- Objectives
- Staff participation in development of the south Pacific blue shark assessment
Understand the assessment results, and communicate them to the Commission - Background
- The assessment is for blue shark in the south Pacific covered by both the IATTC and the CPPS
The IATTC staff provides data and advice for the assessment - Relevance for management
- The IATTC uses the results of the assessment to provide management advice
- Duration
- 5 years: 2022-2026
- Workplan and status
- A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the IATTC and the CPPS for the mutual goal of doing a stock assessment for the blue shark in the south EPO, the following activities are planned, they will be implemented by CPPS with assistance from the IATTC staff:
2022 – Coordination meeting (September 2022)
2023 – Workshop about the fisheries for blue shark
2024 – Workshop on the conceptual model for blue shark and data
2025 – Workshop on stock assessment of blue shark
2026 – Workshop on management strategy evaluation - External collaborators
- Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur (CPPS), the focal point is Dr. Patricio Barría (IFOP-Chile), chair of the Comité Científico y Técnico PAR-Tiburón
- Deliverables
- Report to SAC meetings
- Updated date: 01 Mar 2024
- Progress summary for the reporting period
- A workshop for building a conceptual model for the stock is planned for the second semester of 2024
- Challenges and key lessons learnt
- The main challenge is the time availability for the staff to dedicate to the work