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Angola Longline tuna fishery - Angolan waters
Fishery  Fact Sheet
CECAF Fisheries Reports 2011
Angola Longline tuna fishery - Angolan waters
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Tuna palângre
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Location of Angola Longline tuna fishery - Angolan waters
 
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Geographic reference:  Angola
Spatial Scale: National
Reference year: 2011
Approach: Fishing Activity

Fishing Activity
Fishing Gear: Drifting longlines  
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Type of production system: Industrial; Semi-industrial
Fishery Area: Angolan waters; Angola; Cape Palmeirinhas; Cape Salinas; Cunene


Harvested Resource
Target Species: Barracudas nei; Crevalle jack; Yellowfin tuna …  
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Means of Production
Vessel Type: Midwater longliners
Fishery Indicators
Production: Landing - estimated

Table of Contents
Fishing Activity - Post Harvest - Management - Bibliography
Fishing Activity
Type of production system: Industrial; Semi-industrial   

Fishery Area
Climatic zone: Tropical.   Bottom type: Unspecified.   Depth zone: Shelf (50 m - 200 m); Slope (200 m - 1000 m).   Horizontal distribution: Neritic; Oceanic.   Vertical distribution: Pelagic.  

Geo References for: Angolan waters
Resources Exploited
Yellowfin tuna - Atlantic
Bigeye tuna - Atlantic
Swordfish - South Atlantic
Barracudas - Angola, Crevalle jack - Angola
Target Species
Sphyraena spp
FAO Names : en - Barracudas nei, fr - Bécunes nca, es - Picudas nep, ru - Барракуды
Caranx hippos
FAO Names : en - Crevalle jack, fr - Carangue crevalle, es - Jurel común
Species thumbnailThunnus albacares
FAO Names : en - Yellowfin tuna, fr - Albacore, es - Rabil, ru - Тунец желтоперый
Species thumbnailThunnus obesus
FAO Names : en - Bigeye tuna, fr - Thon obèse(=Patudo), es - Patudo, ru - Тунец большеглазый
Species thumbnailXiphias gladius
FAO Names : en - Swordfish, fr - Espadon, es - Pez espada, ru - Меч-рыба

Migrating
Vessel Type
Midwater longliners
Flag State
Angola
Spain
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Taiwan Province of China

Midwater longlines used for large pelagic species.


Catch Handling and Processing Equipment
Freezers.
Crew
up to 40 (Angola,Spain,Japan,Korea,Taiwan) and other unknown.
Fishing Gear

Drifting longlines
Large tuna purse seiners and longliners.
Fleet segment
Industrial, Semi-industrial: Purpose built commercial vessels > 20 m, Commercial vessels >14 m, wet fish rarely with ice, Commercial vessels up to 20 m with ice.
Related Fisheries - Fishery(ies) switching activity seasonally or targeting the same stock
Angola Industrial fisheries - Angolan waters
Angola Poling large pelagic fishery - Angolan waters
Ports
Cabinda, Luanda, Porto-Amboim, Mocamedes, Lobito, Alexandre, Baia-Farta.
Trip Duration
Wetfish (ice boats) up to 7 days, Freezers up to 3 months.
List of fishery Indicators
Fishery Indicators
TypeMeasureValueUnitTime period
ProductionLanding - estimated4000tonnes2004
Post Harvest
 
Fish Utilisation
Wetfish, frozen export, sashimi on limetd vessels.
Markets
Japan,United States of America, regional (unspecified).
Management
Management unit: No

