US_Canada_ALB_Treaty_Data_Exchange_2021_final


1	Table 3. Distribution of Canadian and U.S. Albacore Troll and Pole-and-Line Fleet Fishing Effort in the North Pacific Ocean 1
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3		Canadian Fleet 1							U.S. Fleet11
4	Year	Number of vessels/months allowed to fish in US EEZ	Number of vessels that fished in US EEZ 3	Number of vessels that fished in Canadian EEZ5	Vessel Months Used 4	Fishing Effort in US EEZ (boat fishing days) 2	Fishing Effort in Canadian EEZ (boat fishing days) 2	Fishing Effort on high seas (boat fishing days) 2	Number of vessels allowed to fish in Canadian EEZ 6	Number of vessels that fished in US EEZ7,8	Number of vessels that fished in Canadian EEZ 7, 8	Fishing Effort in US EEZ (boat fishing days) 10	Fishing Effort in Canadian EEZ (boat fishing days) 10	Fishing Effort on high seas (boat fishing days) 10, 11

5	1995	Unlimited	9	175	N/A	191	5,535	197	Unlimited	472	71	1,461	960	6,786
6	1996	Unlimited	83	90	N/A	4,222	2,813	1,130	Unlimited	658	6	3,574	14	10,229
7	1997	Unlimited	59	67	N/A	1,972	1,010	1,339	Unlimited	1160	46	4,520	570	10,838
8	1998	Unlimited	91	92	N/A	3,234	1,274	1,507	Unlimited	838	3	3,042	26	8,834
9	1999	Unlimited	176	162	N/A	4,316	1,689	965	Unlimited	772	19	12,560	273	7,859
10	2000	Unlimited	184	131	N/A	6,738	1,189	842	Unlimited	707	12	8,883	67	4,970
11	2001	Unlimited	207	176	N/A	7,697	1,754	570	Unlimited	929	15	9,280	75	5,560
12	2002	Unlimited	200	124	N/A	7,207	686	431	Unlimited	696	31	8,132	212	3,552
13	2003	Unlimited	177	119	N/A	7,111	892	425	Unlimited	782	9	10,919	126	2,395
14	2004	170 vessels or 680 vessel fishing months	202	172	627	7,551	2,125	266	170 vessels or 680 vessel fishing months	727	21	11,079	213	1,184
15	2005	140 vessels or 560 vessel fishing months	154	196	410	5,309	2,940	315	140 vessels or 560 vessel fishing months	552	31	9,943	316	914
16	2006	125 vessels or 500 vessel fishing months	139	148	396	4,500	1,401	342	125 vessels or 500 vessel fishing months	615	32	9,883	96	1,043
17	2007	94 vessels or 376 vessel fishing months	119	191	368	4,809	2,081	12	94 vessels or 376 vessel fishing months	651	14	10,713	135	233
18	2008	94 vessels or 376 vessel fishing months	122	79	338	4,993	360	420	94 vessels or 376 vessel fishing months	477	39	7,947	327	1,031
19	2009	110	107	116	N/A	5,722	675	143	Historical level	655	27	12,002	262	719
20	2010	110	109	153	N/A	3,848	2,887	559	Historical level	609	51	10,542	342	1,961
21	2011	110	108	146	N/A	6,549	1,771	285	Historical level	640	30	13,619	117	941
22	2012	0	0	174	N/A	0	5,084	890	0	816	^	14,636	^	380
23	2013	45 vessels	43	181	N/A	1,870	4,299	296	Historical level	703	21	12,242	229	452
24	2014	45 vessels	44	156	N/A	1,774	2,944	27	Historical level	617	35	11,425	659	116
25	2015	45 vessels	43	161	N/A	1,435	3,792	17	Historical level	574	39	10,770	549	186
26	2016	45 vessels	43	151	N/A	1,892	3,407	60	Historical level	569	31	12,280	251	213
27	2017	45 vessels	45	101	N/A	2,865	1,343	770	Historical level	518	15	11,293	39	1,287
28	2018	45 vessels	45	118	N/A	2,228	1,924	44	Historical level	452	26	10,255	476	363
29	2019	45 vessels	42	119	N/A	1,621	2,008	253	Historical level	554	16	10,108	416	546
30	2020 9	45 vessels	34	103	N/A	573	2,506	187	Historical level	401	31	7,050	707	804
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32	Data Sources and Notes:
33		1 Effort in different zones are based on logbook records, where locations are self-reported by vessels.
34		2 Estimates of Canadian effort in boat fishing days are expanded using the methodology described in Stocker et al. (2007: CTRFAS 2701). 1995-2011 data from Canadian Tuna Database version 13.02.11
35		3 Number of vessels that fished in US EEZ: 1995-2008 data from Canadian Tuna Database version 13.02.11, 2009-2011 data from DFO Pacific Licensing System
36		4 Vessel Months during 1995-2011 used data from Canadian tuna database v. 13.02.11
37		5 Number of vessels that fished in Canadian EEZ: 1995-2011 data from Tuna Database version 13.02.11
38		6 Although the historical level of fishing effort for the US fleet was permitted in the Canadian EEZ during 2009-2011, the historical level of fishing effort is not presently quantified.
39		7 Number of US vessels that fished in US or Canadian EEZs are not expanded.
40		8 Number of US vessels that fished in US or Canadian EEZs refers to vessels that recorded fishing days in those zones in their logbooks and do not include vessels that only had transit days. Where logbook coverage rate is less than 100%, it is assumed that all US vessels that landed fish, had fished in the US EEZ
41		9 Preliminary data subject to change. Canadian data from Canadian tuna database version 20.12.31
42		10 Estimates of US effort in US EEZ, Canadian EEZ and high seas in boat fishing days are expanded and calculated by multiplying the proportion of reported logbook effort in each zone by the estimated annual effort. Estimation of annual effort has changed in 2017 (Documented in ISC working paper ISC17/STATWG/WP-1)
43		11 Proportion of US effort in high seas zone was estimated from logbook data, and includes effort in U.S. EEZ off Alaska.
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45		* = no data, ^ = confidential data (less than 3 vessels)