Monitoring and Compliance - 2007 Cod Fisheries

March 26, 2008

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Slide 1: Monitoring and Compliance - 2007 Cod Fisheries - March 26, 2008 - Conservation & Protection Division

Slide 2: C&P Division

The Conservation & Protection (C&P) Division carries out fisheries monitoring and compliance-related work for DFO

This presentation is about monitoring and compliance in 2007 cod fisheries.

Slide 3: How did we monitor cod fisheries?

Commercial/Stewardship fishery:

1. At-Sea Observers
   
2. Dockside Monitoring Program
   
3. Fishery Officers (land, sea and air)

Recreational fishery:

1. Fishery Officers (land, sea and air)
   

Slide 4: At Sea Observers

• Commercial / Stewardship fishery
• 570 “sea days” by At-Sea Observers
• 380 cod fishery deployments

Slide 5: Dockside Monitoring

All stewardship cod fishery landings were subject to the Dockside Monitoring Program

• Total of 100 ports in 2J3KL:
  • 36 with 100% dockside monitoring
  • 64 with random dockside monitoring
• Monitoring performed by Fish Harvesters’ Resource Centre
• ~ 90% of landings (by weight) were to be physically monitored

Slide 6: Dockside Monitoring

Commercial cod fishery landings were also subject to the Dockside Monitoring Program

• Total of 100 ports in 4R 3Pn:
  
  • 36 with 100% dockside monitoring
  • 64 with random dockside monitoring
• in 3Ps:
  • 37 ports with random dockside monitoring
  • The remaining have with 100% dockside monitoring
  • ~ 90% of landings (by weight) were to be physically monitored

Slide 7: Monitoring Fishery Officer Patrols

There are ~ 100 Fishery Officers stationed in NL Region.

In 2007:

Officers spent 6,452 hours on the recreational groundfish fishery:

4,460 patrol hours and 1,992 hrs on other activities
2,051 vessel checks and 4,599 persons checked

Officers spent 16,266 hours on the commercial / stewardship cod fishery:

5,984 patrol hours and 10,274 on other activities (mostly investigations)
949 vessel checks and 1185 persons checked

Slide 8: Recreational Fishery Monitoring

Fishery Officers recorded daily estimates, for their areas of responsibility, of:

• average weight of cod caught,
• average number of cod per person,
• average number of persons per boat, and
• number of boat trips made.

Estimates based on observations during patrols, knowledge of local area, and on other available information.

Information on weather conditions, patrols and inspections also recorded.

Slide 9: Recreational Fishery Monitoring

Fishery Officer information was rolled up by Detachments on a weekly basis, and sent to RHQ for roll-up.

Slide 10: Monitoring of Rec. Fishery Weather

Slide 11: Monitoring of Rec. Fishery - Participation 2007

Estimated number of participants by NAFO Division and week

NAFO Div	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Total
2J	190	129	148	282	168	917
3K	4,461	3,566	2,856	2,923	3,561	17,366
3L	3,190	3,962	4,806	3,846	12,402	28,206
3PN	820	564	626	336	824	3,170
3PS	1,486	1,765	1,806	912	1,201	7,170
4R	2,635	3,422	2,844	2,151	1,289	12,341
ALL	12,782	13,408	13,086	10,450	19,445	69,170

Slide 12: Monitoring of Rec. Fishery - Landings 2007

Estimated total weight of cod landed (kg) by NAFO Division and week

NAFO Div	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Total
2J	581	363	729	1,706	1,706	5,085
3K	28,003	23,597	20,037	26,289	42,257	140,182
3L	28,141	25,669	37,375	24,462	110,085	225,733
3PN	4,616	2,820	3,326	2,442	5,364	18,567
3PS	12,816	15,455	14,948	7,448	11,578	62,244
4R	15,154	24,827	19,186	12,628	6,069	77,865
ALL	89,311	92,730	95,600	74,974	177,059	529,675

Slide 13: Monitoring of Rec. Fishery - Landings 2007

Estimated cumulative weekly catches by NAFO Division

Slide 14: Monitoring of Rec. Fishery - Summary

Summary of weather conditions, number of participants, and catches – All NL

Slide 15: Monitoring of Rec. Fishery - Fish Size

Slide 16: Monitoring of Rec. Fishery - Inspection Rates

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Totals
Est. # persons participating	12,782	13,408	13,086	10,450	19,445	69,170
Est. # of boat trips	4,743	5,105	4,885	3,944	7,823	26,500
# of persons checked	930	519	756	540	1854	4,599
# of boats checked	362	237	323	227	902	2,051
Fisher inspection rate	7.3%	3.9%	5.8%	5.2%	9.5%	6.6%
Boat inspection rate	7.6%	4.6%	6.6%	5.8%	11.5%	7.7%

Slide 17: Compliance - "Occurrences"

• Fishery Officers recorded a total of 648 “Occurrences” (including complaints, etc)

Slide 18: Compliance - Violations

There were a significant number of violations detected in both the commercial / stewardship fishery and the recreational cod fishery.

Slide 19: Compliance - Violations

Compliance Violations

	Division	Charges Laid of Pending	Seizures - Persons Unknown	Written Warnings	Total
Commercial & Stewardship	2J 3k 3L 3PS 4R SubTotal	- 6 3 32 44 85	- - 9 1 1 11	7 34 10 25 223 299	7 49 14 57 268 395
Recreational Cod	3K 3L 3PN 3PS 4R SubTotal	6 41 2 9 9 67		2 14 7 7 30	8 55 2 16 16 97
	Grand Total	152	11	329	492

Slide 20: Compliance - Violations

The 64 charges laid in the commercial / stewardship fishery arising from only 25 separate incidents, and were for:

• fishing during close time
• failing to tend gear, or leaving gear out after season,
• landing fish without having it monitored, and
• registration / licence.

The 56 charges in the recreational fishery arose from 28 separate incidents, and were for:

• fishing during close time and
• exceeding daily bag limits
• Illegal buy / sell.

Slide 21: Compliance - Recreational Violations

Violations in recent NL recreational groundfish fisheries by year (all NL)

Slide 22: Summary - Recreational Fishery

• Well monitored with high compliance
• Relatively short time-frame manageable
• Positive response from public and enforcement personnel