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13th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB13)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB)
Meeting year: 
2017
Meeting session: 
13
Date: 
Mon, 04/09/2017 (All day) to Fri, 08/09/2017 (All day)
Venue country/city: 
San Sebastián, Spain
Location: 
EU-Spain
Chairperson: 
Dr Rui Coelho (UE,Portugal)
Vice-Chairperson: 
Dr Reza Shahifar (I.R. Iran) & Dr Ross Wanless (South Africa)
Deadlines: 

•       Meeting Participation Fund applications  (21 July 2017)
•       Paper titles (6 August 2017)
•       Full papers (20 August 2017)

(all submissions should be sent to [email protected])

 

Meeting Participation Fund

To see if you are eligible for assistance, please consult the Rules of Procedure for the administration of the IOTC MPF.
Applications should consist of:

i)      an official nomination letter;
ii)     a detailed abstract of the scientific paper to be presented; and
iii)    the contact details of the nominee (with a copy of his/her passport).

(applications should be sent to [email protected] by 21 July 2017)

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Meeting information documents

Title File
Venue and logistical information

Documents

Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-01a DRAFT Agenda of the WPEB13 16/02/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-01b DRAFT Annotated Agenda 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-02 List of documents WPEB13 10/10/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-03 Outcomes of the 19th Session of the Scientific Committee 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-04 Outcomes of the 21st Session of the Commission 14/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-05 Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch 14/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-06 Rev_1 Progress on the recommendations from WPEB12 and SC19 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-07 Review of the statistical data and fishery trends for ecosystems and bycatch species 14/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-08 Update on the implementation of the IOTC Regional Observer Scheme 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-09 Status of development and implementation of National Plans of Action for seabirds and sharks, and implementation of the FAO guidelines to reduce marine turtle mortality in fishing operations 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-10 Revision of the WPEB Program of Work (2018–2022) 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-11 Update on shark catch characteristics by national longliner fleets in Madagascar (2010-2016) 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-12 Rev_1 Iranian fishing vessels By-catch in IOTC competence of area in 2016 05/10/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-13 Estimation Iran sharks catch historical data 1950-2016 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-14 The current status and management of South Africa’s Chondrichthyan fisheries 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-15 The review of bycatch in Thailand in relation to IOTC species 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-16 Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) feeding habitat dynamics and accessibility to purse seine fisheries in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans 03/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-17 Comparing electronic monitoring system with observer data for estimating bycatch and discards on French tropical tuna purse seine vessels (CAT OOE program) 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-18 Description of the tuna gillnet capacity and bycatch in the IOTC convention area 29/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-19 Major bycatch reduction of cetaceans and marine turtles by use of subsurface gillnets in Pakistan 30/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-20 Age and growth of blue shark in the Indian Ocean 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-21 Rev_1 Estimating population growth rate for Indian Ocean blue shark (Prionace glauca) using demographic method 07/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-22 Catch reconstruction for the Indian Ocean blue shark: an alternative hypothesis based on ratios 25/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-23 Approaches to the reconstruction of catches of Indian Ocean blue shark 24/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-24 Blue shark catches and standardized CPUE for the Portuguese pelagic longline fleet in the Indian Ocean 25/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-25 Standardized catch rates in biomass for the Blue shark (Prionace glauca) caught by the Spanish surface longline fleet in the Indian ocean during the 2001-2015 period 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-26 Rev_1 Standardized CPUE of blue shark in Indonesian tuna longline fishery estimated from scientific observer data period 2005 – 2016 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-27 Standardized CPUE of Blue shark caught by the French swordfish longline fishery in the south-west Indian Ocean (2007-2016) 30/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-29 Rev_1 Revised standardized CPUE of blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Indian Ocean estimated from Japanese observer data collected between 1992 and 2016 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-30 Stock Reduction Analysis of Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) caught in the Indian Ocean 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-31 Application of JABBA (Just Another Bayesian Biomass Assessment) to Indian Ocean blue shark 10/10/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-32 Rev_1 Stock assessment of Indian Ocean blue shark (Prionace glauca) using Bayesian Pella-Tomlinson production model 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-33 Stock assessment blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Indian Ocean using Stock Synthesis 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-34 Rev_1 Modelling the oceanic habitats of Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), implications for conservation and management 30/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-35 Fishery indicators for shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) caught by the Portuguese pelagic longline fishery in the Indian Ocean: Catch, effort, size distribution and standardized CPUEs 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-36 Rev_1 Marine Turtles of Sri Lanka; Status, Issues, Threats and Conservation Strategies 