Monthly longline catches of bigeye tuna

ESTIMATED longline Catches of bigeye tuna in the eastern pacific ocean, 2006

Resolution C-04-09 on the Conservation of Tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2004-2006 requires that:

1.   China, Japan, Korea, and Chinese Taipei, shall take the measures necessary to ensure that their total annual longline catch of bigeye tuna in the EPO during 2004, 2005 and 2006 will not exceed the following catch levels: 

China

2,639 t

Japan

34,076 t

Korea

12,576 t

Chinese Taipei

7,953 t

2.   Other IATTC Parties, cooperating non-parties, fishing entities or regional economic integration organizations (CPCs) shall take the measures necessary to ensure that their total annual longline catch of bigeye tuna in the EPO during 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 will not exceed their respective 2001 catch levels, or in 2007, 500 t, whichever is the greater.

3.   CPCs whose annual catches have exceeded 500 metric tons shall provide monthly catch reports to the Director.

Metric tons (t)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total

China

19

73

103

51

0

82

0

0

63

51

199

68

709

Japan

1381

1320

1118

1034

1057

889

1104

1389

1222

1096

1031

977

13618

Korea1

883

734

635

697

990

748

658

573

523

683

722

848

8694

Chinese Taipei

743

610

729

520

509

611

427

440

381

648

682

578

6878

United States

-

-

17

11

8

36

6

0

0

0

0

0

78

Vanuatu

138

155

133

42

62

61

102

63

70

33

30

46

935

 

Total

3164

2892

2735

2355

2626

2427

2297

2465

2259

2511

2664

2517

30912

1 Round weight obtained by adjustment applied to processed weight provided.

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