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ICES Statistical CommittooPaper No. 10Octsbor 1962 G

PROGRESS Rill'ORT ON STATISTICAL REPORTING SYSTEM IN THE

leES STATISTIOAL ARBA'

by the

Secretrl.ry of the Continuing '\'Torking Party, on Jrishory Statistics inthe North Atlantic Aroa

1 • INTRODUCTION

1.1 This paper has been prüparod by tho Secretary of the ContinuingvIorking Party on l"ishory Statistics in the North Atlantic Arcc. (here­after in this paper called CWP). lt is based on tho'discussionsbetween tho Scurotary-Goncral of IOES and tho Socretary ef tho Cy~

during tho visit ef tho former to FA0 9 Romo, 25-29 Juno. Theso dis­cussions covored mainly the results and implicC1.tionß of implementingthe recommondations mado by tho Statistical Committee of ICES duringits October 1961 sessions.

As a rosult of those discusßions in Romo the Socrotary of the CUPasked the various national offices fer comments on the commen report­ing system that was put into effoct for tho first time oarly 1962.Tho replios receivod have also boen included in this paper.

The sections of this paper discuss tho varieusaspocts of"commonstatistical roporting systomwhich roquire further consideration bythe Statistical Committeo to siplplify and furthorimprüvc tho systemfor uso in future yoars. Sevoral cf thoso matters requiro from IOESfinal decisions which will prcvide the bases fer the disoussions inthe CWP during its 3rd session provisionally schodulod for ond January1963 9 FAO Romo •

2. NNP'rERS 1L.:1 .Il'IHG [.l'O jT~PO?TTi.JG COmTTRr~S

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To obtain nationally colloctod fishory data F 09 IC~S and ICNAF have beenusing in SODe countries tho st1lne contact l)u'c Ül othors diff~r8nt persons inthe same . ini"'try 01' Ce·,"';:rtr.13nt havo bOG 1 a:ppro2.chotl. In sonG instanc~s

the various aGencioa . :J.VO 00 n contc'..cting c..iffel'ont buyeaux 9 offices 9 etc.

It is obvious that not only th international bodics 'out also the nationaloffices could be efit if in 82.C. countr- 2. single .l.oeal point i8 used. Such

a common correc-pon<lence chann~l could be of .;roat x)l-) to elimin tediscrepa eies ap:cearing in t:18 c:J.ta to ba Gup~lied'c international agencies.It eoul also contriout:l to tho co ordination. of thc programs for fisl erstatisties 2,S roco, :::enc1.od by tho ll~,tion,~I rcprccontc:tiV3G to the v' riousint rGovGrnmental aGcllcios.

In esponse to a reCluGst ;,K.de "0" the Secrotary of tho CWP several countrieshave already norainatod e "1tacts to 00 sod by FAO 2.11d 103S as the nationalfo al point for fis'ur:r statisties corr~spond.:)n08. Countries whieh hevenot y t done so, are boin:; urc;od '~o do so 2,3 soon as ~)o8Giblc.

TliC' SGC1,,)t· .r- ol tlh) C',:P '1.,,0 hop'~; L.'.t t;. ;r:~ foe.1 pvLlt;; IÜt:>ht b,Glp -Cor'JVi0ii v~riou~, n _'vüJl1~,l ~ 'l; '.tL ticcl r;"ri..;ci ~;' '1 i::c t .. te., cliff·.:;ront offioLüpublic::;,tion0 oi ~:'l" :'~,J." CO'~l1tl'~' ('.,,10.':., throu/,.h CO;',}.) 'l'Ü'~)~1~39 dis ov,..:r :JOlll- oftllO unnuCL:o.,:-.r" (1.1,,; 01' :loi .'rJ 'C;l,t cOlllLl b~ .li'-lil1;"cul 01' 0'[;11 '1'1 i:3'-' qu.::,lilicdb-- L 0 ..... _ S cf o~Cpl~~l'lL'vtO::FY :lo-c~·rJ.

2.2 Nomenclaturo of countrios ,_ d thoir arrali.. 'cmant in st;:t~stical tabulations

A scrutiny of thG IQ~S nullo~in St~tiGticuc

Statist~cs and IC~~AF I s Sto;J'is"'vic.::,l :Sull",' inP 0 Yoarbook of Fish·ry

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a) that t.Jv thro0 L'..;",noios uso tho ~~nc:lis:l c.lph2,betical 0 der in t 10

stubs of thoiI st8.tistical tabule:ci ns;

(b) that triere 2,r~ sav.)rEü mi:l0.l. c.iff"'r~ncos in tho ohoioe of "'he namGSof soma cou~trius.

It appe3.rs that tLio is a -:'lE',ttor tllat could be Cf) lsiclcrod by the C.YP at i tsthird sossion9 in order to inproy<o: emU. s'c~lldal'dizo t 10 country nomonclature.

r1'hero are a feil 'Jatters that ar~ of l.)artioular oon~,3rn -Go IC.:S a d t c r(;,;SStatistical COHU:-.i ttac mi 7'~lt ~"is 'C'J cu, -.1on·;; 0 tllOr.;O -,Thi~ 1 are D.S follo'inJ ~

(i) The t~r 11Holle.ncl ll h2.8 )00' uS0d in th pa t and it appears thatthis "hould 0 sU0sti tuted by tl1~ 1101'0 001'1'00';; tarn "Fetherland.... ".

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(ii) lCES troat England? Scotland und Northcrn Ireland as thrconoparate countricG in its taoulations? an~ as a rcsult ofalphabctical ord~r, these throe aro not on cons8cutivc linos.It will 00 vory usoful for tho reader if thoy could oe placcdtogother on 3 consocutivü lines to pormit the mclcing ofaggregates for the U.K. as a wholo.

Taking into account curront-usngo in variouc intornationalpublications,tho Socrotary of the C',TP he"c propared thc following list on ,\-,hich howould like to ootain from tho Statictical COr.'.nittoc its suggestions:

BolgiumDenmarkFaroe IslandsFinlandFrancoGermany (Western)Gormany (Dastern)GreenlandlcclandlrolandItalyNotherlandsNOI'".vayPolandPortugalSpainSwodonU .Ie. (Dngland ancl ~7ales)U .1('. (Uorthorn Iroland)U.K. (Scotland)U.S.S.R.

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3. CLASSH'ICATIClT OF "FISHIIJG l'JLJAL IDlITS" 11

3.1 Jloviow of nurabarin.;;-. 83,'st..22.

In Odobar 1961 t110 Stati,r~icc.l CO!:irüt-\;80 rOCOI:l::1ond8d -1;110 followingcroupinc of t110 IGJS sub-c.roas and divisions;

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Coluran hoadin.:;

111 d111 C

111 b111 a

Group hoadinß

TIaltic-Eolt group of divisions

IV cIV bIV ß

VI aVI b

VII a +fVII b +0VII G,h,j,l::VII cl + 0

VIII a - 0IX 11

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V a1XIV

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Contral Group of divisions

Southo1'n ~roup of divisions

1Jo1'tho1'11 Group of divi siam,

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11 Tho torm "aroal u.:li ts" is ilyl;roducod to rofor to tho 2'o,n:'o of suchspocific "fishinc {).'ound" 01' It fi8hinc \:<.1tor" units 'such ~s rogions,sub-reGions, a1'0as~ sub-ar8as, divisions, sub-divisions, otc., asused by IC:18? FAO and. IClTAF.

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In 1961 tho Statistical Comnittoo r.::lcor.1mondocl that tho group namo "Wostorngroup of dfvisions" bo ~~;}sorvoel to accomoelcto any divisions that might boostablishcd·in tho sub-area lying (a) to the south of Divisions XV, XIV,V a2~ (b) to tho uost of Divioions V b, VI b, VII c, VII k, VIII 0, IX b,and for tho time boins, also Vl.')st of ]C b botwoon 36 0 north .::.nd· 300

north until H ic· cl;)cidoel to l:lOVO tho oouthorn ooundc..r;yr of tho IeEbota.tisticc-.:}. aroe.. 110rtlm:'..rclG fron -~ho pro:::;ont 300 north to 360 north.

