16th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
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3rd Meeting of the Permanent Working Group on Ecosystem and Bycatch
26 May - 27 May 2025 -
9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs
28 May - 29 May 2025-
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9th 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 8th meeting of the FAD Working Group 4 FAD data reporting established in Resolutions C-19-01 and C-21-04 5 FAD fishery indicators 6 Advances on biodegradable FADs in the EPO 7 FAD Register: potential benefits and modalities 8 Initiatives to reduce impacts of FADs fishing 9 Conclusions and recommendations 10 Other business 11 Adjournment
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5th Workshop on Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) for Tropical Tunas
30 May - 31 May 2025 -
16th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
02 Jun - 06 Jun 2025-
Agenda
16th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
16th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee - AnnotatedAgenda items Documents 1 Opening of the meeting 2 Adoption of agenda 3 The fishery in the EPO 3a The tuna fishery in 2024 4 Tropical tunas: stock assessments and data collection 4a Stock status indicators (SSIs) 4b Yellowfin (YFT) benchmark assessment 4c Skipjack (SKJ) risk assessment 4d Improving the IATTC traditional purse-seine port sampling program 5 Tropical tuna: development of harvest strategies 5a BET Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) 5b Staff recommendations for conservation and management: tropical tunas 5c Strategic Science Plan (2026-2030): workplan for stock assessments and development of harvest strategies for the tropical tunas 6 FADs 6a Report of the FADs WG 7 Temperate tunas and other species 7a Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF): MSE and harvest strategies (ISC and joint IATTC-WCPFC-NC WG) 7b North Pacific albacore tuna (NP-ALB): Harvest strategies (ISC) 7c South Pacific albacore tuna (SP-ALB): Harvest strategies (WCPFC) 7d Staff recommendations for conservation and management: temperate tunas 7e Strategic Science Plan (2026-2030): workplan for the temperate tunas 8 Ecosystem and bycatch 8a Sharks and rays 8aii. List of Ray species under the purview of the IATTC 8aiii. Characterization of longline fleets in the Convention Area 8aiv. Guidelines for best handling and release practices for sharks (update) 8b Climate change 8bi. Report on 1st Workshop on Climate Change 8c Staff recommendations for conservation and management: ecosystem and bycatch 8d Strategic Science Plan (2026-2030): workplans on ecosystem and bycatch topics 8e Report of the Ecosystem and Bycatch WG 9 Staff recommendations 10 Other business 11 SAC recommendations 12 Adjournment -
Informational documents
INF-C. Regional program of observers for transshipments at sea Posted on 02 Apr 25INF-D. SKJ Spatiotemporal model Posted on 07 Apr 25INF-L. Review of Research at the Achotines Laboratory Posted on 26 Mar 25INF-O. Data improvement staff recommendations - Updated Posted on 03 Apr 25 -
Annual summary reporting - scientific observers for longline vessels (Resolution C-19-08)
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