Aggregated Catch/Effort Data - Western and Central Fisheries Commission
type: Dataset
description: The Western and Central Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) have compiled a public domain version of aggregated catch and effort data using operational, aggregate and annual catch estimates data provided by Commission Members (CCMs) and Cooperating Non-members (CNMs). The data provided herein have been prepared for dissemination in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission” or (“RAP”). Paragraph 9 of the Rules and Procedures indicates that "Catch and Effort data in the public domain shall be made up of observations from a minimum of three vessels". However, the majority of aggregate data provided to WPCFC do not indicate how many vessels were active in each cell of data which would allow data to be directly filtered according to this rule. Instead, the individual cells where "effort" is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data (the cells are retained with their time/area information, but all catch and effort information in these have been set to zero). Statistics showing how much data have been removed according to this RAP requirement are provided in the documentation for the longline and purse seine public domain data. All public domain data have been aggregated by year/month and 5°x5° grid. Annex 2 of the RAP indicates that public domain aggregated catch/effort data can be made available at a higher resolution (e.g. data with a breakdown by vessel nation, and aggregated by 1°x1° grids for surface fisheries); however, if the public domain data were provided at these higher levels of resolution implementation of the RAP "three-vessel rule" with the current aggregate data set would result in too many cells being removed. However, please note that the data that have been removed from the public domain dataset, available on this webpage, are still potentially accessible via other provisio…
language: en-US
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 16-07-2025T22:07:50.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Coastal and Marine
keywords: data
keywords: gis
keywords: geo
keywords: conservation
keywords: biopama2
keywords: fisheries
keywords: catch
keywords: fish
keywords: aggregated catch
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial: POLYGON ((118.55346679688 -46.316584181822, 118.55346679688 60.064840460105, 271.13159179688 60.064840460105, 271.13159179688 -46.316584181822))
spatial coverage: Pacific Region
accountable person: Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
distribution: Aggregated Tuna Catch by Driftnet for Pacific Islands Region
  type: DataDownload
  file format: zip
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  content size: 20770
  description: This dataset contains metadata and tabular file (csv) that represents the most complete DRIFTNET data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission (WCPFC) that can be disseminated into the public domain in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission”. Data cover 1983 to 1990 and the Pacific Ocean south of the equator. This fishery has been inactive since 1991. Aggregated data are grouped by 5°x5° latitude/longitude grids, year and month. In reference to the RAP (Paragraph 9), cells where effort is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Fields for the tabular data are: YY - Year MM - Month LAT5 - Latitude. This is the short format of the Latitude position (in degrees only). It represents the latitude of the south-west corner of the 5° square for these data. LON5 - Longitude. It represents the longitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. DAYS - Days fishing. ALB_N - Albacore catch in numbers. ALB_C - Albacore catch in metric tonnes.
distribution: Aggregated Fish Catch by Longline for Pacific Islands Region
  type: DataDownload
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  content size: 3356211
  description: This dataset contains metadata and tabular file (csv) that represents the most complete LONGLINE data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission (WCPFC) that can be disseminated into the public domain in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission”. Data cover 1950 to 2018 for the WCPFC Convention Area. Aggregated data are grouped by 5°x5° latitude/longitude grids, year and month. In reference to the RAP (Paragraph 9), cells where effort is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Fields for the tabular data are: YY - Year MM - Month LAT5 - Latitude. This is the short format of the Latitude position (in degrees only). It represents the latitude of the south-west corner of the 5° square for these data. LON5 - Longitude. It represents the longitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. CWP_GRID - Coordinating Working Party No HHOOKS - Hundreds of hooks (longline effort). ALB_C - Albacore catch in metric tonnes. ALB_N - Albacore catch in numbers. YFT_C - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) YFT_N - Yellowfin catch in numbers. BET_C - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes). BET_N - Bigeye catch in numbers. MLS_C - Striped Marlin catch (metric tonnes). MLS_N - Striped Marlin catch (number). BLM_C - Black marlin catch (metric tonnes). BLM_N - Black marlin catch (number). BLZ_C - Blue marlin catch (metric tonnes). BLZ_N - Blue marlin catch (number). SWO_C - Swordfish catch (metric tonnes). SWO_N - Swordfish catch (number). OTH_C - Other species catch (metric tonnes) OTH_N -The total of all other species catch (in numbers).