Tho' rc.:::3Stc.tistical Con.;:1ittco c.ay vlish thClOO m2.ttors to 00 furthorinvosticatod for ovontuo.l uso 0.0 tho.oaois for a ~ovisod numboring systomof the existinG or of a rovisod I~JS ~attorn of sub-eroas, divisions,sub-divisions, etc. tcl;:ing into account tho roetanguln.r c.roal units uscdfor thclJorth Son.. ..

The Soerotary-Gonoral of·ICnS and tho Socrotary of tho CV~ dioeussod thisquostion anel rolatod mattors and consi<lor th:'H.1 to hevo world-wid.c iraplications;i t is fol t that they might -bO L1o.ttors to vlhieh the CVlP could give attention~t its third session. It is proposocl that final docisions by IC~S should. bopostponod until thono quostiOllO h:l.VJ bGO:1 fu~thor oxplorod.

3.2 Rofopopeo tn wer1;: 01 othoy IaGS Co]~~ittooo

Tho attention of tho Statidico.l C01;i:llitbo is dro.Yi11 to tho followingparagraphs appoßring in tho roport of its 19G1 r(looting~

Tho workinG croup alGo proposoel that tho eh~irmo.n of the StatistiealCOlTh'Lrl. ttoc confor YTi th -ello chairnan n.nd. L1:JmOOrS of tho Arctic FisheriosrTorkinc Group 011 n12..ttG::'s (includins the ~roparo.tion and circulation Qfa no~ m~p bo.soel ontho Gorman, lTo~7~sian, Unitod Kingdom and. U.S.S.ll.suggestions) relatinG to a further broo.1:dovm of tho TIaronto Soa(Sub-aroa I)? lJor.70gio.n Soa (Division 11 a) and Spit~borgon - BcarIoland (Division 11 b). Ho in 0.100 -\;0 keep thc Cho.irm:.m of the HerringCommitteo, tho Gaeloid Fioh Committeo and the Dietant Northorn Soa8Cownittoo informoel o.bout düvolopmonts.

The dovoloplw:mt of rodfish stC'.:tistics micht rOCJ.uiro revisions vrhichcould tcl:o into account tho maps used in thc Gormo.n fishorios. It ispropoooel that tho Secrotary General' obtaino an adoC].ußto supply of thoGorman form (Fischoroistatisti1:,. Vordruck I a) for distribution by thoCb.o.irman of tho Sto.tiotical ConuYl.i ttoo to tho Ch:;..irmun and mombors oftho lJorth-wostorn \7orldng Group and to l:oop il1fo}.'mod aloo tho Chairmenof tho Distan'c lTorthorn Soas Com..-nittoo? tho Horring Committoe and thoGadoid Fish Com..~ittoo•

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'In Oo1;obo1' 1961 tho Statintical Corr.mi ttoo c:.g1'ood lttll::.t thoprosontNorth 'Soa Division IVa should 08 "iJrokon dovm into tvro sub-divisionsIVa1 (wost) emd IVa2(oast) using 40 cast n.s tho c:'ividing linc. Pcndingthc introduction of this or031:.:do'711. ho::,rinc; ,statistics for countriosfishing in IVa should 1)0 covor:)d oJt footnot::;o indicating SOlXI.:ratol;rcn.tchos to '\'lost and o[],ot of tho proposcd divic.i:"_C lino lt •

It is ~ssuDcd that this dccision implics th~t this b1'o~:dovm of DivisionIVa into two sub-divi:Jions should I~O rofloctod in th'J collli'TIl1.s of tho 'l:ln.jortablos in I~S Bulletin St~ti91l~.

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IC'ßS sub-aroa VII (ltWest of Ir:.:l8.nd 8.nd Chan..'1.als lt ) i s fu1'thor sub-dividodinto tho foll0l7Ü1b' ton divisions ~

VIIaVIIbVIIcVIIdVIIoVIIfVIIgVIIh,VIIjVIII:

I1'ish S:JaWest of I1'olandrorcupino I3anl;:IJnglich Cllannol, Ba.otDnglish Charu1.o1, ~ost

llristol ChaiIDolSout~·EaGt IrolandLittlo Solo Ilanl: .Groat Solo 132.n1:\font cf Graat Solo J3anl:

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For roporting on ST~rA forms catch oifort ntatisticn data aro roquirod foroac11 of tho follo'wine foul' combinatiolln of thooo ton divisions of sub-arca VII~

(ij Divinion VII d o..llC.l 0(", Division VII a arlcL fC" ~~ Divinion VII b Ct::1.cl~~~ c

. (iv Division VII g,h,j: a:1.cl 1:

In tho socond Grou;) aro cODbinütl t'NO divisionn, VIIa anel VIIf, \7hicll al~O •

actuall;r sopar8.tad frO::l ono anothor lJy land and are, thoroforo? not adjoil'linb'. ,.,Tho Sto.tistical Cor:J:.1i ttJo ic [',sl:ou to roc::m:Jidor thesc cOI:lbinations cf thoval'iou3 divisionn of' sub-aro~ VII.

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Tho further b!2J!1cdO";"ffi of Division XV (wilost Groon1and.")

West Groon1~no.. (IC~S nub-nr~~ rv) corroopono..s ~ith ICTIAF sub-area 1,which is dividod by IOHAl" into si:::: divisions. It in to 00 ussumod.that the ooundurios of theIC:JS [lUD-aren ]:V uro idantiea1 to those ofICNAF sub-urea 1 •

It in rocomr.~ondoo.. that o:o.ou1d IG3S ovar o..ocido to sub-o..ivio..e this sub-aroaXV, tho'rosu1tnnt ICJS divisions shou1d ccrrospond. to tho nix ICNAF'divisions, 1.A, 1:B, 1C, 1D, 1lJ and. IF. '1'no 10~70r-easo c.1pha-totie 10ttors,to bo usou to idontify tho IC3S divisions, should thoy ovar be ostablishcd,are to eorrospono.. \'Ii th thoeapitul lott:::Jr:T n.lroady in uso for tho ICHAFdivisions.

In vioYI of tho ovor1o.'P,!}inc; botweon ICUAF und IODS Sections in Yvast Groo111nnd,IC~S may wish to tn.ka into account that ImJAF, o.t the ,divisiona1 lovel, isto ask for tho follovlinC offort statisties for oo.ch of tho siJ::divisio~ofits sub-area 1~

(i) N~unber of days fishod·(ii) Numbor of sots/druGs/hooks/hours fishod.

,For tho sub-arca us a wholo ICNAF in to

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(iii. (iv

(v(vi

Nurl1bor of days ansont from portNumbor of days fishoo..ITumbor of sots/dr~gs/hookn/hoursfishodNumbor of fiahing units operatinG'Numbor of trips n~do

Avoraco Gross tonnaßo

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Ploaso note also Part 4 of thio papor.

Tho furth;Jr. broakdoym of Division Va (~'Ico1and. Gro~nclsll)

It has beon sugGostod that thora is no n~od to o..ivido IC~S Division Vainto two sub·-divisions Va1 und Va2. In thc past only Gormany end Ieclano..usod this furthor brocl:dolm. All othor roportinb countrios show statisticsfor Division Va aS a wholo.

The Sccrctary of the C1JP roforrod thi9 ;natter to tho national offices. Thofollowing replies hQ,vo boen roccivod31J

Gorma~lYg ll:Biologists are intoreDtoo.. in c." nopuratc rocording of thoec.tchos for -ehe su"b-divinions Va1 and Va2. Such ooparato roeordingfor otatistiea1 purposos is not too difficu1t sineo Gorman finhingvcssols on1y rercly e:::ercise fishing in the sun-division Va1".

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Norwayg "FrOfil C'.. st~tiGtiC2.1 .Iloint of vio".7 lIor.rc-,y 1rould Drefer to h2.VOtho sub-divisions Va1 and Va2 co~bihJd in one division only Va.This is becauso our dolinito.tio1'1s of fishin0' are<::.s around 1001and donot corrospond ".-lith the 10:;8 divisions", ,Polandg "Polish fishory 1'<::'1'01;)7 oporatos in t110 Vo. division on account~f ~athor sn<::.ll quantitioG of fish landod fron this division. WovlOu1d prefor to avoic.l. tho distinQ.1.iGhinG of t~lO elo,ta bot;.700n tho sub­diviGions Va1 2.11d V0,2 l! •

§.ylO?-O~~ "1C38 Gub-divioions -[0..1 and Va2 1Yl~l,y V01~~r \7811 ba cornlJi11od inon1y ono division Val!.

