Observer training Clause Samples

Observer training. In November 2004 a training course for IATTC observers was held in Manta, Ecuador. It was attended by 17 trainees, 11 from Ecuador and 6 from Panama. One of the Ecuadorian trainees was from the Ecuadorian national observer program.

Observer training. The IATTC staff conducted an observer training course from 27 May to 13 June 2019 in Mazatlán, Mexico, for 15 observers. In addition, the staffs of the IATTC and WCPFC conducted a training course for 15 WCPFC observers in Nauru, from 28 August to 2 September 2019, with financial support from the WCPFC.

Observer training. The IATTC staff did not conduct observer training courses for AIDCP observers during 2020. The IATTC and WCPFC conducted a training course for 17 WCPFC observers in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 27 January to 1 February 2020, with financial support from the WCPFC.

Observer training. The staffs of the IATTC and WCPFC held a training course for observers from the Kiribati national pro- gram on 23-27 April 2013 in Majuro, Republic of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islands, with 13 attendees. The IATTC staff also conducted an observer training course from 17 June to 4 July 2013 in Manta, Ecua- dor, with 2 attendees from the Ecuadorian national program and 11 from the IATTC program. The IATTC staff participated in a training session for 15 observers from the European Union observer program on 11-22 November 2013 in Santa ▇▇▇▇ de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Observer training. The IATTC staff conducted an observer training course from 13 July to 9 August 2018 in Manta, Ecuador, for 17 observers of the Tuna Conservation Group (TUNACONS), with the financial support of the Group. TUNACONS was established by several Ecuadorian companies to promote a Fisheries Improvement Pro- ject aimed at developing a Certification Process under Marine Stewardship Council standards. TUNACONS will also provide to the IATTC observer data, consistent with AIDCP standards and require- ments, from vessels under 363 t that voluntarily carry observers aboard. The IATTC staff also conducted an observer training course in Manta, Ecuador, during 12-29 November 2018, with 10 observers from the IATTC program and 5 observers from TUNACONS. In addition, the staffs of the IATTC and WCPFC conducted a training course for 14 WCPFC observers in Honiara, Solomon Islands, from 28 May to 2 June 2018, with financial support from the WCPFC. 1 At the end of 2018, one Class-6 vessel, not yet included in the IATTC Regional Vessel Register (RVR), departed from a port in the eastern Pacific without an AIDCP observer. It was included in the RVR in 2019. The flag author- ity of the vessel provided documentation indicating that, while the vessel did not make any sets in the Agreement Area in 2018, it did so after its inclusion in the RVR in 2019, but still without an AIDCP observer aboard, which means that there is no documented evidence by such an observer of the nature and scope of its activities in the Agreement Area during the trip.

Observer training. The IATTC staff conducted an observer training course from 5-22 June 2023 in Panama City, Panama, for 12 candidates for the IATTC program and one observer for PRONAOP. Four of the participants were women; indeed, it was the first time in the history of the IATTC observer program where the training courses resulted in the successful placement of a female candidate on a vessel. In addition, with financial support from the WCPFC, the staff of the IATTC and WCPFC conducted three training courses for WCPFC ROP observers, qualifying them to serve as Cross Endorsed observers while fishing in ocean waters jurisdiction of both organizations: • Funafuti, Tuvalu from 15-21 February 2023 (12 attendees) • Suva, Fiji 16-20 October, 2023 (20 attendees) • Tarawa, Kiribati from 24-28 October, 2023 (17 attendees)

Observer training. The IATTC staff did not conduct observer training courses for AIDCP observers during 2021.

Observer training. If a post-tenure review committee member will be conducting the RSI review, that committee member must complete the RSI Refresher Course. 6.1. If, in the last two years, that committee member has completed an RSI review and passed, or completed the RSI Refresher Course, they are eligible to observe without re-taking the refresher course. 6.2. Faculty who take the refresher course as part of their observer duties will be deemed to have completed the refresher course for their own RSI review schedule.

Observer training. The IATTC staff conducted an observer training course from 28 May to 8 June in Manta, Ecuador, for 17 attendees, 7 attendees from the Ecuadorian national program and 10 from the IATTC program. A second observer training course was carried out by the IATTC staff from 21 November to 8 December, in Panama, Panama, for 10 attendees, 6 of them from the IATTC program and 4 for the Panamanian national observer program. The staffs of the IATTC and WCPFC conducted an observer training course for 20 trainees of WCPFC regional observer programs. The session took place in Port Vila, Vanuatu, during 8-12 August. All costs for this training course were funded by the WCPFC.