Code list to develop	e.g., `soft`
Coral species	M	If the gear was found on corals, indicate the coral species identified in the damaged area	Code list to develop	e.g., `tbd`

Entanglements

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Species	M	Species entangled with the gear found	Code from Species

Recovered gear data

Element	Requirement	Description	Format	Input value
Reused	M	Indicate if the gear component found be re-utilised	String	e.g., `Yes`
Place of disposal	M	indicate the place of disposal if the gear its not re utilized	String	e.g., `tbd`

IOTC statistical data reporting: Form-3LG (draft)

IOTC Secretariat

Description

META

Submission Information

General Information

GEAR

Recovery data

Impact area evaluation

Entanglements

Recovered gear data

FAD

Recovery data

FAD data

Floating elements

Surface (raft)

Submerged structure

Impact area evaluation

Entanglements

Recovered gear data

Reference Code Lists

Entities

Countries

Fishing Gears

Species

Types of drifting floating objects