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U .1(. (~pß1.anc.l allel ~7n.1o.0 3. l!'\70 hn.ve do,-[;8. o.vailn.b1o On the t\lO sub­divisions montionad R11d from our Doint of view, and horo I am sponkingmoro1y of statistico.l col18.tion, i t is ü:uuatorio.l ..../hothor the tVlO sub­divisions aro groupod 01' l::oD-C Goparato. Ylhatovor is docided, howevor,should opora:Go from tho futuro in ordor to faci1i t"to p1anninG ofmo.chino t8.1mlations". •

U.K. (8cot1and) g "Scottis:n vossols fish r.lostl;y, if not ontiroly, insub-division Ve'2 o.1'1d tho ])opartm;:Jnt 1 s "d;<::.tis·~ics do not in fo,ctdiscrimina;Go b;:Jtuoon catchos ta1:on in ·Gho t\",0 sub-divisions. ThoDop:.n.'tmont hCl.s no ol)joc-bion -Co tho proposod combin2.tion of tho two1coland sub-divisions".

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4. CLASSES OF FISHING UNITS

Bascs for idcntifying 'thc differ ont' classos of fishing units, "

Soction 2.1 of tho notas for tho eomplation of form STAHA 1E covors thoantries to bo insertod in boxos (a)~ (b) and (e). This STANA reporting'system distinguishos bot'l'i 0 on ,tho d::'ff oront classos of fishing units inrosp ect of iThich cateh/effort data aro to be reported (by "aroal uni ts")on tho following threo-uay basisg

(a) mothod of prcpuloion;(b) kind of fishing ßoar usod;(e) tonnago class.

4.2 Mothod of propulsion

At prosonttho instructions contc'dned in tho Notos for tho complotion offormsSTANA 1E (vorsion dosignatod liEC") rOCluiro roporting countries toinsert in box (a) of each of those forms ono of the following craftcatog'oricsg

( i)(ii)

(iii)(iv)

(v)

Steam;Motor;Sail;Oars;Others.

It has boen nuggootod that thoro is no longer any nood to distinguiShbetwoon (i) stoam and (ii) motor and that it is advisablo to eombino thesotwo in a singlo hcading - "mochanically propolIod". It is arguod furthol'that eateh/offort statistics in tho Northoast Atlantic rofor only tomoehanieally propolIod boats' and that fishing eraft using oars and/orsails are usod sololy as auxiliarios to mochanizod lli~its.

ICNAF at i ts 1962 moeting in 1!IOSCOiv docided to disponso idth informationon tho method of propulsion.

Tho Socrotary of tho CWP rofürrod this Cluootion to tho roporting countriosand tho followins roplios havo boon rocoivedg

Bolgiumg In discUl3sions dUl>ing a vi si t to Ostond, i t iras indicCltedthat it Hould bo usoful to rotain the differontiation botwoen stoamClnd motor.

Gormany~ Groups (i) and (ii) \Ii11 bo soparatoly rocordod whon pro­paring STANA 1E forms. It is, howovor, not possiblo to rocord thocatches soparatoly for groups (iii), (iv) and (v).

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Hor\my~ It is not possiblc to diffcrontiatc bctvwcn classos offishing units according to uotnods of propulsion.

Poland~ Wo find it advisablo to rot~in the mothod of differontiat­ing which~ howovor, in our opinion is convcnient and practicable inrespoct to fishing vossols Ifrom srr:all cuttero upl, vTheroas is notworkablc inrospoct to boats fishing oqually with sail, rowing andmotor propulsion. In our eonditions it is not possiblo to distin­CUish the catchos linoignificant in ~omparison to grand total catchosllanded by sail-boatG fro;:l th)8e landod by rOvring boats ormotor-:-boats.

SvTedon~ From th 0 S',rodinh point 01' vieu tl1::..:re ic no no::.d of rotainingLlothod 01' propulcion 2.:::; ono 01' tLc nc(....no of clifforontia,tinc; bot"nooncl~cc~o of fiohinG LUlits.

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Unitod Kingdom (England and Wales)~ The genoral view sooms to betha t di:l;'foront mothodn of propulsion should bo rotainod.

Unitod Kingdom (Scotland)~ The only methodo of propulsion used by ~

Scottioh finhing vossols aro stoam and motor. (The numbor of sail-"'ing vossols clITrontly ongagod in fishing is statistically insigni-ficant and can bodisrcgardodg they are all under 40ft. in longth).In the Dopartment1s view, it is dosirablo to rotain thodistinctionbotwoen stoam and motor bocausG of the c;roator relative efficioncyof finhing voosels propollei by diesel enginen.

4.3 Fishing mothodg kind of iishing goal' used

The Notos for completion of form STAHA -, E (version designated "EO")indicated th::1t in box (b) is to bo inoortod the "fishing method" whichis pertinent. HOlfover, tho Notos did not opecifically indicato a listof fishing nothods ao tho list propoGed by tho :ilidinburgh Meoting isstill boing roviowed by IOES.

At its 1961 Meotings tho lOBS Statistical Oommittoo considorod it advis­ablo to adjust tho goal' clasoification proposod in tho roport of thoEdinburgh meoting to accomod::1te catogorios nocossary for tho prcGent andforoseen future roquiromonts of IOES. It appcarod to be a vory compli­cated task to establich a suitable, properly definod and flexiblo scriesof gear natogorios. It acrood to requost the chairman of the OomparativeFishing Committec to roview tho prob10m of goal' classification und to pro­pose improvcmonts and refinemcnts roquirod to incroasc tho usefulnoss oftho Edinburgh clasoification for IOES for considcration by the StatisticalOommittee in 1962. "

The Comparative Fishing Conmittoe's attention \Tas draun to tho followingclassification appoaring in tho report of thc Edinburgg moeting:

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(i) 'Otter traIlI(ii) Pair trmfl

(iii) Beam trawl(iv) Danish aeine

(Vj Ring net (includi~~ purae scino)(vi Boach soino

(vii Drift gill net(viii) Bottom gill not (preforably sot gill

(ix) Fixed goal' (specifying weirs, traps,(x) Long-lino

(xi) Hand-line(xii) Dorios

(xiii) . Othor linos(xiv) Drodgo (seallop, oystcr, ete.)

(xv) Harpoon(xvi) Other (spocify)

.(xvii) Goo.r not spooifiod

net)pote, creels,. ete.)

The ComparativeFishing Gommittoo was also askod to take into aceount that'tho finalgoar classification might havo to ineludo tho followingcategorios:

(a) Purso soinos (soparatoly from other ring nets)(b) Horring trmds(e) Pelagie trawls for variou3 spooios

lt was also indieated to tho Comparativo'Fishing Committoe that thefollowing might bo covorod by categories already listod~

(1)(2)

Mackorol notsShrimp tro.wls

Tho Seeretary of the CUP hopas tha t i twill bo poesible for thoStatistical Gommittoo to approve in 1962 for the lCES Statistieal Areaa suitable goar olassification "rhich, togethor wi th ono from lCNAF,eould bo mcrgod by the CWP into an overall elassification for tho NorthAtlantic as a. wholo. From tho lattur vrill bo extraeted thoso gear eato­gorics of intcrcst to leES to bo listed in tho Notes providing instrue­tions for eomplotion of form STANA 1E, vornien designatod "EG".

4.4 Classifioation of "tonnage elass" categories

Thc Notes for eomplotion of form STANA 1E (versions desierJated "EC")indicated that in box (e) is to be insortod the I1tonnago class" whiehis portincnt •. Howovor, tho Note·s· did not. specifically indicato a listof eategorios of tonnago classos as this matter in still undor reviewby ICES.

Taking into account tho rocommendationG containod in paragraph 28 of thoEdinburgh Roport, tho rosults of subsoQuont onQuirios made by theSocrotary-Genoral of ICES, provisional roeommendations made by tho

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Stntistical Committoo in 1961, current ICNAF practiccs, etc. thofollowing categorios are suggested for considüration by the 1962Statistical Committoo:

(i)(ii)

( iii)(iv)(v) .

