MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE 2007 COD FISHERIES March 26

MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE 2007 COD FISHERIES March 26, 2008 Conservation & Protection Division

C&P DIVISION The Conservation & Protection (C&P) Division carries out fisheries monitoring and compliancerelated work for DFO This presentation is about monitoring and compliance in 2007 cod fisheries.

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)

MONITORING – AT SEA OBSERVERS • Commercial / Stewardship fishery • 570 “sea days” by At-Sea Observers • 380 cod fishery deployments

DOCKSIDE MONITORING All stewardship cod fishery landings were subject to the Dockside Monitoring Program • Total of 100 ports in 2 J 3 KL: • 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

DOCKSIDE MONITORING Commercial cod fishery landings were also subject to the Dockside Monitoring Program • Total of 100 ports in 4 R 3 Pn: • 36 with 100% dockside monitoring • 64 with random dockside monitoring • in 3 Ps: • 37 ports with random dockside monitoring • The remaining have with 100% dockside monitoring • ~ 90% of landings (by weight) were to be physically monitored

MONITORING - FISHERY OFFICER PATROLS There are ~ 100 Fishery Officers stationed in NL Region. In 2007: Officers spent 6, 452 hours on the recreational groundfishery: 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

RECREATIONAL FISHERY MONITORING Fishery Officers recorded daily estimates, for their areas of responsibility, of: – average weight of cod caught, – average number of cod 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.

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

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - WEATHER

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY – PARTICIPATION 2007 Estimated number of participants by NAFO Division and week NAF O We D e i k v 1 We e k 2 We e k 3 We e k 4 We e k 5 Total 2 J 190 129 148 282 168 917 3 K 4, 46 1 3, 56 6 2, 85 6 2, 92 3 3, 56 1 17, 36 6 3 L 3, 19 0 3, 96 2 4, 80 6 3, 84 6 12, 4 0 2 28, 20 6 3 PN 820 564 626 336 824 3, 170 3 PS 1, 48 6 1, 76 5 1, 80 6 912 1, 20 1 7, 170 4 R 2, 63 5 3, 42 2 2, 84 4 2, 15 1 1, 28 9 12, 34 1 12, 7 13, 4 13, 0 10, 4 19, 4

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 2 J 581 363 729 1, 706 5, 085 3 K 28, 003 23, 597 20, 037 26, 289 42, 257 140, 182 3 L 28, 141 25, 669 37, 375 24, 462 110, 085 225, 733 3 PN 4, 616 2, 820 3, 326 2, 442 5, 364 18, 567 3 PS 12, 816 15, 455 14, 948 7, 448 11, 578 62, 244 4 R 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

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - LANDINGS 2007 Estimated cumulative weekly catches by NAFO Division

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - SUMMARY Summary of weather conditions, number of participants, and catches

MONITORING OF REC. FISHERY - FISH SIZE

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%

COMPLIANCE - “OCCURRENCES” • Fishery Officers recorded a total of 648 “Occurrences” (including complaints, etc) DIVISION COD OCCURRENCES Commercial /Stewardship Fishery Recreational Fishery Total 2 J 7 2 9 3 K 60 7 67 3 L 54 65 119 3 Ps 121 18 139 3 Pn 0 1 1 4 R 298 15 313 Total 540 108 648

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

COMPLIANCE - VIOLATIONS

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.

COMPLIANCE – RECREATIONAL VIOLATIONS Violations in recent NL recreational groundfisheries by year (all NL)

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

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