Legal definition
Provincial (Cabinda, Zaire, Bengo, Luanda, K.Sul, Benguela, Namibe)
Jurisdictional framework
Management Body/Authority(ies): Ministry of Fisheries (Angola): National Fisheries Directorate (DNP)
Mandate: National Fisheries management; Research; Surveillence; Administration and Funding support.  
Area under national jurisdiction: Angola
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).  
Management Body/Authority(ies): Ministry of Fisheries (Angola): National Surveillance Directorate (DNF)
Mandate: National Fisheries management; Research; Surveillence; Administration and Funding support.  
Area under national jurisdiction: Angola
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).  
Management Body/Authority(ies): Artisanal Fisheries Development Institute (IPA)
Mandate: National Fisheries management; Research; Surveillence; Administration and Funding support.  
Area under national jurisdiction: Angola
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).  
Management Body/Authority(ies): Marine Research Institute (IIM)
Mandate: National Fisheries management; Research; Surveillence; Administration and Funding support.  
Area under national jurisdiction: Angola
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).  
Management Body/Authority(ies): National Institute for the Support of Fisheries Industries (INAIP)
Mandate: National Fisheries management; Research; Surveillence; Administration and Funding support.  
Area under national jurisdiction: Angola
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).  
Management Body/Authority(ies): Fisheries Industries and Fisheries Schools (FADEPA)
Mandate: National Fisheries management; Research; Surveillence; Administration and Funding support.  
Area under national jurisdiction: Angola
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).  
Management Body/Authority(ies): International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Mandate: Scientific Advice; Management.  
Area of Competence: ICCAT area of competence
Maritime Area: High seas.  
Management Regime
Management Methods

Management and conservation methods with focus on Effort control, Catch control

  • Vessel-related measures
     Access Control: Vessel type and Vessel Size
  • Fishing activity-related measures
    Access by nationality, Licenses (local and foreign vessels), Vessel number, Gear number,TAC, No fishing closer than 4 nautical miles
More information on fisheries legislation at: FAOLEX legislative database
Bibliography
 
Guia de campo para as espécies comerciais marinhas e de águas salobras de Angola, Bianchi, G., FAO, 1986  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/docrep/010/s0650p/s0650p00.htm
Smiths' Sea Fishes, M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra, 2003 (revision), ISBN 1 86872 890 0, Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Fisheries protocols of the BCLME countries, Enviro-Fish Africa, Feike, University of Cape Town, Tralac,Bruce Shallard and Assoc., 2006, BCLME/LMR/SE/03/03, BCLME, Swakopmund, Namibia.
Overview and analysis of socio-economic and fisheries information to promote the management of artisanal fisheries in the BCLME region - Angola, Agostinho,D, Fielding, P, Sowman, M, and M. Bergh, 2005, BCLME/LMR/AFSE/03/01/B, BCLME, Swakopmund, Namibia.  Click to openhttp://www.benguelacc.org/index.php/en/
An assessment of the state of the commercial fisheries catch data in the BCLME region, Aukland, R and C. Ninnes, 2004, BCLME/LMR/CF/03/02, BCLME, Swakopmund, Namibia.  Click to openhttp://www.benguelacc.org/index.php/en/
Relatorio do workshop de analise de risco para gestao sustentavel das pescarias (RASF), Minsterio das Pescas (Angola), Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Pesquiera (INIP), 2005, BCLME/LMR/EAF/03/01, BCLME, Swakopmund, Namibia.  Click to openhttp://www.benguelacc.org/index.php/en/
Review of management practices of Angola's small pelagic fisheries (TROM review), Minsterio das Pescas (Angola), Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Pesquiera (INIP), 2005, BCLME/LMR/EAF/03/01, BCLME, Swakopmund, Namibia.  Click to openhttp://www.benguelacc.org/index.php/en/
BCLME - Ecosystem approach for fisheries management in the BCLME - Report of the first regional workshop, Windhoek: 21-24 September 2004, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (ed. K. Cochrane), 2004, BCLME/LMR/EAF/03/01, Food and Agricultural Oranisation of the United Nations, Rome (in conjunction with BCLME).
Preliminary Report Cruise No.1 - Surveys of the fish resources of Angola, Norad - FAO/UNDP GLO 82/001 IMR Bergen, 1989, FAO Repository, Norad (Dr Fridjhof Nansen programme) / FAO (Rome).
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