( vi)(vii)

(viii)

25 grt. and loss26 - 50 grt.51 - 100 grt.101 - 150 grt.151 - 500 grt. (soo noxt p~ragraph)

501 900 grt.901 - 1800 grt.1801 and abovo.

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In 1961 tho Statintica.l Committeo roported tha t the catogory 151-500 grt.might havo too wide a range and agroed that tho Comparativo FishingCommittec be askod for commonts and suggootions for a breakdown by moro

\ categorios npplicablo to crnft of 151 tons and ovar, and in particular toreview complications intrüdueed by tho inercasing uso of factory ships •.Thc Comparativo Fiohil1[i Conmitteo W:10 t" note tha t those tonnage ca.tc­gories would bo usod for the colloction of fiohing effort statistics.

Tho Secreta.ry of tho mrP also rofc.rred the statistical aspocts of thoso~nttors to the rüporting countries and tho following commcnts hnvo beenrocüivod:

Norwny: The Norweginn catch stntistics for tho trawlers ara workodout by tho holp of punchod cnrds. There are in Nor.my a liJgnl dif­feronce botwoon trn'iüors of tonnage under and over 300 gross tons,and tho statistical forms für tho tvTO clo,sses of trawlers are dif­ferent. The punchod co,rds are also different and the catch statis­ties for these tvTO clrwses .::tro workod out separately.

Norwny "{wuld profer to havo two tonm,go classos botvToon 150 and 500grt~, namoly 150-299 grt. and 300-499 gr~. to .::tvoid tho vorylaborious ''lOrk ,'lhich the adding of a.ll tho data for tho effort andcatch sta.tisties on for~ STAlJA 1E ontailn.

Poland: The division, usod until nOH, bet''lCen fishing gear nndtonnago c~togorios in quito suitablo for us,·though in rospect toSOmo portion of catches, landod fron the Baltic Soa by smnll ves­sels and boa.ts -(bolow 50 grt. - private and cooperativo onos) weare not ablo now and shall not be ablo in tho futuro to givo fish­ing resul ts in tho obligatory tonnago categorios and to distinguishfishing methods. .

SHedon: The tonnage-elass-limits do not coincide with those usedin our statistics. Combinationsof tonnage-elassos und eatches ronnot bo preduced.

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4.4 (continuod)

U.K. (England ar~los)~ V1h\)'~ü col1oction 01' o.nalytical'techniques havo tc bo chanGod? notico of considorably mol'O thana yoar may bo riocoGGary. Forcxamplo, in tho caso 01' England and101al os , a brüakdcwnbytonn[1,Go g:'OUpG 1'01' vOBsols undor 40ft.,

,some 01' ,1hich vli11'bo ovar 25 tonG, oannot at prcGont be givon'bccauso data for Guch 'foGsols is not co1lcctod.lf data. isroquirod, then a~rranßümcnts mu~t bo m[1,do tö chango tho systom01' col1oction.

U.K. (Scotland)~ It,is not possiblo undor the prescnt methods01' collocting dnta in Scotland te rolnte co.tch tO,tonna.go co.to­gorios sinco tho bo.sic roporting form nakos no provision forentoring details rogarding tho tonnage 01' tho VOSGol conbornod.Any proposal ,to introduco a brcnkdown by tonnago catogcrios wou1dthoreforo ontail an amondmont cf tho prcsent system 01' colloction:tho implications 01' this are being oxaminod.

It appGars from theGo.oxtracts from roplios rcceivod that sovoral coun­trios are experiencing severc difficu1ties if any detni10d tonnage c1assclassifico.tion (by tho 8 categuriüs 1istod in the soco~d paragraph 01'this Secticn, or more than 8 if category (v) is further expanded) isintrüduced, unlens notice end w<~rning 01' a Yo[1,r or more are givon.

To assist tho natio~~l officGS in their ad[1,ptation 01' thoir statis~ics

colloction procodure practices t~ tho now nystom? tho Socrotary 01' thoCWP proposos that considoration bo givon to tho introduction 01' aslightly ro-arrangod classification or tonnaco catogorios on a two­lovol basic by "divisi~:ms"? in turn sub-dividod in "groupsll. Thofollowing ro-arrangement 01' tho tonnagü oatogorics are prosentod as~ provisionel dr~ft vorcion for discu~sion PUl~OSOSg

A BDIVISIONS ClrouJ?s

(1.0) 50 ORT. and LESS I ( 1 • 1~ 25 grt. and 10s8\ ( 1.2 25 - 50 crt.'"

r( 2.1)(2.0 ) 51 - 150 ORT. i. 51 100 grt.

l (2.2) 101- 150 grt.

{ ~ 3.1 j 151 ? Undor revi OVl(3.0) 151 - 500 ORT. 3'.2 <? - ? by the COIDparativo

3.3 ? 500 grt • Fishing Committoo

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{ ~ 4.1) 5°1 - ?

(4.0 ) 501 - ABOV"J..,; 4.2~ ? - 900 grt.4.3 901 1800 grt.

(4.4) 1801 grt. and abovo

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4.4 (concludod)

Countrios could bo c~skod to uso at lCilst tho divisionilI broC1.kdc\ffi(as shown in Column Aur as rovisod) for rcporting 1963 data byoarly 1964. Tho introduction of tho mora dotailod broC1.kdown at thegroup lovel (as in Column B ur as subscquontly rcvised) CQuld bopostponod for a furthor twc yearsuntil oC1.rly 1966 tc roport 1965data. Any country C1.blo to uso tho groups for all tho divisions orat least thoso for particular divisions earli0rt~~n tho~o proposoddoadlines cüuld bo askod to uso thoir more detailod classificationswhen roporting on STAIL\ f0rms to lCES as soon aß possiblo. Countrioscould also bo asked to commont on this propoßod intreduction of thotonnage classification c~ltccoric;:o.nd to indicato to lCES in 1963 thoirproposod timetable to implement this grndu3.1 introduction in stiJ.ges oftho complete list cf IItonnetgo clC1.ss 11 co.togorios.

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5. }.'iFI'ORT :DBTAILS TO J3JJ R:l?ORTED

Pr3sent situation

Form STA1TA 13 introduced ·tfiis yenr providos for the following entriesto be made on lines 1· 9 vhen the forms are usod for purposos designatod"EC":

Line 1 ~ Ho. of days absont from portLine 2e No. of days fished ::JLine 3: Ho. of hours fished or oquivalontLine 4: No. of fishing units oporatingLine 5: No. of trips madeLine 6: AV:Jragc horsepowerLine 7: Avorago Gross tonnageLinc 8: AveraGe length in metrosLine 9: Pereent ostimatod

Tho definitions of those entries are discussod in Soction 5.2 of thispaper.

In Oetober 1961 tho Statistieal CODIDittoe noted that neithor "averagehorsopowar" nor "av3rago longth" has over been an ICES requiroment.The C,mparativo Fishing Committee v~s asked to roview this matterand to rJcomm~nd whothur both thJSO should bc included as ICZS requirementsin .thc future. and if not which anc of tho two should bo ineluded.

It was alsa eonsidorod that if "av3rage gross tonnage" is givon, itwould be dcsirable, but not noeossnry for tho reporting eountry toprovido also data on "av::..:rago length".

It has bocn suggostod to thc Seerotary of the Ci7P that both "avoragegross tonnage" and "avGrage horsopowor" should be made ICgS roquirGlnentsand not listnd as alternatives. Thore appears ovidenee that horsepoworis a good index of fishing power.

It should also bo notod in favour of oelocting at least "avorage ß'rosstonnage" that:

gross tonnage categorias ara usod as part of the throe-vmysystem to diotinguish botwoon elassos of fishing eraft units(soe also Soetions 4.1 and 4.4 of this paper).

(b) At ICNAF's 1962 meeting in Uoscow it was dccided to ask atth:3 sub-·aroa loval only for "average grass tonnage" dataand not for "avJrago horsepow8r" or "average lcngth"; at thoICHAF divisional level none of those three ara roquired (sootabulation bolow). .

