Indian Ocean data coverage | IODC

The analysis of products caught by Taiwanese flagged vessels revealed the following inconsistencies: catch certificates with data amended or without all required data, inconsistent information concerning catch, master declarations, logbook, ICCAT statistic documents, dolphin safety declarations, transhipment, landing and processing data and dates, lack of access to Vessel Day Scheme actual fishing effort data for vessels operating in the Pacific, no records of licences from coastal States, inconsistencies on fishing and carrier vessels with vessels changing names and vessels not listed in the Union sanitary approved establishments lists, incomprehensible trade patterns (i.e. fish caught in Atlantic/ ...[+++]Indian ocean, transported in Asia, processed and export to the Union) and incomplete information on processing statements and relevant production yields.

The ex-post evaluation of the protocol highlights that there is little scientific cooperation between the EU and Madagascar, although such cooperation, even if limited, is of foremost importance for Madagascar's compliance with Indian Ocean Tuna Commission data collection rules.

For instance, in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), a process has begun to try to define who is entitled to how much based on which historical records and criteria.

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