distribution: Aggregated Fish Catch by Pole and Line for Pacific Islands Region
  type: DataDownload
  file format: zip
  encoding format: application/zip
  content size: 241335
  description: This dataset contains metadata and tabular file (csv) that represents the most complete POLE AND LINE data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission (WCPFC) that can be disseminated into the public domain in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission”. Data cover 1950 to 2019 for the WCPFC Convention Area. Aggregated data are grouped by 5°x5° latitude/longitude grids, year and month. In reference to the RAP (Paragraph 9), cells where effort is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Fields for the tabular data are: YY - Year MM - Month LAT5 - Latitude. This is the short format of the Latitude position (in degrees only). It represents the latitude of the south-west corner of the 5° square for these data. LON5 - Longitude. It represents the longitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. CWP_GRID - Coordinating Working Party No DAYS - Days fishing and searching (effort). SKJ_C - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes. YFT_C - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) OTH_C - Other species catch (metric tonnes) __________________________________________________________________________________________________
distribution: Aggregated Fish Catch by Purse Seine for Pacific Islands Region
  type: DataDownload
  file format: zip
  encoding format: application/zip
  content size: 844903
  description: This dataset contains metadata and tabular file (csv) that represents the most complete PURSE SEINE data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission (WCPFC) that can be disseminated into the public domain in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission”. Data cover 1950 to 2018 for the WCPFC Convention Area. Aggregated data are grouped by 5°x5° latitude/longitude grids, year and month. In reference to the RAP (Paragraph 9), cells where effort is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Fields for the tabular data are: YY - Year MM - Month LAT5 - Latitude. It represents the latitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. LON5 - Longitude. It represents the longitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. CWP_GRID - Coordinating Working Party No DAYS - Days fishing and searching (effort). SETS_UNA - Number of Sets (Unassociated schools). SETS_LOG - Number of Sets (Natural Log/debris). SETS_DFAD - Number of Sets (Drifting FAD). SETS_AFAD - Number of Sets (Anchored FAD). SETS_OTH - Number of Sets (Other set types combined). SKJ_C_UNA - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Unassociated schools). YFT_C_UNA - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). BET_C_UNA - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). OTH_C_UNA - Other species catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). SKJ_C_LOG - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Natural-Log schools). YFT_C_LOG - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). BET_C_LOG - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). OTH_C_LOG - Other species catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). SKJ_C_DFAD - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Drifting FAD schools). YFT_C_DFAD - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) (Drifting FAD schools). BET_C_DFAD - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes) (Dri…
distribution: Aggregated Fish Catch by Longline (Country and Quarter Year Subset) for Pacific Islands Region
  type: DataDownload
  file format: zip
  encoding format: application/zip
  content size: 475575
  description: This dataset contains metadata and tabular file (csv) that represents the most complete LONGLINE data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission (WCPFC) that can be disseminated into the public domain in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission”. Data cover 1950 to 2018 for the WCPFC Convention Area. Aggregated data are grouped by 5°x5° latitude/longitude grids, country, year and quarter. In reference to the RAP (Paragraph 9), cells where effort is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Fields for the tabular data are: YY - Year QTR - Quarter FLAG_ID - Flag codes (when this field is blank, the record is a cell representing activities of less than three vessels and so the EFFORT (hooks) and CATCH by SPECIES fields have not been provided. LAT_SHORT - Latitude. This is the short format of the Latitude position (in degrees only). It represents the latitude of the south-west corner of the 5° square for these data. LON_SHORT - Longitude. It represents the longitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. CWP_GRID - Coordinating Working Party No HHOOKS - Hundreds of hooks (longline effort). ALB_C - Albacore catch in metric tonnes. ALB_N - Albacore catch in numbers. YFT_C - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) YFT_N - Yellowfin catch in numbers. BET_C - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes). BET_N - Bigeye catch in numbers. MLS_C - Striped Marlin catch (metric tonnes). MLS_N - Striped Marlin catch (number). BLM_C - Black marlin catch (metric tonnes). BLM_N - Black marlin catch (number). BLZ_C - Blue marlin catch (metric tonnes). BLZ_N - Blue marlin catch (number). SWO_C - Swordfish catch (metric tonnes). SWO_N - Swordfish catch (number). OTH_C - Other species catch (metric tonnes) OTH_N -The total of all other species catch (in numbers).