~J Proposed to bc changod to road instoad "No. of sJts/draGs/1000hnoks/hours fi shod" • •

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5.1 (Coneludod)

Tho follovving tabulation-.:rovidos tho eomparison botwoon lCES andIClTAF' s r3quiroments for uffort statisties and i t nhould 'be notodthat footnoto 9J undor ICDS agaj.nst tho lin.)s 6, 7 and 8 indi.eatos thatthe Statistieal Committee in to deeido on theso after roeeiving a roportof thn Comparativo Fishing Committoo:

Effort ICESSubar~a orDivision

ICNAF ~Subaroa Division

(1) No. of dayS absant from port · · • • · • · • • YDS YES No

(2 ) No. of days fished '2/. • • • · • • • • • • • • YES y:cS YES

(3 ) No. of sots/drags/1000 hooks/hours fißhod Ei' YES YES YES·(4) No. of fishing units op0r3.ting. • · • · · • • · YßS YES No

(5) No. of trips made . . • • • • • • • • • · • • • YES YES No

(6) Average horsopowJr. . · • • • · • · • • • • y No No

(7 ) Avorago gr0ss tonnago · · • · • • • · · · • 'ij YES Ho

(8) Av:)rago longth in motros. · · · · • • • · · • • y No No

(9) Poreent ostimatod. . . . • . • • • · · • · • · YES YES YES

a/FlyKI

Ai;] doeidod at tho 1962 I.1oseow moetinG of ICHAF.IINo. of days on grounds ll should' only ba roportcd instead if IINo. ofdays fished 11 are not availablo.Currently eallod "No. of hours fishod or oquivalont ll •

Awaiting report of Compar~tivo Fishing Committeo and doeision byICES Statintieal Committoo.

5.2 Definition of entrios on effort (linos 1-9)

Oneo tho lCES Statintieal COrrffilittoo has dooid3d on whioh kinds of affortare to bo reportod and whieh itoms now appoaring on linos 1 to 9 of formSTANA 1E should be deletcd v~lon new supplios of this form are ordored, itwill bo neoossary to oonfirm or roviso tho definitions oontaincd in thcinstruotions for oomploting those lines.

Tho prosont definitions now appoaring in tho Notas ara as folIows:

Lino 1 - IINo .-2,(_days absant from port" Days absont on trips to morothan ono ßub-aroa s division or sub-division should boapportionod in proportion to days fished in cach.

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5.2 (concludcd)

Lino 2 'iNo. of da s fishod" Givo tho nurnbor of dayo (24-hourperiods fished dofined an the "nulllbor of days (24-hourperio~ on ,""hioh n:r.J.y fiohing took plaee"). Whero notavailnblo, givo numbor of days on grounds, by dolotingtho ward "fishud ll and innortinß' inotoad "on groundo".

Lino 3 - IJNO. of hours or a uivalont" For otter trawls givo hoursfishod definod aS "totnl numbor of hours during v/hichtho' .trawl was on tho bottom and fishing") or closestpossible approximation., For othor fishing methods givo 9

ns approprinte 9 houro fiohing 9 thousands of hooko 9 numbersof the nots fished 9 or nlli~ber of sots or drags mndo.Sta~o on lino 3 in colurnn C the unit usad.

Lino' 4 - 'iNo. ;of fishing uni ts o12oratinE." Ineludo ovory uni tvJi thin 'tho elnss thnt fishod atloast oneo in the sub-aren,division 9 or sub-division. If not nvailnble~ eomplotoinntond lino 5.

Lino '5 "J:'fo:,of triJ2.s mado" Count ns ono trip any voyngo \'Iherofishing took place only in tho ::mb-nroa 9 'division 9 or sub­division. Count ns a fraetion of a trip (in proportionto ~he dnys fishod) nny voyago on which fishing took placoalso in othor sub-arono 9 divisiono 9 or sub-divisions. Thisnoed only bo givon if lino 4 eannot bo eomplotod.

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, ",Lino 6 - "Averageli.orso-j?0\70r" Givo datn in brako horso-power or

spe~cify on lino.6 in eolur.m C or in an accompanyingmomÄrandum tho doscription', o.g. ~ for steam ongina~ 'Showtho;'datn'as "indicatod h.p.".

Line 7'- "Average-gro'ss tonnage" Givo data in g.r.t. It i8 notneco8snry to eomp10to both 1ine8 7'nnd 8.

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Line 8 - "Avorngo longth in metros" Givo tho' overnll longth~ thcregiotered 10ngth may bo substitutod providod that,thonbbrovintion "rog. 11 is ontorod on line 8 in eolumn C.If lino 7 io complotüd, it in not noeossnry to eomplotothislino,8.

Lino 9 - "Poreent ostimatod" Tho oxtont to \7hieh effort data, insertodin linos 1-8 were not roeordod but wora ostimated, should

. bo indieatod in lino 9.

Coneopt of "Avorages" Tho avernge for tho data to bo insortod inlino 6 and in oither lin08 7 or 8 should bo givon by monthand may bo aithor straight avoragos or weightod nvoragos;spaeify in tho rolovant linos 6, 7 or 8 in e01umn C orin aceompnnying memorandum whieh avorngo has been usod.

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5.3 Commonts by countrios on effort roguiremonts

Tho Socrotary of the ~'W has asked tho countrios to co~~ent on the offortroquiromontn listod on linos 1-9 and tho following replios have boenrocoivod:-

Norway: It is obvious that STAHA 1~ roquiros an oxacting endlaborous pieco of ";Iork. It is o.lso obviouo tho.t tho informationrequootod in linos 1-9 aro dosirablo. Eut it maybo worth athought to dosist from having 0.11 those data until tho variouscountrios have got tho nocessnry exparienco for an eventualroconstruction of thoir statintical forms qnd for roorg~nization

of the working procedure.

Tho difficultios ariso ospecially from the fact that many trawlersara fishing in mora than ono aroa during a single trip. Suchdifficulties espocio.lly apply to lino 1 - ·I~O. of deys absont from.port" - and to line 5 - "No. of trips made".

In this connection I also beg to montion a point which~ as far asI can seo~ has not boon dealt with in the instructions or in otherpapors. Vfuat to do with all the landings which for some reason Cro1

not bo distributou over aroas owing 10 lack of information? It Ylill'be too much work to apportion thone catchoo to tha different areanetc. in proportion to somo sort of koy uata. For such catchosNorway \7ill havo to fill in a speci;l form for "Not knovm" as faras box (9) is concerned.

Poland: Wo prepared until now and wo may prepa~e in the future theeffort stetistics in monthly division in tho following linon:

1. No. of days absont from port .2. No. of days finhod/of nights fishod by drift nots3. No. of hours/of shots fished by drift nets4. No. of nets pr. boat finhod by drift nets

The lino 5 "No. of trips mado" provides great difficultios in fillingtho data for tho roasons of vossols shifting during tho same trip fromono division into anothor~ of pertly landingo in different pIacesand of applying of moro than ono fishing mothod in ono trip.

Lino 6 "Average horso-povJar" and'line 7 "Avorago grOSG tonnnge"tho proparing of tho date far thOS0 efforts should bo roducod torocording of yoarly avorago only. Tho diffarcncos betwoon monthlyaveragos nro minimal and thoir onumorntion is vory toilsomo thoughnot loading to conclusions of basic importanco.

Lino 8 "Averago longth in motros" - io not~ porhaps~ an indox ofpractical consoquonco and wo would liko to omit it.

Dvidently offort statintico shall include tho wholo of our fleet forthe ronoono mentionod in p. /g/~ namoly the sm::lll cutters nnd tho boatsin catches in the Bo.ltic Son. Wo proparod thoroforo for tho yoar 1961the soparate shoot STAl~A 1~-DC on tho catchoG in Division I1Id for 0.11"smnIl cuttors~ sail nnd rowing boats"~ "various fiohing mothodo" and"various floss than 50 tons/ tonnago clnoo" Yli th the remnrk: . ''For thelack of satisfnctory dotailod stntistical dnta - filling of linos forfiGhing offorts /linos 1-9/ in theoe grOUpG of crnft co.togory~ fishingmothod und tonnage clC'.oo - impoosible".

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5.) (conc1udod)

Swodene As wo havo nlroady statod~ data nbout fishine offort arenot availab10 oxcopt for two portG ~ covürinc:; nbout 55:' of the totalcatch and with tho woight on Q, vory Gpocinl fishory (doop-watorprmm).

