SCINTIFIC COMMITT LVNTH RGULAR SSSION Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia 5-13 August 215 ANNUAL RPORT TO TH COMMISSION PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH, STATISTICS WCPFC-SC11-AR/CNM-31 L SALVADOR
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT ANNUAL RPORT TO TH WSTRN CNTRAL PACIFIC FISHRIS COMMISSION PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS 1 JANUARY 31 DCMBR 214 July 6, 215 Scientific data was provided to the Commission in accordance with the decision relating to the provision of scientific data to the Commission by April 3, 215 YS If no, please indicate the reason(s) and intended actions: PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT 1. SUMMARY l Salvador is located in Central America, and is not a coastal country of the WCPFC Convention area. Currently, during the 5th Regular Session of the Commission held in Busan, Republic of Korea the members granted the status of Co-operating Non Member status to l Salvador, since then we have complied with all the measures issued by the Commission to aim sustainable fisheries, under the technical principles established by the WCPFC. l Salvador tuna fisheries in the WCPFC Convention Area started in 21, two purse seiners flagged to l Salvador operated then (Montelucia and Monterocío, this last was formerly known as Alexandros). Tuna fisheries in this geographical area ceased in 23; then in 27 started again using a fishing license issued by a coastal country of the Convention. Nowadays there are four Salvadoran flagged purse seiners registered on the record of Fishing Vessels of the WCPFC: Montelucia, Monterocio, Montelape, and Montealegre. At one point during the last seven years all of the four vessels have fished in the WCPFC Convention Area. However, as l Salvador is a member of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) the vessels may move back and forth on both Areas. Salvadoran flagged vessels aim for tropical tunas while fishing in the WCPFC Area, particularly Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacores), Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) and Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). The information g a t h e r e d f o r p r e p a r i n g this document comes basically from different sources, such as the logbooks on board, VMS tracking, catch certificates issued for the uropean Market, observer reports, invoice sales, transshipments PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT declaration reports, landing reports, and inspection reports. Some of the data is collected in collaboration with the IATTC. Nonetheless l Salvador in only Co-operating Non Member of the Commission, it is fully aware and complies with all of the Conservation and Management Measures passed by the Commission in order to keep a sustainable use of the resources fisheries sources in the Convention Area and beyond. 2. TABULAR ANNUAL FISHRIS INFORMATION Table 1 shows and effort estimation of the annual catches, data comes primarily from logbooks filled by the captain of the vessels in 214. Table 1. Annual catches and effort ANNUAL CATCHS BY PRIMARY SPCIS, (Metric YAR Tons) FISHING DAYS YFT SKJ BT TOTAL HIGH SAS Z 1 27 396 1691 355 225 N/A N/A 28 376 693 183 8362 61 29 512 4914 1584 71 28 87 21 647 4736 1441 6824 23 87 211 836 989 1948 11873 17 22 212 2954 863 684 12268 24 257 213 1235 896 29 1224 28 223 214 2898 13933 649 1748 29 334 For annual catches estimates data comes primarily from logbooks filled by the captain of the vessels in 214 (Figure 1). 1 For 214, fishing days in Z are from Kiribati: 33 days; Tokelau: 19 days; Tuvalu 12 days. PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT ANNUAL CATCHS FROM SALVADORAN VSSLS, Period 27-214, Metric tons. 2 18 16 14 12 1 8 6 4 2 ANNUAL CATCHS PRIMARY SPCIS, (Metric Tons) 27 28 29 21 211 212 213 214 225 8362 71 6824 11873 12268 1224 1748 Figure 1. Historical Catch in the WCPFC area by l Salvador s fleet, the data before 211 was estimated by the observer program. 