4th Meeting of the Permanent Working Group on Ecosystem and Bycatch | IATTC

4th Meeting of the Permanent Working Group on Ecosystem and Bycatch
01 Jun - 02 Jun 2026

Parent event: 17th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee

Meeting Announcement

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Meeting details

Registration link - 4th Permanent Working Group on Ecosystem and Bycatch (WGEB)

Meeting reports

Co-chairs Meeting Summary Report

Agenda

Agenda of the 4th Working Group on Ecosystem and Bycatch

	Agenda items	Documents
1	Opening of the meeting
2	Adoption of agenda
3	Review of recommendations from the 3rd meeting of the EBWG
4	Updates on Ecosystem and Bycatch Activities
5	Ecosystem
6	Climate Change
7	Elasmobranchs
8	Seabirds
9	Best Handling and Release Practices (BHRP)
10	Recommendations
11	Other business
12	Adjournment

Meeting documents

EBWG-03 Recommendations follow up - Co-Chairs document		Posted on 31 May 26
EBWG-04 Recommendations to the SAC		Posted on 05 Jun 26
EBWG-04-01 - Ecosystem Considerations		Corrected on 18 May 26 Posted on 06 May 26
EBWG-04-02 - Albatross and Petrel overlap with pelagic longline fisheries in the EPO		Posted on 23 Apr 26
EBWG-04-03 - Advancing the EcoCard Workplan: Exploring ecoregions and establishing criteria for candidate indicators		Posted on 06 May 26
EBWG-04-04 - Best Handling and Release Practices for Sea Turtles captured in IATTC fisheries		Posted on 14 Apr 26
EBWG-04-05 - Updated Seabird Best Handling and Release Practice Guidelines		Posted on 16 Apr 26
SAC-17-07 - Characterizing and Classifying Longline Fisheries in the IATTC Convention Area: Updated		Revised on 15 May 26 Posted on 27 Apr 26
SAC-17-08 - Updated Best Handling and Release Practice guidelines for sharks in IATTC fisheries		Posted on 06 May 26
SAC-17-09 - Proposed IATTC shark data collection and research plan: Follow-up on paragraphs 15 and 16 of Resolution C-25-08		Posted on 26 May 26

Informational documents

INF-A. Seabird Reporting Template	Posted on 16 Apr 26
INF-B. Notification of a template for the implementation of Resolution C-25-08 -- Conservation measures for the protection and sustainable management of sharks	Posted on 27 May 26
SAC-17- INF-K. Testing the Safety and Efficacy of Shark Bycatch Release Devices: Velcros and Harnesses	Posted on 06 May 26
SAC-17 INF-M. Updated Staff Draft Recommendations on Climate Change	Posted on 06 May 26

Presentations

4.i Characterizing and classifying longline fisheries in the IATTC Convention Area: Updated (SAC-17-07)
4.ii Potential pathways for interactions between deep-sea mining and tuna fisheries
5.i Ecosystem Considerations
5.ii Advancing the EcoCard Workplan
5.iii Persistent hotspots of billfish (by)catch pervade the high seas of the tropical Pacific Ocean
5.iv Meeting on the Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in tunaRFMOs: Advancing the Development of Ecosystem Indicators
7.i Proposed IATTC Shark Data Collection and Research Plan
7.ii Handling and survival of Silky Sharks captured in Class 4 and 5 purse seine vessels
7.iii Genetic population structure and misidentification reveal the need for regionally informed management of manta and devil rays
7.iv Identifying anthropogenic drivers of mobulid ray bycatch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) purse seine fishery
7.v A collaborative approach to collecting species-specific manta and devil ray catch data and assessing effect on post release survival
7.vii Capturas incidentales de tiburón azul en el OPO ES
8.iii Ongoing seabird work to support updates at the IATTC
8.v At-sea comparative testing of the effects of different towed objects on the aerial performance of tori lines in tuna longline fisheries
9.i A decade of monitoring Best Practices in tuna purse seine fisheries: Implications for observer data collection
9.iii Pilot study: Testing the safety and efficacy of shark bycatch release devices

Related documents

RD-A. At-sea comparative testing of the effects of different towed objects on the aerial performance of tori lines in tuna longline fisheries
RD-B. A decade of monitoring Best Practices in tuna purse seine fisheries: implications for observer data collection
RD-C. Analysis of incidental catches of blue shark in industrial longline vessels targeting swordfish in the Tropical EPO (2022-2025)
RD-D. USA suggested edits to the shark reporting template (INF-B)
RD-E. PAN proposal for the Establishment of a Billfish Working Group within the IATTC
RD-F. Statement by the Delegation of Guatemala

Background documents

Stahl et al. -- A Comprehensive Approach to Collecting Species-Specific Data and Assessing Post-release Survival on Mobulid Rays in the Hawaii Longline Fisheries