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-
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3rd Working Group on Ecosystem and Bycatch
Agenda items Documents 1 Opening of the meeting 2 Adoption of agenda 3 Review of recommendations from the 2nd meeting of the EBWG 3a Brief discussion on recommendations from 2nd Circle Hook Workshop and aim to complete Res C-19-04 (Co-chairs) 4 Updates on Ecosystem and Bycatch Activities 4i SAC-16-09 Characterization of longline fleets in IATTC Convention area (IATTC Staff) SAC-16-09 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) 5a Ecosystem 5a.i EB-03-01 Ecosystem considerations report (IATTC Staff) EB-03-01 5a.ii EB-03-04 Progress of the Ecocard workplan: Purpose and Development of Framework (IATTC Staff) EB-03-04 5a.iii Updates on deep sea mining impacts (University of Hawaii) 5b Climate Change 5bi. SAC-16 INF-P Climate change staff recommendations: updated (IATTC Staff) INF-P 5c Elasmobranchs 5ci. SAC-16-08 List of ray species of purview to IATTC (IATTC Staff) SAC-16-08 5cii. Mobulid Sorting Grids update (Craig Heberer, Nature Conservancy) 5ciii EB-03 RD-A Trialing shark bycatch release devices on board purse seiners in the Pacific Ocean to enhance shark survival (AZTI, ISSF) 5civ. Considerations for a shark data collection program in the IATTC (IATTC staff) 5cv. A shark research plan for the IATTC strategic Science Plan (IATTC staff) 5d Seabirds 5di. EB-03-02 IATTC seabird action plan: Seabird distribution and associated fishery impacts (IATTC Staff) EB-03-02 5dii. EB-03-03 IATTC seabird action plan: A review of bycatch mitigation options, measures and use (IATTC Staff) EB-03-03 5diii. Predicting albatross bycatch hotspots across the North Pacific Ocean (EDF/ Tommy Clay) 5div. Metapopulation distribution shapes overlap with fisheries for a circumpolar seabird (EDF/ T. Clay) 5dv. Black petrel distribution and range-wide overlap with pelagic longline fisheries (Javier Quiñones Davila Peru, NZ) 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) 5dvii ACAP Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of IATTC Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds (ACAP, D. Gianuca) 5e Best Handling and Release Practices (BHRP) 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) 5eii. Best handling and release practices for sea turtles (IAC), V. Cáceres 5eiii Can releasing sharks by the tail be the best release practice? (Murua, AZTI) 6 Recommendations to the Scientific Advisory Committee 7 Other business 8 Adjournment -
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Recommendations to the Scientific Advisory Committee Posted on 03 Jun 25EB-03-01 - Ecosystem considerations Posted on 30 Apr 25EB-03-02 - Seabird distribution and bycatch rates Posted on 09 May 25EB-03-03 - Seabird action plan - A review of bycatch mitigation options measures and implementations Posted on 16 May 25EB-03-04 - Progress of the EcoCard Workplan Posted on 14 Apr 25EB-03-05 - Best handling and release practice guidelines (BHRP) for sea turtles Revised on 17 May 25 Posted on 12 May 25EB-03-06 - Seabird Best Handling and Release Practice Guidelines Posted on 15 May 25SAC-16 INF-P - Climate Change Recommendations Posted on 14 Apr 25SAC-16-08 - Ray species under the purview of the IATTC Posted on 15 May 25SAC-16-09 - Characterizing and classifying longline fleets in the IATTC Posted on 15 May 25SAC-16-10 - Shark Best Handling and Release Practice guidelines for sharks in IATTC fisheries - updated Posted on 09 May 25 -
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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
9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs - annotatedAgenda 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 FAD-09-01 6 Advances on biodegradable FADs in the EPO FAD-09-02 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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FAD-09-01 - Floating object fishery indicators a 2024 report Posted on 12 May 25FAD-09-02 - Dynamics of Biodegradable and Conventional FADs in the EPO Posted on 12 May 25FAD-09-03 - Options for a FAD register Posted on 23 May 25 - Informational documents
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5th Workshop on Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) for Tropical Tunas
30 May 2025- Meeting details
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5th Workshop on Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE)
Agenda items Documents 1 Opening of the meeting 2 Adoption of agenda 3 Background presentations 4 Staff proposed candidate harvest strategy (response to paragraph 43 on Resolution C-24-01) 5 Discussion of the candidate harvest strategy 6 Overview of MSE process for tropical tunas at IATTC, including results of previous IATTC MSE Workshops (WSMSE-05-01) 7 Discussion on the elements to finalize the list of candidate harvest strategies to for the bigeye MSE 8 Summary of workshop outcomes 9 Other Business 10 Adjournment -
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SAC-16-06 - Harvest strategy for bigeye tuna in the EPO Posted on 25 May 25WSMSE-05-01 - Overview of tropical tuna MSE at IATTC Posted on 25 May 25 -
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1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Management Strategy Evaluation
31 May 2025- Meeting details
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1st Ad Hoc Working Group on Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE)
Agenda items Documents 1 Opening of the meeting 2 Election of co-chairs 3 Adoption of agenda 4 Review terms of reference from Resolution C-24-08 5 Discussion on management objectives and reference points for bigeye tuna 6 Discussion on other elements of a bigeye tuna harvest strategy 7 Other considerations for a bigeye tuna harvest strategy 8 Timeline and workplan for completion of the bigeye tuna MSE 9 Recommendations to the 16th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee 10 Other Business 11 Adjournment - Presentations
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16th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
02 Jun - 06 Jun 2025-
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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 SAC-16-01 4 Tropical tunas: stock assessments and data collection 4a Stock status indicators (SSIs) SAC-16-02 4b Yellowfin (YFT) benchmark assessment SAC-16-03 4c Skipjack (SKJ) risk assessment SAC-16-04 4d Improving the IATTC traditional purse-seine port sampling program SAC-16-05 5 Tropical tuna: development of harvest strategies 5a BET Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) SAC-16-06 5b Staff recommendations for conservation and management: tropical tunas SAC-16-11 5c Strategic Science Plan (2026-2030): workplan for stock assessments and development of harvest strategies for the tropical tunas SAC-16-07 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 SAC-16-11 7e Strategic Science Plan (2026-2030): workplan for the temperate tunas SAC-16-07 8 Ecosystem and bycatch 8a Sharks and rays 8aii. List of Ray species under the purview of the IATTC SAC-16-08 8aiii. Characterization of longline fleets in the Convention Area SAC-16-09 8aiv. Guidelines for best handling and release practices for sharks (update) SAC-16-10 8b Climate change INF-P 8bi. Report on 1st Workshop on Climate Change 8c Staff recommendations for conservation and management: ecosystem and bycatch SAC-16-11 8d Strategic Science Plan (2026-2030): workplans on ecosystem and bycatch topics SAC-16-07 8e Report of the Ecosystem and Bycatch WG 9 Staff recommendations SAC-16-11 10 Other business 11 SAC recommendations 12 Adjournment -
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Annual summary reporting - scientific observers for longline vessels (Resolution C-19-08)
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