- Objectives
- Use of Achotines Laboratory as support for a wide array of research activities under the Strategic Science Plan
- Improved links among early life history research, stock assessment and management of tropical tunas under a changing climate
- Increased use of the Laboratory as support for IATTC’s capacity-building activities
- Background
- A long-term (5-10 years) plan to strengthen and diversify the research program of the Laboratory is needed beyond 2020
- The Director Coordinator of Scientific Research and members of the Early Life History Group have identified areas of research emphasis to be expanded and diversified
- Planning will include improvements in infrastructure, optimal utilization of human resources and identification of new sources of funding
- The development of the plan will also include staff internal review, review by SAC, and external review of the draft plan and research programs of the Laboratory
- Relevance for management
- The plan will strengthen links among early life history research, stock assessment and management of tropical tunas
- The plan will improve the use of the Laboratory to develop a program of great return value to IATTC Members and the goals of the Antigua Convention
- Duration
- 16 months. The plan will be developed during 2020 and 2021, and the implementation of the plan will extend long-term (5-10 years)
- Workplan and status
- November 2021 draft plan completed
- Mid-2022 staff internal review of the plan
- Late 2022 external review of plan
- Late 2022 final plan developed with initial implementation of plan
- In March 2021, a grant was awarded to the Achotines Laboratory by the Panamanian Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT) for 2 years of funding for infrastructure and equipment improvements at the Achotines Laboratory.
- May 2023 Early Life History Group will present an overview of the plan at SAC-14 meeting
- External collaborators
- Independent reviewers
- Deliverables
- Final plan developed by staff
New sources of funding for infrastructure improvements
