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17th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
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    La Jolla
    8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California, USA
  • 17th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
    08 Jun - 12 Jun 2026
    • Agenda
      17th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
      17th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee - Annotated
      Agenda items Documents
      1 Opening of the meeting
      2 Adoption of agenda
      3 The fishery in the EPO
      3a The tuna fishery in 2025
      4 Tropical tunas: stock assessments and data collection
      4a Stock status indicators (SSIs)
      4b Bigeye (BET) update assessment
      4c IATTC Tropical Tuna Tagging Program: proposed collaborative workplan
      4d Development and implementation of the Integrated Port Sampling Program: update
      5 Tropical tuna: development of harvest strategies
      5a BET Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE)
      5b BET harvest strategy
      5c Staff recommendations for conservation and management: tropical tunas
      6 FADs
      6a Report of the FADs WG
      7 Temperate tunas and other species
      7a Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF):
      7a.i ISC and IATTC-WCPFC-NC Joint WG: update
      7b North Pacific albacore tuna (NP-ALB):
      7b.i ISC benchmark assessment
      7c South Pacific albacore tuna (SP-ALB):
      7c.i Joint IATTC-WCPFC-WG: update
      7d Dorado (DOR): update
      7e Staff recommendations for conservation and management: temperate tunas
      8 Ecosystem and bycatch
      8a Sharks and rays
      8a.i Characterization of longline fleets in the Convention Area: update
      8a.ii Guidelines for best handling and release practices for sharks: update
      8a.iii Proposed shark data collection and research plan for the IATTC: follow-up on paragraphs 15 and 16 of C-25-08
      8b Dolphin research: update
      8c Climate change
      8c.i Report on 2nd Workshop on Climate Change
      8d IATTC Achotines Laboratory: discussion on future activities
      8e Staff recommendations for conservation and management: ecosystem and bycatch
      8f Report of the Ecosystem and Bycatch WG
      9 Staff recommendations
      10 Other business
      11 SAC recommendations
      12 Adjournment