3. BACKG l Salvador is located in Central America, with approximately 32 Km of coastline bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras, among 13 1 and 13 4 N Latitude. Fishing and Aquaculture are ruled by the General Law to Manage and Promote Fisheries and Aquaculture, published in the Official Gazette number 24, volume number 353 of December 19th, 21. The Law is under the authority of a General Director of the Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development of the Republic of l Salvador (CNDPSCA), a branch office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT The fisheries sector in l Salvador is divided in four sub sectors: 1. Marine industrial fishery; 2. Marine artisanal fishery; 3. Inland water fishery and 4. Aquaculture. The marine industrial fishery includes the tuna purse seine fishery, shrimp trawler fishery, and pelagic longline fishery. l Salvador tuna fisheries in the WCPFC Convention Area started in 21, two purse seiners flagged to l Salvador operated then (Montelucia and Monterocío, this last was formerly known as Alexandros). Tuna fisheries in this geographical area ceased in 23; then in 27 started again using a fishing license issued by a coastal country of the Convention. Nowadays there are four Salvadoran flagged purse seiners registered on the record of Fishing Vessels of the WCPFC: Montelucia, Monterocio, Montelape, and Montealegre. At one point during the last seven years all of the four vessels have fished in the WCPFC Convention Area. However, as l Salvador is a member of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) the vessels may move back and forth on both Areas. Currently, l Salvador has a Co-operating Non Member status within the WCPFC and is complying with all the measures issued by the Commission to aim sustainable fisheries, under the technical principles issues by the WCPFC as: Complies with all Resolutions and requirements including effort, capacity and catch controls and limits; carries on all purse seine vessels an observer accredited with either the IATTC or WCPFC observer programs and operates a vessel monitoring system (VMS). PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT 4. FLAG STAT RPORTING The present information is resulting from the logbooks reported to the CNDPSCA by the tuna industry. The number of vessels fishing in the WCPFC Convention Area may vary from one year to another, as stated above l Salvador is a member of the ATTC and Cooperating Non-member of the WCPFC, by maintaining this status Salvadoran flagged vessels may move back and forth on both RFMO, complying with the different CMM and Resolutions of course. Figure 2 shows the number of vessels that have operated in the WCPFC area throughout the years. SALVADORAN FLAGGD VSSLS ACTIV IN TH WCPFC, Period 27-214 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1.5 27 28 29 21 211 212 213 214 NUMBR OF VSSLS 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 Figure 2. Salvadoran flagged purse seiners fishing in the WCPFC Convention Area. PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT l Salvador started the tuna fishing into WCPO in 27; the number of vessels has kept constant with the exception in 213 that 4 vessels worked on that year. However, all Salvadoran vessels have been on RFV when fishing and before. Table 2 shows the number of vessels by gear and size category. Table 2. Salvadoran flagged vessels, by gear and size category active in the WCPFC Convention Area, period 27-214 YAR NUMBR OF VSSLS TYP OF GAR SIZ CATGORY 27 2 Purse seine 15+ 28 2 Purse seine 15+ 29 2 Purse seine 15+ 21 2 Purse seine 15+ 211 2 Purse seine 15+ 212 2 Purse seine 15+ 213 4 Purse seine 15+ 214 3 Purse seine 15+ The distribution of effort for 214 is shown in Figure 3, which was provided by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community based on the Scientific Data that l Salvador submitted to the Commission in early April 215. Figure 3. Salvadoran flagged purse seiner effort for 214 in the WCPFC Convention Area. PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT 16 ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF TARGT SPCIS, Salvadoran flagged purse seiners, period 27-214, Metric Tons. 14 12 YFT SKJ BT 1 8 6 4 2 27 28 29 21 211 212 213 214 YFT 396 376 512 647 836 2954 1235 2898 SKJ 1691 693 4914 4736 989 863 896 13933 BT 355 183 1584 1441 1948 684 29 649 Figure 4. Historical distribution of target species at the WCPFC Convention Area. 2 Table 3 shows the interactions with no targeted species reported by Observers onboard Salvadoran flagged vessels. This data belongs to 213 fishing trips as it was received this year. 2 Data between 27 and 211 was gotten from the Observers report, 212-214 has been estimated based on logbooks, sales invoices and landings. PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT Table 3. Interaction with non targeted species, data from 213, CMM 211-3 Vessel Name Date/Time Latitude Longitude MONTLUCIA 4/7/213 : 525.1S MONTLUCIA 19/4/213 12:: AM 639.265 N 15417.725 W 14844.932 W Z Species Type KI IW LOGGRHA D TURTL SHORT- FINND PILOT WHAL LD DARK BODY Landed Condition VRY STRONG MOVING IT'S BODY WHN