FFA

Bryan ScottSteve Masika

FFA

Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency

CROP agency like SPC, SOPAC

Focused on fisheries – especially Tuna

Based Honiara, Solomon Islands

Areas / Members

Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency

CROP agency like SPC, SOPAC

WCPFC Area

Tuna Value

Annual Tuna Catch Value : $US4 Billion +

Return to FFA Members : 3 – 5 %

can be >10% national GDP

Uses of Spatial Data

Vessel Monitoring System

Regional Arrangements fund dispersement

Enforcement Advise

Multi-lateral maritime operations

Management

Fishing Vessel Types

• FFA VMS uses Inmarsat C/Iridium satellites to deliver positional data

• Positional data is plotted automatically on Mapinfo.

• Vessels monitored on VMS include the following:

Purse Seine

Position update every hour

Long line

Position update every 4 hours

Pole and Line

Position update every 4 hours

Bunker(Tanker) Boat

Position update every 4 hours

Fish Carrier

Position update every 4 hours

Mobile Transceiver Units

•MTU’s relay positional data to the FFA VMS•Fitted to Manufacturers standards

• Antenna mounted with clear view of the satellite

VMS Overview

Fishing Vessel

Communication satellite

LES

Track Analysis(SMARTrac)

• Tracks coloured by speed• Distinct pattern of set and retrieve of Lines (Track Signature)

Track Analysis

• Fishing style easily noticed by the Signature

Boundaries

EEZ-200 nm

12 mile Archipelagic waters

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

On the Edge

Donut

12Nm

West TV

RFSC

Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre

Runs every day

Coordinates the larger multilateral operationsUp to 4 per year

Multiple InputsVMS, Excel Reports, Licensing, Observers, AIS

Provides targeted surveillance advise

Distributed GIS based on Google Earth

JCCFFA

FJ TV SB USN

BPC

USCG

FRNZ

AU

PPB PPB PPB

Asset

Targeted Surveillance

LICENCES LOCATION

ACTIONSOBSERVERS HISTORY

OTHERS

Compliance Index

Why Google Earth

1. Cheap

2. Simple

3. Where I do I live factor

4. Low Bandwidth

Kurukuru 2010

Countries FJ, PG, TV, CK, SB, VU, TO, NU

NZ, AU, FR, US

6 x AircraftDash-8 BPC,

AP3C AU,

P3K NZ,

C130 USCG

2 x FR Guardians

10 x Surface Assets1 x FR Frigate (HELO)

2 x FR Patrol Boats

1 x RNZN OPV (offshore patrol vessel)

5 x PPB

1 x USCG Cutter (HELO)

21 Days including prep

> 500 people involved

JCC Staff : 25

> $300,000 in fuel for PPB

2 (+) Apprehensions

> 30 Boardings

?? Contact sightings

Questions ?

Thank You