The Parties to the Nauru Agreement Office (PNAO) is seeking to hire a suitable consultant to conduct a study on misreporting in the purse seine and longline fishery in PNA waters. The work includes:

• Based on preliminary figures for May (and revised data), overall purse seine fishing effort increased with fishing intensity (fishing days/calendar day) also up and despite the decline in overall catch rate, total catch rose. Fleet concentration remained heaviest towards the north-west as El Nino conditions weakened further, and imminent ENSO-neutral conditions develop.

Tokelau (Exclusive Economic Zone) Fishing Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/278)

The Parties to the Nauru Agreement Office (PNAO) is seeking to hire a VDS/VMS Officer. The VDS/VMS Officer will provide support to the VDS Team to ensure effective and efficient administration of the VDS and related activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Based on preliminary figures for April (and revised data for recent months), overall purse seine fishing effort declined as did fishing intensity (fishing days/calendar day) and with overall catch rate broadly steady, total catch declined as fleet concentration was heaviest towards the west against weakening El Nino conditions and imminent developing ENSO-neutral conditions.