| 1 |
Opening of the meeting |
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| 2 |
Adoption of the agenda |
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| 3 |
Review of recommendations from the 11th meeting of the Bycatch Working Group |
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| 3a |
Brief update regarding outcome of 2022 circle hook workshop, with goal to resolve C-19-04 (Co-Chairs) |
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| 4 |
Member country updates on Ecosystem and Bycatch Activities |
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| 5 |
Presentations |
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| 5a |
Ecosystem |
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| 5a1 |
Deep Sea Mining: update on developments and relevance to the IATTC (Ocean Foundation) |
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| 5b |
Elasmobranchs |
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| 5b1 |
Shark post release survival rates and management implications in longline fisheries (Hutchinson, IATTC Staff) |
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| 5b2 |
Improving conservation and management of sharks in the EPO and ensuring compatibility with other regional fisheries management organizations in the Pacific (Shaw, Canada) |
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| 5b3 |
Assessing reported shark and ray catch in industrial fisheries: A global review to inform assessment and conservation (Cronin, Univ. of California Santa Cruz) |
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| 5b4 |
Progress in addressing key research to inform Mobulid ray conservation in the Pacific Ocean" (Moreno, ISSF) |
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| 5b5 |
Exploring helicopter vessel communication for Mobulid bycatch avoidance (Waldo, UC Santa Cruz) |
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| 5c |
Sea Turtles |
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| 5c1 |
Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFAD) & sea turtle interactions in the open ocean (Escalle, ISSF). |
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| 5d |
Seabirds |
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| 5di |
A proposal to develop an IATTC seabird work plan (Gianuca, Birdlife International). |
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| 5dii |
Best practices |
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| 5d1 |
Overview of knowledge and data gaps of best practices for vulnerable species in IATTC fisheries: recommendations for future research (Hutchinson, IATTC Staff) |
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| 5d2 |
Role of electronic monitoring in best practices, in particular non-retention fisheries (Heberer, TNC) |
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| 5d3 |
Evaluating best practices and releasing tools for protected species in purse seiners (Grande, AZTI) |
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| 5d4 |
Sea Turtle handling and best practices in Central America (Andraka/Parga, SUBMON, ECOPacific +) |
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| 6 |
Relevant information papers (No presentation) |
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| 6a |
Purse-seine indicators for silky sharks in the EPO (IATTC staff) |
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| 6b |
Ecosystem considerations (IATTC staff) |
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| 6c |
Vulnerability status for silky and hammerheads in the EPO: EASI-fish assessment (IATTC staff) |
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| 6d |
Adjusting time-of-day and depth of fishing provides an economically viable solution to seabird bycatch in an albacore tuna longline fishery (Gilman et al 2023) |
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| 7 |
Recommendations to the Scientific Advisory Committee |
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| 8 |
Other business |
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| 9 |
Adjournment |
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