Resolution 03-21 on improvements in data collection and quality assurance. Country/Territory Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Monitoring Data collection/reporting Abstract This Resolution of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), in order to improve collection and submission of accurate fishery data by Contracting and non-Contracting Parties (CPCs), imposes an obligation on them to respond to the ICCAT Survey on Statistic Collection Systems at the earliest possible date, and requires CPCs with sufficient capacity for meeting fundamental data collection, quality assurance, and reporting obligations to make voluntary contributions in proportion to their catch level, to a special fund, managed at the Secretariat. These funds will be used for training in data collection and for supporting of scientific participation in Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) data preparatory and stock assessment sessions by scientists from Parties with insufficient capacity to meet data collection, quality assurance, and reporting obligations. A plan for reinstituting ICCAT port sampling should be developed by SCRS. Full text English Website www.iccat.int