ON CRW TRY TO TAK IT FROM TH BRAIL. SADDL BHIND DORSAL FIN. MONTLUCIA MONTROCI O 2/12/213 12:: AM 23.612S 17933.525 KI 15/11/213 12:: 15632.87 AM 7.162S W KI PYGMY KILLR WHAL FALS KILLR WHAL FALCAT. LIPS CHIN BLLY WHIT. SIGHTING SIGHTIN G - Table 4 shows the annual estimated catches of non-target species covered by the WCPFC Convention, the data includes years 213 and 214. Table 4. Annual estimated catches of non-target species, Metric Tons. COMMON NAM SCINTIFIC NAM 213 214 Unicorn filefish (Aluterus monoceros).14 Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus).1.4 Black marlin (Istiompax indica).68 Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) 3.731 2.351 Pompano dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselis) 1.5 Ocean triggerfish (Canthidermis maculata) 1.95.828 Common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) 2.55 2.32 Bluestriped chub (Sectator ocyurus).34.5 Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) 2.245 7.76 Great barracuda (Sphyraena spp.).14.17 Cortez sea chub (Kyphosus elegans).1.18 Drummer (Kyphosus spp.)..1 Striped marlin (Kajikia audax).11 Ocean sunfish, Mola (Mola mola).616.12 Marlin, nei (Makaira, Tetrapturus).183 Mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus).36.3 PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus).18 Large fish, nei (Osteichthyes).1 Pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea).3 Rays, nei (Mobulidae, Dasyatidae).3 Spinetail manta (Mobula japanica).182 Rainbow runner (lagatis bipinnulata).491.534 Requiem sharks, nei (Carcharhinidae).275.13 Slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis).29 Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus).43 Whitemouth jack (Uraspis helvola).2. Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) 2.454.895 Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).3.32 Longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana).17.1 TOTAL 15.198 15.247 Table 5 shows the estimated annual coverage for different purposes of collecting data. VSSL Table 5. estimated annual coverage for collecting data OPRATIONAL CATCH FFORT OBSRVR ON BOARD TRANSHIPMNT DATA COVRING LING INSPCTION Montealegre 1% 1% 1% Inspected Montelape 1% 1% 1% only in Montelucia 1% 1% 1% Salvadoran ports. Monterocio 1% 1% 1% l Salvador is not a coastal country of the WCPFC area therefore does not have any survey program in order to control the fleets operating in the Western, nevertheless has been monitored by the IATTC Observer Program and Kiribati Observer program. During disembarkation in l Salvador CNDPSCA make inspection and all controls accord with the national law. Legislation provides of controls regarding: PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT 1. Discharged fish 2. RFMO management measures resolutions. Transshipment activity during 214 Complying with CMM 29-6, we show Tables 6 and 7 with data regarding the transshipments for 214. VSS L MONT ALG R MONT LAP MONT LAP MONT LAP MONT LUCI A MONT LUCI A MONT ROCI O MONT ROCI O WI N IN PO RT Table 6. Data from Annex II of CMM 29-6, section 1. PLAC OF TRANSHIPMNT AT INSID AT SA SA (OUTS TH (NATI ID WCP ONAL NATIO FC JURIS NAL CONV DICTI JURIS NTI ON) DICTI ON ON) ARA OUTS ID TH WCP FC CONV NTI ON ARA CATCHS COMING FROM TH WCP FC CONV NTI ON ARA NON WCP FC CONV NTI ON ARA YS C2 5 X X X YS C2 4 X X X YS C2 4 X X X YS C2 4 X X X X YS C2 1 X X X YS C2 1 X X X X YS C2 2 X X X YS C2 2 X X X SPCIS TRANSSHIPP D (KG) YFT 256 554 44 2 6 18 562 19 5 866 114 6 775 SK J 8 19 115 21 872 637 151 544 6 176 6 571 2 124 6 B T 712 41 39 192 78 237 377 214 231 73 494 SPCIS RCIVD (KG) YF T 26 6 37 55 81 59 11 4 99 17 21 39 62 22 24 76 37 86 62 1 92 54 95 75 SK J 781 395 117 72 9 876 49 759 127 562 878 4 231 236 2 64 924 4 118 524 2 B T 8 21 7 23 1 71 34 5 5 13 99 4 52 89 1 41 16 84 37 72 25 68 82 94 PRODUC T FORM FROZN FROZN FROZN FROZN FROZN FROZN FROZN FROZN FISHI NG GAR SIN SIN SIN SIN SIN SIN SIN SIN PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT NUMB R OF TRANSS HIPMN TS IN PO RT Table 7. Data from Annex II of CMM 29-6, section 2. PLAC OF TRANSHIPMNT AT OUTS INSID AT SA ID TH SA (OUTS TH WCPF (NATI ID WCPF C ONAL NATIO C CONV JURIS NAL CONV NTI DICTI JURIS NTI ON ON) DICTI ON ARA ON) ARA CATCHS COMING FROM TH WCPF C CONV NTI ON ARA 3 X X X NON WCPF C CONV NTI ON ARA 3 X X X 2 X X X X SPCIS TRANSSHIPP D (KG) YFT SKJ 23 1 147 175 4 14 656 2 12 3 319 82 24 315 1 B T 365 955 433 468 377 SPCIS RCIVD (KG) YF T 135 291 5 136 837 1 935 925 SKJ 125 54 77 314 384 6 37 148 9 B T 94 1 9 99 95 82 55 15 88 PRODUC T FORM FROZN FROZN FROZN FISHI NG GAR SIN