U.K. Scotlrmd) e The Dopnrtmont can Ilrovido data only in respoctof 1 tho numbar of days absont from port~ (3) tho numbar of hoursfishinG (traTIlers und grünt linors on1y) and (5) tho numbar of tripsmade. Tho provision of acldi tion:J.1 offort dntn wou1cl requiro .modificntion of thc basic roporting form. (It is not considorodpracticablo~ hoywvor~ to obtnin information nbout tho munbor ofhours fished by tho smal1er inshoro vossels of which thoro aroovor 2?OOO operating from Scottish ports).

6. NOMINAL CATCH DATA

6.1 Coverage of aguatic animals and plarits

The tabulations presünted below havo been proparod, usincr the FAOStandard International Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animalsand Plants, to indicato the prenent coverage of tho variouG vorsionsof STANA 2 apd 1IJ forms. •

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ST.AJ;JA 2 STANA 1EDIVISIONS

Groups

1 FISHES

TS ES SC ECBIWS

11 Freshwater fishes12 Salmons, trouts, smolts, ete.13 Flounders, halibuts, solos, etc.14 Cods, hruces, haddocks, etc.15 Herrings, sardinos, anchovies, ete.16 Tunas~ bonitos, mackereIs, etc.17 MUllets, jacks, sea-basses, ete.18 Sharks, rays, etc.19 Unsortod and unidentifiod fishes

2 CRUSTACEANS, MCLLUSCS AND OTHI:R INVERTIJBRATES

x X X XX X '" XA

X X '7 X.I\.

X X X X'7 X X '7.A .I\.

X '7 X X.J\.

X X X vJI-

X X X Xv v X X.I\. .I\.

21 Crustaceans22 Molluses23 Bocho-de-mor, sea-urehins, ascidians, etc.

3 ViRALES

31 Blue-whales, fin-whalos, sporm-whalos, eta.32 Minke-whalos, pilot-whales,etc.

4 SEALS AND MISCELLANEOUS AQ.UATIC HAMlKALS

41 Porpoisos, dolphins, etc.42 Eared soals, hair seals, walrusos, etc.43 Miscellanoous aquatic mammals

5 MISCELLANEOUS AQ,UATIC ANIl1ALS Alm RESIDUDS

51 Turtles, frogs, etc.52 Pear1s, sho11s, spong~s, cora1s, otc.

6 AQUATIC PLANTS61 Aquatic plants

XXX

x

XX

X

XXX

XX

6.1 (concluded)

The Bureau of International Vfualing Statistics~ Sandefjord~ colloctscatch datn. for the cetacoans covered by Division 3; the·two ßToupsof specics belonging to Division 3 are theroforo oxcludod from thestatistics collectod by FAO and IC~S from the national offices.FAO publishes whaling data but obtain these from tho ]I~S.

To somplify tho Notes for the complotion of vorsions "TS" and liDS"of STMTA 2 it it proposed that thc spocios coverage in both instancos·should bo idontical, i.e., that the specios under Divisions 4, 5 and6 (alroady covered by version "TS") a:l.'o also covorcd by "DS" in tho future.

At prescnt ST~UTA 1D covers only toloostoan and cartilaginous spccies(species belonging to Division 1). The appendod copy of form STANA 1Dlists in Column C on 10-67 the specios breclcdovnl for the nine telcostcanand cartilacinous groups (Division 1) covercd by this form. Selocted'invertebrates might bo added dependinß' on tho rocormnendations of theICDS Special Meeting on Crustaceans.

6.2 Separate listing of additional teleostoan and cartilaginous spocieson STAHA 1:2

The Secretary-Genoral of ICES and thc Secrotary of the CV~ discussedduring tho former's visit to FAO in Juno 1962 the question of listingsoparatoly in Column C of form STAHA 1E toloostean and cartilaginousspccies no,' included undor tho catogory. "various" of thoir rosp:octivegroups.

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It was uocided to rocoro~ond that no additional separate listings ofsuch spociosshould bo introducod for some yoaro to corno. This~ hovvovor,should not affect thc possiblo inclusion of seloctod sp~cies of crustaceans'(at present not coverod) as soon as tho forms are rcprinted on cxhausting "present .stocks; however, tho inclusion of these dopends on docisions '.'takon by tho ICDS Special Meeting o~ Crustacoans.

6.3 Monthly statistics for teleostean and cartilaginous specios on formSTANA 1~

Whon tho Statistical Committoo in 1961 approvodthc list of spcciesnow appearing in Colu~~ C of form STAlIA 1D it also indicated that theannual figuros for thc 15 nsteriskod specios are to bo broken down bymonth. These are listed on next pago in Column I:

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6.3 ( continuod)

I 11 111

Form STA1JA 1E Tablo 10 Tablo(Column c) (Uorth Soa) ( Catch offort)

Common nolo Common solo 'Cor:lmon solo... ... IIalibutPlaico Pl8.ico Plaico ~

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Cod Cod CodHaddock Haddock HaddockHako ( ... ) HakeNorvmy pout Horvmy pout Norvmy poutSaitha Saitho Saitho17hi ting Vlhi ting WhitingHorring Herring Herring

• • • ... PilchardSprat Sprat Spratliackerols Mackerols

,lbckorols

Rodfishos ( ... ) RodfishonSandaols Sandaols SandaalsPickod dogfish Pickod dogfish Pickod doc-finh

In Column 11 is listod tho 12 .spocios to bo insortod in tabl~ 10covering monthly catchos for tho throo North Soa divisionn. Column 111lists the spocios soloctod for separato prosontation in tho re-dosignedtablc 7.

Thoso throo lists are vory similar. As tablo 10 is concorned only withthe North Soa it is obvious why h~:e and tho redfishos (both appearingin both Coll~ns I and 111) are oxcludod from Column 11. Howovor, it isnot so cloar vvhy (i) halibut and (ii) pilchard, both considorod to beimportant cnough to warrant inclusion in Column Irr (TabIo 7) ,. areexcluded from Column I and, thorefore, 0.100 from 11.

The Statistical Committeo might considcr thü poonibility of adding thesotwo species to tho spocios to bo nstorisked in Coluro~ C of form STANA iE.If it is not worthwhilo to colloct monthly data for halibut and pilchard,thon thoy mayaIso not bo importnnt onoueh to ~arrant lioting in Tablo 7.

Tho Socrotary of tho eWE has nsl:od tho mombor countrios to roport ontheir ability to furnish monthly stntistics for tho various speciosand tho follovdng com~onts havo boon rocoivod:

Germany= It is nationally roquirod to obtain cntch statistics bymonth and yoo.r.

Norway: This country is ablo to submit monthly catch statisticson almost all spocios oxcopt salmon and trout.

6.3 (eontinucd)

S\/Oden: Among tho fourtoon c:pocioc markod by astorisks in Column Cof Form STAlTA 1E, 80YOn of tho quantito.tivoly moot important spoeios(eod, haddoek, caitho, whitinc, herrin(,;, Gpro.t, macl:erol) cf thototal STIodioll catch arG to bu found. For vory foV! of those spocies,ean, howovcr, 0. monthly nceount uo rondored. For cortnin districtscan no monthly figuros at all bo obtninod. BohlOon Horway pout nndPOOl' eod co.n no certnin distinction bo mndo~ Thoy g8norally 0.1'0ombodiod in tho "The industrio.l finh ll • Tho romaing fivo spocion0.1'0 unimportant pnrts of tho total catch.

A widcning of tho monthly nominal' eatch stntiGticn is, from Swodishpoint of ~~o", scarcoly dcsir~blo. Novortholess, if a monthlystatisticc for other cpocios will bc providcd, wc forcmost willproposo pnrticuln~s cf tho entchen of ling ~ndtorsks in rognrdto thc cpocial chnractor of tho fichinG.

