Background 

Electronic monitoring (EM) provides an additional complementary tool that is being integrated to the existing suite of SPC/FFA/PNAO member country fishery monitoring systems. It is intended to strengthen the availability of quality data and information from fisheries that have historically supported low levels of monitoring. As a result, it will contribute to on-going member country initiatives to secure sustainable tuna fisheries in the WCPO region.

In recognising the potential for E-Monitoring to enhance fishery monitoring, the SPC/FFA/PNAO Data Collection Committee have conducted a series of meetings and intersessional work that are aimed at producing standards for E-Monitoring.   

This web page provides the links to meetings and the draft/adopted standards for E-Monitoring for reference and use by member countries.

Meetings 

• DCC Longline Electronic Monitoring Compliance Data and Transhipment Standards Workshop - 18-20 Nov 2020
• DCC Review of Longline Electronic Monitoring data fields - 4-6 Feb 2020
• DCC Longline E-Monitoring (EM) Planning workshop – Oct 2019

Longline E-Monitoring Policy

•  FFA EM Longline Policy (Adopted July 2020) (956.21 kB)

Early Draft E-Monitoring standards

•  DP-01 - Draft Guidelines For EM LL Coverage Analysis Rates (215.46 kB)

Draft E-Monitoring standards

•  DCC Longline EM Minimum Data Field Standards - November 2020 - DRAFT FOR REVIEW (with Compliance Category Table) (42.06 kB)
•  DP-02 - Draft EM Data Fields - LL Transhipment (253.67 kB)

• JSON formatted Longline EM minimum data fields standards