SIN SIN Interactions with Oceanic whitetip sharks 213 From Observer reports we found out that in 213 there were two events with interactions with Oceanic whitetip sharks, the reports did not record the life status of the animals when released. Table 8 shows in details data regarding these interactions. Table 8. Interactions with Oceanic whitetip sharks, as established in CMM 211-4, para 5. SPCI DAT LATITUD LONGITUD Z FAT Individuals OCANIC WHIT-TIP SHARK 2/1/213 123.526N 1774.158 KI DUS 1 OCANIC WHIT-TIP SHARK 2/4/213 743.69S 1693.758W TK DUS 1 PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT Interactions with Silky sharks 214 From Observer reports we found out that in 214 there were six events with interactions with Silky sharks, the reports did not record the life status of the animals when released. It is important to mention that CMM 213-8 became effective on July 1, 214. As shown on Table 9 only two incidents happened after CMM 213-8 became effective. Table 9. Interaction with Silky sharks, as established in CMM 213-8, paragraph 3. SPCI DAT LATITUD LONGITUD Z FAT INDIVIDUALS SILKY SHARK 1/1/214 334.36S 16847.693W KI DUS 2 SILKY SHARK 13/1/214 258.388S 17534.83W KI DUS 1 SILKY SHARK 1/2/214 451.12S 16747.73W KI DUS 1 SILKY SHARK 1/5/214 628.719S 17635.715W KI DUS 15 SILKY SHARK 1/1/214 615.236S 17552.59W KI DUS 1 SILKY SHARK 1/12/214 32.777S 17337.768W KI DUS 1 5. SOCIO-CONOMICS FACTORS The Tuna s industry employees around 1,6 peoples, 368 men and 1,222 women, remain an important source of jobs for our country (Table 1). Table 1. Number of employees in the Tuna fisheries sectors in 213. JOBS MN WOMANS TOTAL G STAFF 188 611 799 DIRCTORS 1 1 MANAGRS / CHIF 7 4 4 TCHNICAL 25 5 3 OFFICRS 18 2 38 COMMRCIAL ARA ADMINISTRATIV 15 19 34 OPRATORS 122 563 685 TOTAL 368 1222 1591 PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT 6. DISPOSAL OF CATCH ONSHOR DVLOPMNT The catches are processed and canned in a tuna processing plant located in eastern l Salvador. Discharged tuna due to contaminants and waste (bones, heads, ect9 are processed for fish meal. Tuna loins are mostly exports to uropean Union markets and canned tuna is distributed in all over the world. 7. FUTUR PROSPCT OF TH FISHRY l Salvador tuna fleet is currently composed by four purse seiners, and there is no plan for increasing the number of vessels operating in the WCPFC Convention area. ADDNDUM TO TH TMPLAT TO B US BY CCMS FOR ANNUAL RPORT PART 1-NATIONAL FISHRY RPORT SPCIFIC INFORMATION TO B PROVIDD IN PART 1 AS RQUIRD BY CMMS 1. CMM 5-3, North Pacific Albacore para 4 l Salvador does not catch North Pacific Albacore, the objective fisheries are tropical tunas, specifically Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacores), Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) and Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). 2. CMM 6-4 South West striped Marlin para 4 l Salvador does not fish for striped marlin in the area south of 15 S, the main area where our vessels operate is shown in Figure 3. PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)
RPUBLIC OF L SALVADOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUR LIVSTOCK CNTR FOR FISHRIS AQUACULTUR DVLOPMNT 3. CMM 7-4,Seabirds para 9 l Salvador does not have longline vessels in the WCPO area. 4. CMM 9-3, Swordfish para 8 No swordfish was reported to be caught during 214 by the Salvadoran flagged vessels. 5. CMM 1-5, south Pacific albacore para 4 l Salvador does not catch North Pacific Albacore as a target species or by catch, the objective fisheries are describes in the figure 4. DATA GAP FOR 213 214 Data from some trips covered by Observers from the WCPFC programs was not received at our office, this jeopardizes the accuracy of the information we send to the Commission. The trips from which we did not receive information are shown in table 11, and include trips from 213 and 214. Table 11. Report of data not received from fishing trips, 213 and 214 VesName DepartDate ArriveDate DepartPort ArrivePort Montelucia 5/4/213 19/5/213 Christmas Island, Kiribati Christmas Island, Kiribati Montelucia 22/5/213 6/7/213 Port London, Kiribati Port London, Kiribati Montelucia 15/7/213 27/8/213 Kiritimati, Kiribati Kiritimati, Kiribati Montelucia 2/2/214 16/2/214 High Seas, High Seas Kiritimati, Kiribati Montelucia 24/2/214 21/3/214 Kiritimati, Kiribati Kiritimati, Kiribati Montelucia 4/6/214 8/7/214 Kiritimati, Kiribati La Union, l Salvador Monterocio 8/5/213 25/6/213 Christmas Island, Kiribati La Union, l Salvador PART 1: INFORMATION ON FISHRIS, RSARCH STATISTICS, 215. L SALVADOR (reporting 214)