TI .Ie. (Scotland) z Monthl;r ct:ltisticn by:.diVisions 0.1'0 ponsiblefor horring only für cub-aren IV nn 6. ,Y;holo.Monthly ctntistieswore producod in ro::rpoct of9 spocioG: ';;plaico,cod, hnddoek, sai tho,whiting, horrinG, mackerol, sprat nnd pibked dogfish. Tho"throo.spccios, common solo, l;orv;ny pout and sandoals are no't lando,d inSeottish ports in sufficiont ~uantitios ,to warrant tho eoliectionof monthly Gtntisties. For 1962.i t. in oxpoCtcd to produeo' monthlyenteh ctntictics by divioion for,'·tho' four'spoeieo: eod, hnddoek,and rcdfinh [md monthly ·c[l.teh etatietiec for divicionc IVa, IVbcmd IVc of plaieo, eod, haddock, caitho, vlhiting, hcrrine,sprat,mae:<:crcl antI picked dogfich. ..: - .

TI.K. (Bngl[l.lld and Walos): Production of'monthly dnt~ on any spocicsic practicablo and pocsiblo providc~ thnt sufficiont notico ofintontion ic givon. Howovor, it is oxpcctodtho.t monthly dnta bydivisions, according to fishine montl13, mny rosultin various '.inaclcquacies. . •

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It appoars that covoral countries cxporiol1co gront difficultioG tosupply monthly catch statiptios tocothcr ~itll tho rül~tivo effort dataovan for the astcricl~cd specioso i.oo, toinsort monthly data in formSTANA 12, verdon dosienatod IlI~CfI •.

On tho other hand, countrios coom to 00 able to supply monthly statisticonot only for tho ~ctoriskod spocios uut o.lco for othoro by clivioiono withoutthcir breakdoTIn by cl~scos of fishing units, i.e. 1 to insert menthly dataon form ST1JrA 1D 1 veroion uooignatod llllS011 ;

Tho folloTIine propos~l suggoGtod for considcration by tho StatisticalCormnittoo mieht bo a solution to tho difficultios oncoill1torod inproviding monthly otatistico:-

(a) Countriüs givoy CrJ fcr [',0 p030iblo? monthly otatiotico for allspocios [lctoriskod 01' not nstcriskod listod in Col~T~ 0 whoncomplcting tho SC vorcion of form STMTA 1D, i.e., thc Gu~nry

forms giving nonin~l c[',tch d~t~ for all cl[l.sSOS of fishingunits and TIithout offort date uy divisions.

6.3 (eoneluded)

(b) Co~~tries ara asked to givü, as far as possible, for theastoriskod species ::.t lulJ.Gt? monthly breakdmm of eatehstatisties when vor~ion De of form STMTA 1D is prepared;it is not a roquircment but it would be woleomod if thoseeountrios ablo to do so would also add monthly stntistiesfor tho spüeics not ßstürisküd.

6.4 Thc introduetion of short oguivalents for existing FAO group nomenelaturc

Tho Soerotary-Goneral of ICES has indieatcd to tho Soeretary of tho CV~that ho intends to uso in the Bulletin Statistiguo alternativo grouptitles equivalont to thoso at prosont usod by FAO on form STl~rA 1Dand STANA 2. Tho Soerotary of tho CV~ has takon up this matter withDr. Krcfft and the Biology Braneh of tho FAO Fisherios Division. Theprovisional results of tIds exchanGe of idens on alternative titlosfor tho groups aro given beloVi for eonsideration by tho StatistiealComrni ttee:-

DIVISIons

Groups

1 FISHES

11 Freshwater fishes12 Salmons, trouts, sm~lts, ote.13 Flounders, halibuts, solos, ote.14 Cods, hal(os, hadrloeks, ote.15 Horrings, sardinos, anchovios, ute.16 Tunas, bonitos, maekorels, ote.17 Mullots, jaeks, sen-basses, ete.18 Sharks, rays? ote.19 Unsortcd and unidontified fishes

Altornative titles

Froshwntor fishosSnlmonoidsPlouroneetiformsGadiformsClupooidsSeombriformsOther teloostsCartilaginous fishesUnsorted and unidentifiod fishes

2 CRUSTACEAHS, lDLLUS CS AHD Or:l'HI:R IN'lJ'ERTIillRAT:CS

21 Crustaeoans22 Molluses23 Boeho-do-mor, son-urehins,

aseidians, ete.

3 YmALES

31 Bluo-whnlos, fin-whales,sperm-whalos, ote.

32 Minke-whalos, pilot-whalos, ote.

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CrustaconnsMolluses

Other invortobratos

Largo-sized eetacenns1,1odium-sizod eotaeoans

6.4 (concluded)

DIVISIONSAlternative namos

Groups

4 SEALS AHD MISCELLAUEOUS AQUATIC I,1A!I11'lALS

41 Porpoises, dolphins, etc.42 Earod se~ls, hairseals,

walrusos, etc. -43 Miocellaneous aquatic marr~als

Dolphinids

PinnipedsOthcr rnamm~ls

5 MISCELLANBOUS AQUATIC .A1UMALS ..\tm RDSID-qES

51 . Turtlcs, frogs, otc.' . (Tur"'Üos, frogs, etc.)52'. Pearls, oholls,. spanges? corals,c~c. (Poarls, shells, sponG'cs, corals,otc.)

e 6 AQUATI C PLANTS..

61 Aquatic plants Aquatic plants

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6.5 Thc revisions cf vornacular namos of species

Tho Secretary-General of ICES is collQcting fram various countries thoirlists of the vornacular names of thc various nations reportinG' data toICES.

The statistical tabulations appcarinG' ,in tho Bulletin Statistigue arein Dnglish and tho n~~os usod for ind~vidual spocios would vory likelybe based on the lists of Dnglish vornacular n~les supplied by Ireland,U.K. (Enß"land and Wales), U~K. (Scotland) and'U .K. (Northern Ireland) •

Tho Secrotary of the C~JP discussed these mattors vIi th the SecrotaryGeneral of ICDS. It appears that the ~~T might review tho quostion ofEnglish names forall TIorth Atl~tic Gpecios appearing in the statisticaltabulations of all tho intorcstccl international agoncies to ensure (i)uniforrnity botwoen IC~S, ImjAl~ and FAO. publications and (ii) oliminatovornacular vorsions which would confuso roaders within the region andalso outnido.

The following illustrates somo.of the difficulties that arise in thisfield:-

(i) The Dnglish version "torsk" for Bro~me brosme could be confusedwi th "torsk lt in Uor\-lOgian, Swedish <lnd Danish for Gadus morhua.ICNllJ!' usos It cusk" and also "tusk" could be usod for Brosmebrosme.

6.5 (concluded)

'(ii) "C<:1.tfish" is used. for Annrhich<:1.s spp. (Blennioids); thisvernnculnr name is gcnernlly used <:1.1so to rofer to certninSiluroids. The nono "Ylolffish" might be loos eonfusing.

6.6 Tho roporting of guantitios of unsorted and unidontifiod fishes

Pnragraph 47 of tho I:dinburch MeetinG reads ns folloylS e

"The Meeting nlso rocommends to governmonts thnt the qunntityof fish reported ns unsortod and unidentified should notoxcoed 10 per cent of the tot<11 nominal cnteh or 10,000metric tons whichcver is the loss. Govornmonts which havodifficultios in recording their catch in the roquired detailshould uso snmpling tochniquos to apportion the unsorted undunidentified qunntities to tho spocios or species groupsroported" •

Tho Working Group nppointod by the Statiotical Committco in 1961fel t IIthnt the compnrativel;}T Inrgo 2.mounts now shown <:1.gninGt somocountries would not eaUGe <:1.ny grent concern for tho additionnl break­do\'ffis appear to bc ava.ilnble in the nntional offi ces. Hevertholess,tho group was seriously porturbed by thc large qunntitics of unsortod orunidentifiod quantitios that, as far an tho group could ascertain, .could not bo broken down further by Franee and Spain, in particulnr.The group agroed to rcquost tho Stntistical Committoeto unke a specialploa to these countrios to tako otepG to obtnin, ovon by estimntos,at least an npproximate iridication of the species composition ofthoir unidentifiod qua.ntitios. In this connection the group urgedthat the rocoITnendations contnined in paragraph 47 of the Ddinburghmoeting should again bo brought to tho attention of the reportingcountries."

