|  1  | 
                                             Opening of the meeting  | 
                                            
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                                            |  2  | 
                                             Adoption of agenda  | 
                                            
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                                            |  3  | 
                                             Review of recommendations from the 2nd meeting of the EBWG  | 
                                            
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                                            |  3a  | 
                                             Brief discussion on recommendations from 2nd Circle Hook Workshop and aim to complete Res C-19-04 (Co-chairs)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  4  | 
                                             Updates on Ecosystem and Bycatch Activities  | 
                                            
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                                            |  4i  | 
                                             SAC-16-09 Characterization of longline fleets in IATTC Convention area (IATTC Staff)  | 
                                            
                SAC-16-09
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                                            |  4ii  | 
                                             EB-03 RD-B Information about “Ring-shaped branchline (Meka-Ring) in pelagic longline fisheries and research plan (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Daisuke Ochi)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5a  | 
                                             Ecosystem  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5a.i  | 
                                             EB-03-01 Ecosystem considerations report (IATTC Staff)  | 
                                            
                EB-03-01
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                                            |  5a.ii  | 
                                             EB-03-04 Progress of the Ecocard workplan: Purpose and Development of Framework (IATTC Staff)  | 
                                            
                EB-03-04
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                                            |  5a.iii  | 
                                             Updates on deep sea mining impacts (University of Hawaii)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5b  | 
                                             Climate Change  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5bi.  | 
                                             SAC-16 INF-P Climate change staff recommendations: updated (IATTC Staff)  | 
                                            
                INF-P
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                                            |  5c  | 
                                             Elasmobranchs  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5ci.  | 
                                             SAC-16-08 List of ray species of purview to IATTC (IATTC Staff)  | 
                                            
                SAC-16-08
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                                            |  5cii.  | 
                                             Mobulid Sorting Grids update (Craig Heberer, Nature Conservancy)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5ciii  | 
                                             EB-03 RD-A Trialing shark bycatch release devices on board purse seiners in the Pacific Ocean to enhance shark survival (AZTI, ISSF)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5civ.  | 
                                             Considerations for a shark data collection program in the IATTC (IATTC staff)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5cv.  | 
                                             A shark research plan for the IATTC strategic Science Plan (IATTC staff)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5d  | 
                                             Seabirds  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5di.  | 
                                             EB-03-02 IATTC seabird action plan: Seabird distribution and associated fishery impacts (IATTC Staff)  | 
                                            
                EB-03-02
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                                            |  5dii.  | 
                                             EB-03-03 IATTC seabird action plan: A review of bycatch mitigation options, measures and use (IATTC Staff)  | 
                                            
                EB-03-03
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                                            |  5diii.  | 
                                             Predicting albatross bycatch hotspots across the North Pacific Ocean (EDF/ Tommy Clay)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5div.  | 
                                             Metapopulation distribution shapes overlap with fisheries for a circumpolar seabird (EDF/ T. Clay)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5dv.  | 
                                             Black petrel distribution and range-wide overlap with pelagic longline fisheries (Javier Quiñones Davila Peru, NZ)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5dvi  | 
                                             Testing low-coast mitigation measures to reduce albatrosses and petrels’ bycatch in the Peruvian artisanal longline fisheries in southern Peru (J. Quiñones, Peru & NZ)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5dvii  | 
                                             ACAP Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of IATTC Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds (ACAP, D. Gianuca)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5e  | 
                                             Best Handling and Release Practices (BHRP)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5ei.  | 
                                             Guidelines for best handling and release practices for vulnerable species: sharks (update SAC-16-10), sea turtles (EB-03-05), and seabirds (EB-03-06) (IATTC staff)  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5eii.  | 
                                             Best handling and release practices for sea turtles (IAC), V. Cáceres  | 
                                            
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                                            |  5eiii  | 
                                             Can releasing sharks by the tail be the best release practice? (Murua, AZTI)  | 
                                            
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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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