14th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
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14th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
15-May-2023 - 19-May-2023-
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14th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
Agenda items Documents 5a The tuna fishery in 2022 5b National reports 5c Longline observer program reports 5d Transshipment observer program 6 Stock assessments: 6a Potential bias on the 2020 and 2021 tropical tuna catch estimates resulting from COVID-19 6b Tropical tunas stock status indicators (SSIs) 6c Bigeye (BET) and yellowfin (YFT) tunas stock assessment: 6ci BET: exploratory analysis 6cii YFT: exploratory analysis 6d Skipjack tuna (SKJ) stock assessment 6di IATTC Regional Tuna Tagging Program 6dii 1st External Review of the SKJ stock assessment for SKJ 6diii Spatiotemporal tagging modeling for SKJ 6div SKJ stock assessment: exploratory analysis 6dv Proposed interim target and limit reference points for SKJ 6e 2nd workshop on improving the risk analysis for tropical tunas in the EPO 6f Updates from ISC WGs: 6fi Pacific bluefin tuna (PBFT) 6fii North Pacific albacore tuna (NP-ALB) 6g Other species 6gi South EPO swordfish (SWO) benchmark assessment 7 Modelling: 7a Workplan for tropical tuna Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) 7b CAPAM workshops 7c Poseidon model 8 Data collection: 8a Electronic monitoring (EM) program 8ai EM review rates (purse-seine fleet): exploratory analysis 8aii Updated staff considerations and recommendations 8b Enhanced Monitoring Program (EMP) for BET catches: 8bi Results of the pilot study and workplan for 2023 8bii Logistical aspects of data collection 8c 1st Workshop on data improvement (industrial longline fishery) 8d Improvements: Morphometric relationships and biological sampling for priority species 9 FADs: 9a Biodegradable FADs: prototypes performance 9b Report of the FADs WG 10 Ecosystem and bycatch: 10a Ecosystem considerations 10b Report of the Ecosystem and Bycatch WG 10c Dolphin research: update 10d Vulnerable species best handling practices: knowledge and research gaps 11 Sharks: 11a Silky and hammerhead sharks: impact of alternative management measures on vulnerability status (EASI-fish assessment) 11b Improvements on shark data collection for EPO coastal States: 11bi Central America: pilot study final report 11bii Others: ABNJ (phase 2) 12 Achotines Laboratory: 12a Research program and activities: future directions 13 Staff recommendations to the Commission 14 SAC recommendations to the Commission 15 Other business 16 Adjournment -
Annual summary reporting - scientific observers for longline vessels (Resolution C-19-08)
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7th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs
12-May-2023 - 13-May-2023-
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7th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs
Agenda items Documents 1 Opening of the meeting 2 Adoption of the agenda 3 Review of recommendations from the 6th meeting of the FAD Working Group 4 Advances on biodegradable FADs in the EPO 4a Biodegradable FADs: analysis of prototype performance from buoy data 4b The performance on the JellyFAD in the EPO [Moreno et al.] 5 FAD data reporting established in Resolution C-21-04 6 FAD fishery indicators 6a The fishery on FADs in the EPO 6b Updated biomass indicators from echosounder buoys 6c The Poseidon model [Vertpre et al.] 7 Initiatives to reduce impacts of FADs fishing 7a Guidelines to reduce the impact of FADs on sea turtles. [Moreno et al.] 7b Predicted origins of drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) as a source of plastic marine debris into environmentally sensitive habitats of Hawaii. [Royer et al.] 7c Preliminarily analyses of the regional database of stranded drifting FADs in the Pacific Ocean [Escalle et al.] 7d A novel FAD tracking device tested in the Pacific Ocean. [Moreno et al.] 7e Acoustic discrimination of juvenile yellowfin tuna in an offshore cage [Sobradillo et al.] 7f ISSF Workshop on different approaches to limit the number of FADs in the oceans [Restrepo et al.] 8 Latest scientific information on FADs and developments in other tRFMO 9 Conclusions and recommendations 10 Other business 11 Adjournment
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1st Meeting of the Permanent Working Group on Ecosystem and Bycatch
11-May-2023 - 12-May-2023