Tho Secretary of the C\~ and tho Seeretary-Gcncral of ICES are of theopinion that tho countrioG are mllicing serious efforts to improve thosituation rdth regard to the unsortcd and unidontified quantitics.The Sceretary of tho CliP has \7rJ. tton to tho countrios to aok for theircommcnts on implemonting tho reeommondations ~ppoaring in paragraph 47of the Report of tho Edinbureh l1eoting. Thc countrios who have replicdcommcnted as follows:-

Germanye Tho group "unsorted etc." includes 8,323 tons "miscellaneousfish products". The spocios from \7hich those products are made havenot been recorded separately at presont. Sinee sometimo investigationsnre under wny aiming nt allocating those cntches to individunl spociesby TIny of ostimntes.

6.6 (concluded)

Norway: Tho quantity of unidontifiod spocies in tho Norwegianfishcry statistics was only 1,860 tons (1960) out of a total catchof 1,342,813 tons landod woight, or O.G per cent. If this quantityin future years should exceed 10,000 tons, uhich I thicl~ willprobably not happen in tho naar future, V/Cl shall certo.inly havodiffieultioo in apportioninc the quantity to thc opecios reportodduo to tho problems with' catch08 intendod for industrial purpose.A füv: sar.1pling exporiments havo boen done, anu. will in allprobability o.lso bo carriod out in tho futuro. It is, howovor,not possiblo for tho mOffiont beine to say whothcr a sufficiontreliablo apportionmcnt ean bo dono in ease this should provo to benoeeGsary.

Poland: Thc quantity of fish reportod as unsortod ~~d unidontifiednevor oxcocdcd thc deadlino of 10 porcunt of tho total nominalcatch, or 10,000 motric'tons. Wo do not soc any difficultios inthis scope.

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Swoo.on:' Tho possibility of üistributing unoortod and unidontifiodfish has carlior b0011 ostimc.. tod. I rofor in 'this quostio11 toamemorandum by S. Sahlin (somo notos on "discardod fish" in thoSwedish west coaot fishorios [md, on tho group "various" in,thoSwedish fiohory s~atistics) I~S, StatisticalCommittoo No. 110.

,U.K. (England and TIalos): Tho runount of ffsh'reportod as illlsortedin the 3ngland and 'Ilv.loo sta.tistics is only just ovar l%of tho

, Cototal catch.

U.K. (Scotland): The qU3.nti ty of fish landod in Scotlandvlhichis recordod on forms STJJ;A 1D and 2 es unsort8d io woll boloTItho rGco~~cndod mnxim~~ of 1C per cont of thc total nominalentch (0;4 per cent) •

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. 6.7 Convorsion factors

Sovorai eountrios have ::mpplied thc Secretar;).r of iho GWP Yli th a' detailcdlist of tho factorn unod to convertthe InndinGs (on'o. lo.no.odwüightbv.sis) to tho live vlcight oquivnlont (l1.ominal eateh). In this eonnoctiontho attention 01' tho Statistic3.l Cornmi ttoo is drav:Yl to tho followingparagraph in tho roport 01' tho ~:~, Gocond sossion, TIashington, D.C.6-8 JunG 19G1:

"Taking into account tho dii'ficul tios of prooentinG adoquatceonversion fn.ctors of all kinds duo to eonstantly changingconditions in thc different branches of the finhing and fish~

proeossing industries of the variouo countrios fishing in thollorth Atlantic, thc Vorking Party suggeotod that while FAO shouldencourage countrios to dovclop andkcop up-to-dato Guch data andshould try to obtv.in and keep on its file such currontly uscdconvorsion faetors, FAO should not Yüt attcmpt to producc acomprehcl1sivo publieo.tion on eonversion factors."

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7. lITSC3LLAlITJOUS

7.1 ~imeliness of subnitted eomple~ed S~MrA fo~

1962 was tho ~irst time that theoe '~orms were introduced and 0.0 was tobe expeeted the countrieo nooded more tiDe than usual to adjust theiroperations to these nc~ forms and rcquiromonto. Inovitablo dölays oecurrod,howovcr it io bc oxpected that next year countrics ~ill be ablo to roturn .to FAO and:ICDS tho oomplctod ~orms more pxpmptly than in 1962.

Tho Sccrotary o~ tho C\~ has askod thc countries ~or comrnonts on v1ays andmeans to improvo tho timolinossof submitting those roports and tho~ollowing roplies hlJ.ve boen receivod on this oubject:

German;y:= "Shorter supply do.tes could only be reached by a very ~ar­

reaching simpli~icaticn of the repcrting syotom which, howevcr, wouldlose in relio.bility in such a ease. In tho Foderal Ropublic o~ Germanythe analysis of the statistics ~or internaticnal purposos has bocn

.coupled with that· of tho national statistics \7hich is analysed by thoHolliorith motllod. Thoreforo, no further simplifications will bopo::wible.

U.I(. {England and Wa1210 = As indicated in the note proparcd by thoDopartment ef Agriculture and Fishories for Scotland, the promptnossvdth uhich returns can bo submitted must dopend on the length ofnotico Civon to menbor countrios of any chansos in tho IC3S statisticalrequiromont. The additien ef laGt minute requiremonts - such as abreakdo'im by tonnage groupo Y;ould, hC\70VOr, ovon if i t ';;cro possibloto do it, dolay the submission of tho roturns for soveral months.

If tho International orGanizc;tion::nmnt data to be submittod promptlythey must ensuro that all countries know at least 0. yoar in advancoprocisoly what they havo to produco. Eut, bofore roquiroments arooxtendod, countries sheuld bo eonsultod 0.0 to vnlother thoy can ervall bc ublo to Givo tho furthor brocl:do~~ roquirod.

U,K. (Spotland): As indicatod abovo, the promptneDG with whi~hroturns can bo submittod is diroctly related tc thc length cf noticogivon to momber countrieo of any chancon in ICES statisticalroquiremonts and to the amount of additional data roquired. If 0.

dO'cision to call for more daJm io not tcl:en until lato in tho yoo.r,tho roturns for tImt yoo.r can bo complotod on tho nO"ll basio, if at all,only at tho oxponso of dolay in thoir submiooion to IrrJS.

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-:L, -(concludod)

Tho most .timo-consuming work is concornod with tho complotion of form STANA1E vorsion "EC" ~ i. o. forms on "hi ch both catch and effort imputs are to beinsertod. 10ss time-consuming vTould bo form STANA 2 ~ both versions "TS"and "ES" ~ and STANA 1E vor:üon "SC". '

To solve this vory sorious problem tile Statistical Committoo might wish toconsidor the following proposals rogarding tho deadlines for tho submissionof STANA forms covoring statisticul da ta for ,tho procoding calondar year~

(a)(b)(c)

Form STANA 2 bo~h varnions "TS" and "ES" by 31 Harch;Form STAHA 1E vorsion "SC" by 30 April;Form STANA 1J:iJ version "EC" by 30 Juno.

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This staggoring o~ the dcadlinosfor tho differont vorsions of these twoferms could bo usod.,'oxporimoiltally, oarly 1963 for rcporting 1962' calondaryear ,dataand the'resul ts, oould then bo rcported to the 'IC.JJS StatisticalCommittoeut its Octobor 1963 meeting.

The Dopartment of Fishories and Agriculturo for Scotland has mado a suggos­, tionlTorth whilo considoring: It has boon proposed that Forms STANA 1E

should bo' availablo during tho calondar year for which data is to bo,ropo:rtod. This Iwuld enablo the national offico to insert monthly dataas soon as it becomes availuble and to comploto the form during tho courseof the yoar so that its final completion would roquirc 0, minimum of timeduxirig tho second half of tho succö0~ing yoar during which the forms haveto be submitted to tho intornational agencies •

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1.2 Changes in tho design of the form

Sovoral minor changos havo'beon suggostod by tho Socretary-Gonoral of ICES~

the Socretary oftho' CviP und tho variouonationul officos. It is suggostedthat these changas are introducod vThon tho noxt printing of tho forms arerequired on Q..'Chaustion of prosont ßtocks.

Some countrioshavo alroadyindica tod thoir nood' far addi tianal singlewhito shaots (with tho printing idon.tical to the actual forms GTANA 1D andSTANA 2)~ to be usod as work~shootsfromwhich could be typod tho data to

, be insert'od Ln tho mul ti-colorod copi.es. Those work-sheats would also pro­vidoan addi tiom,l whi te copy to bo rptainod bytho national offico forrofor0nco purposes.