05/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-37 Rev_1 Bycatch records of sea turtles obtained through Japanese Observer Program in the IOTC Convention Area 09/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-38 Joint Analysis of Sea Turtle Mitigation Effectiveness: Final Report (Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project) 04/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-39 Update on the seabird component of the Common Oceans Tuna Project – seabirds bycatch assessment workshops (Birdlife South Africa) 26/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-40 Rev_1 Cetacean bycatch in the western Indian Ocean: an updated review of available information in coastal gillnets, tuna purse-seine and pelagic longline fisheries 22/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-41 Rev_1 Southern Hemisphere porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) stock status assessment 23/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-42 Rev_1 Main results of the Spanish Best Practices program: evolution of the use of Non-entangling FADs, interaction with entangled animals, and fauna release operations 30/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-43 Identifying areas, seasons and fleets of potential highest bycatch risk to South Georgia Albatrosses and Petrels 18/08/2017
Datasets
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA03 Nominal catches per Fleet, Year, Gear, IOTC Area and species 07/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA04 Catch and effort data - vessels using drifting longlines 07/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA05 Catch and effort data - surface fisheries 07/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA06 Catch and effort data - vessels using other gears (e.g., gillnets, lines and unclassified gears) 07/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA07 Catch and effort data - all gears 07/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA08 Catch and effort – reference file 07/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA09 Size frequency data - sharks 07/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA10_Rev1 Size frequency – reference file 07/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA11 Data for the Stock Assessment of Blue shark 23/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA12 Equations used to convert from fork length to round weight for shark species 07/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA13 Standardization of Blue shark CPUE by Portuguese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 21/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA14 Standardization of Blue shark CPUE by Japanese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 27/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA15 Standardization of Blue shark CPUE by French (Reunion) longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 02/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA16 Standardization of Blue shark CPUE by Indonesian longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 04/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA17 Standardization of Blue shark CPUE by Spanish longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 07/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA18 Alternative BSH catch series for assessment 25/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-DATA19 Standardization of Blue shark CPUE by Taiwan,China longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 11/08/2017
Information papers
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF01 Final summary report of the stock status of oceanic whitetip sharks and CITES-listed hammerhead sharks based on the results of the IOTC/CITES Shark Data Mining Workshop 05/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF02 A guide to landing shark species with fins naturally attached 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF03 A review of capture and post-release mortality of elasmobranchs 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF04 Technical mitigation measures for sharks and rays in fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species: turning possibility into reality 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF05 Selecting ecosystem indicators for fisheries targeting highly migratory species 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF08 Updated and revised standardized catch rate of blue sharks caught by the Taiwanese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 05/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF09 Colonization of drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs) in the Western Indian Ocean, assessed by fishers’ echo sounder buoys 23/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF09 Report of the Joint Meeting of Tuna RFMOs on the Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management 07/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF10 How does a biodegradable FAD look like? evaluating biodegradable ropes to be used at FADs 23/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF10 Arabian Humpback and Baleen Whale sighting along the Pakistan Coast: Information Generated Through WWF Pakistans Fishing Crew Observer Programme 07/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF11 Colonization of drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs) in the Western Indian Ocean, assessed by fishers’ echo sounder buoys 05/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF12 Moving away from synthetic materials used at FADs: evaluating biodegradable ropes to be used at FADs 05/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF13 Pilot project to test biodegradable components at FADs in real fishing conditions in the western Indian Ocean 05/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF14 The role of taboos in the protection and recovery of sea turtles 05/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF15 2017 Arabian seas conservation sharks rays chimaeras 11/10/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF16 SeaTurtleBycatchMitigationin U.S.LonglineFisheries 06/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF17 Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Shark Post-Release Mortality Tagging Studies 07/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-INF18 Redevelopment of the Bycatch Management Information System (BMIS): status and future work plan including integrating regional bycatch data summaries 07/09/2017
Meeting Report
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2017-WPEB13-R Report of the 13th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch 07/02/2018

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