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Opening of the meeting—9 am PST |
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| 2 |
Adoption of agenda |
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| 3 |
Review of recommendations from the 1st meeting of the Ecosystem and Bycatch Working Group (EBWG) |
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| 3a |
Brief discussion on circle hook size to resolve C-19-04 (Co-Chairs) |
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| 4 |
Updates on Ecosystem and Bycatch Activities |
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| 5a |
Ecosystem |
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| 5a1 |
Ecosystem considerations report (L. Fuller, IATTC Staff) |
EB-02-01
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| 5a2 |
Review of t-RFMO ecosystem research to inform a workplan on EcoCards for the EPO (L. Fuller, IATTC Staff) |
EB-02-02
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| 5a3 |
Inputs for holistic bycatch management strategy evaluation (E. Gilman, Blue Ocean Institute) |
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| 5a4 |
Spatio-temporal distribution of the richness of large pelagic fishes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Buenfil-Avila, Aura et al, Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CICIMAR, Mexico) |
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| 5b |
Climate Change |
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| 5b1 |
A climate change workplan for the IATTC (D. Crear, IATTC Staff) |
SAC-15-12
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| 5c |
Elasmobranchs |
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| 5c1 |
List of shark species of purview to IATTC (re: Res C-23-07) (SAC 15-09, S. Griffiths, IATTC Staff) |
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| 5c2 |
Silky Shark conceptual model (B. Talwar, The Nature Conservancy & Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) |
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| 5c3 |
Progress in Mobulid ray conservation: A collaboration with the US Fleet. (Moreno/Cronin, ISSF) |
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| 5ciii. |
Trialing shark bycatch release devices on board purse seiners in the Pacific Ocean to enhance shark survival (AZTI, ISSF) |
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| 5c4 |
Environmental variability affects the distribution of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) caught in the eastern Pacific Ocean (M. Martinez et al., Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CICIMAR, Mexico) |
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| 5d |
Seabirds |
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| 5d1 |
Synthesizing a network of evidence on a seabird bycatch mitigation measure prescribed by regional fisheries management organizations (M. Chaloupka & E. Gilman, Blue Ocean Institute) |
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| 5d2 |
Seabird bycatch mitigation trials in U.S. Pacific Ocean longline fisheries (A. Ishizaki-West Pac Fish Mgt Council, US) |
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| 5e |
Best practices |
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| 5e1 |
Best handling and releasing practices: roadmap for vulnerable species (EB 02-03, M. Hutchinson, IATTC Staff) |
SAC-15-11
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| 5e2 |
Best handling and release practices for sharks in IATTC fisheries (re: Res C-23-07) (SAC 15-11, M. Hutchinson, IATTC Staff) |
EB-02-03
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| 5e3 |
Selective sorting grids for improved best handling and release practices of large mobulid rays in tropical tuna purse seiners (J. Murua, AZTI, ISSF, Duke Univ.) |
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| 5e4 |
Updated best handling and release practice guidelines for vulnerable species in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries (J. Murua, AZTI, ISSF) |
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| 5e5 |
Mobulid post-release survival in purse seine fisheries: Implications for best handling and release practices (J. Stewart, The Manta Trust) |
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| 6 |
Recommendations to the Scientific Advisory Committee |
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| 7 |
Other business |
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| 8 |
Adjournment |
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