Gentile A., Cantarelli T. 2011-07-12 2012-03-02 7060 FIRMS - Web site FIRMS - site web FIRMS - sitio web 540 Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) Système de suivi des ressources halieutiques et pêcheries (FIRMS) FIRMS FIRMS FIRMS_WS_CP FAO 2011-07-12 2012-03-02 18171 Status of inventories Through their data inputs in FIRMS, FIRMS partners contribute to the global inventory of marine resources and fisheries conducted under the more general framework of The Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Capture Fisheries, endorsed in 2003 by the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI).

The rational for and global status of this inventory can be consulted on the Fishcode Strategy-STF web-site.
Table 1 presents in a global perspective and for each [candidate] Partner the number of marine resources and fisheries contributed to FIRMS falling under this Partner's monitoring or management mandate. The long term goal for FIRMS is to incrementally expand these contributions with new Partners’ ones.

It is expected from FIRMS partners that regular reporting on status and trends is available for these resources or fisheries. Unavailability of reports or outdated reports simply reflect gaps in monitoring capacity. See “Status of reporting” page.

]]> STATUS OF FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES INVENTORY DATE:
December, 2011 Marine area Contributed by Description Marine Resources Fisheries Number Status Number Status Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas Atlantic Ocean International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Tuna and tuna-like resources and sharks managed by ICCAT 29 Validated - - Mediterranean Sea General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Sea (FAO - GFCM) Shared marine resources in the Mediterranean Sea recognized by GFCM 130 Validated - - Eastern Central Atlantic Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (FAO-CECAF) Marine resources and National fisheries of Morocco, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo 217 Validated 315 Partially validated Northeast Atlantic International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Marine resources monitored by ICES, Fisheries managed by ICES 191 Validated 216 Draft North East Atlantic fisheries Commission (NEAFC) Fisheries managed by NEAFC - - 11 Validated Northwest Atlantic Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Marine resources monitored by NAFO 18 Validated 5 Validated Western and Central Atlantic Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (FAO-WECAFC) National fisheries and Regional and National marine resources in Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana and Venezuela 264 Validated 233 Draft Northwest Atlantic and Western and Central Atlantic National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) - FIRMS candidate partner USA EEZ marine resource monitored by NMFS; USA EEZ fisheries monitored by NMFS 463 Draft - - Southeast Atlantic Southeast Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO) Deep sea marine resources 12 Validated - - Ministry of Fisheries and Marine resources (MFMR) - Benguela Current Commission (BCC) National marine resources and Fisheries of Angola, Namibia and South Africa 271 Draft 95 Draft Total 1595 875 Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) Tuna and Tuna-like resources managed by IATTC 23 Validated 15 1 Validated
14 Draft Pacific Ocean Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Tuna and Tuna-like resources managed by IATTC and WCPFC 8 Validated - - South Pacific Ocean Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Tuna and Tuna-like resources managed by WCPFC; fisheries managed by WCPFC 14 Validated 15 Draft Northeast Pacific and Eastern Central Pacific National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) - FIRMS candidate partner USA EEZ marine resource monitored by NMFS, USA EEZ fisheries monitored by NMFS 406 Draft 12 Draft Total 451 42 Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Tuna and Tuna-like resources monitored by IOTC 15 Validated - - Western Indian Ocean - Eastern Arabian Sea Marine resources of Eastern Arabian Sea (Pakistan, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka) 7 Draft - - Western Indian Ocean - Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Marine resources of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (Saudi Arabia (Red Sea), Egypt (Red Sea), Sudan (Red Sea), Eritrea (Red Sea), Djibouti (Red Sea), Yemen) 192 Draft 63 Draft Western Indian Ocean - Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) Marine resources of Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Oman) 104 Draft 95 Draft Western Indian Ocean - Coastal East Africa Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) Marine resources and Fisheries monitored by SWIOFC (Somalia, Comoros, Kenya, La Réunoin, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa Eastern, TAAF, ZE Saint Paul et Amsterdam, Tanzania) 138 Validated - - Total 456 158 Pacific and Indian Ocean Southeast Asia Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Fisheries monitored by SEAFDEC (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) - - 14 Validated Australia  Bureau of Rural Science (BRS) - FIRMS candidate partner Australian fisheries at federal and national levels - - 127  Draft Southern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) Global Tuna resource monitored by CCSBT; Fisheries monitored by CCSBT 1 Validated 3 Draft Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Resources (CCAMLR) Marine resource managed and monitored by CCAMLR; Fisheries monitored by CCAMLR 3 Validated 18 7 Validated
11 Draft  Total 4 162 World overview Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Marine resources with high level of aggregation; High level Fisheries 26 Validated 1 Validated ]]>