distribution: Aggregated Fish Catch by Purse Seine (Country and Quarter Year Subset) for Pacific Islands Region
  type: DataDownload
  file format: zip
  encoding format: application/zip
  content size: 466445
  description: This dataset contains metadata and tabular file (csv) that represents the most complete PURSE SEINE data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission (WCPFC) that can be disseminated into the public domain in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission”. Data cover 1950 to 2018 for the WCPFC Convention Area. Aggregated data are grouped by 5°x5° latitude/longitude grids, country, year, and quarter. In reference to the RAP (Paragraph 9), cells where effort is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Fields for the tabular data are: YY - Year QTR - Quarter FLAG_ID - Flag/Nationality of vessels LAT_SHORT - Latitude. This is the short format of the Latitude position (in degrees only). It represents the latitude of the south-west corner of the 5° square for these data. LON_SHORT - Longitude. It represents the longitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. CWP_GRID - Coordinating Working Party No DAYS - Days fishing and searching (effort). SETS_UNA - Number of Sets (Unassociated schools). SETS_LOG - Number of Sets (Natural Log/debris). SETS_DFAD - Number of Sets (Drifting FAD). SETS_AFAD - Number of Sets (Anchored FAD). SETS_OTH - Number of Sets (Other set types combined). SKJ_C_UNA - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Unassociated schools). YFT_C_UNA - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). BET_C_UNA - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). OTH_C_UNA - Other species catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). SKJ_C_LOG - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Natural-Log schools). YFT_C_LOG - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). BET_C_LOG - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). OTH_C_LOG - Other species catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). SKJ_C_DFAD - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Dr…
distribution: Aggregated Fish Catch by Longline (Country and Year Subset) for Pacific Islands Region
  type: DataDownload
  file format: zip
  encoding format: application/zip
  content size: 933206
  description: This dataset contains metadata and tabular file (csv) that represents the most complete LONGLINE data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission (WCPFC) that can be disseminated into the public domain in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission”. Data cover 1950 to 2018 for the WCPFC Convention Area. Aggregated data are grouped by 5°x5° latitude/longitude grids, country, and year. In reference to the RAP (Paragraph 9), cells where effort is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Fields for the tabular data are: YY - Year FLAG_ID - Flag codes (when this field is blank, the record is a cell representing activities of less than three vessels and so the EFFORT (hooks) and CATCH by SPECIES fields have not been provided. LAT_SHORT - Latitude. This is the short format of the Latitude position (in degrees only). It represents the latitude of the south-west corner of the 5° square for these data. LON_SHORT - Longitude. It represents the longitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. CWP_GRID - Coordinating Working Party No HHOOKS - Hundreds of hooks (longline effort). ALB_C - Albacore catch in metric tonnes. ALB_N - Albacore catch in numbers. YFT_C - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) YFT_N - Yellowfin catch in numbers. BET_C - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes). BET_N - Bigeye catch in numbers. MLS_C - Striped Marlin catch (metric tonnes). MLS_N - Striped Marlin catch (number). BLM_C - Black marlin catch (metric tonnes). BLM_N - Black marlin catch (number). BLZ_C - Blue marlin catch (metric tonnes). BLZ_N - Blue marlin catch (number). SWO_C - Swordfish catch (metric tonnes). SWO_N - Swordfish catch (number). OTH_C - Other species catch (metric tonnes) OTH_N -The total of all other species catch (in numbers).
distribution: Aggregated Fish Catch by Purse Seine (Country and Year Subset) for Pacific Islands Region
  type: DataDownload
  file format: zip
  encoding format: application/zip
  content size: 341640
  description: This dataset contains metadata and tabular file (csv) that represents the most complete PURSE SEINE data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission (WCPFC) that can be disseminated into the public domain in accordance with the current “Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the Commission”. Data cover 1950 to 2018 for the WCPFC Convention Area. Aggregated data are grouped by 5°x5° latitude/longitude grids, country, and year. In reference to the RAP (Paragraph 9), cells where effort is less than or equal to the maximum value estimated to represent the activities of two vessels have been removed from the public domain data. Fields for the tabular data are: YY - Year FLAG_ID - Flag/Nationality of vessels LAT_SHORT - Latitude. This is the short format of the Latitude position (in degrees only). It represents the latitude of the south-west corner of the 5° square for these data. LON_SHORT - Longitude. It represents the longitude of the south-west corner of 5° square for these data. CWP_GRID - Coordinating Working Party No DAYS - Days fishing and searching (effort). SETS_UNA - Number of Sets (Unassociated schools). SETS_LOG - Number of Sets (Natural Log/debris). SETS_DFAD - Number of Sets (Drifting FAD). SETS_AFAD - Number of Sets (Anchored FAD). SETS_OTH - Number of Sets (Other set types combined). SKJ_C_UNA - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Unassociated schools). YFT_C_UNA - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). BET_C_UNA - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). OTH_C_UNA - Other species catch (metric tonnes) (Unassociated schools). SKJ_C_LOG - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Natural-Log schools). YFT_C_LOG - Yellowfin catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). BET_C_LOG - Bigeye catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). OTH_C_LOG - Other species catch (metric tonnes) (Natural-Log schools). SKJ_C_DFAD - Skipjack catch in metric tonnes (Drifting FAD schools). YF…