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12th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB12)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB)
Meeting year: 
2016
Meeting session: 
12
Date: 
Mon, 12/09/2016 (All day) to Fri, 16/09/2016 (All day)
Venue country/city: 
Seychelles
Location: 
STC conference centre, Victoria
Chairperson: 
Dr Rui Coelho (UE,Portugal)
Vice-Chairperson: 
Dr Reza Shahifar (I.R. Iran) & Dr Ross Wanless (South Africa)
Summary: 

DEADLINES

•       Applications for the Meeting Participation Fund are due no later than 45 days before the commencement of the session (29 July 2016)
•       Paper titles for consideration during the WPEB meeting are due no later than 30 days before the commencement of the session (13 August 2016)
•       Papers for consideration during the WPEB meeting are due no later than 15 days before the commencement of the session (28 August 2016)

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

Meeting Participation Fund

To see if you are eligible to an assistance under the MPF, please consult the Rules of procedure for the administration of the IOTC meeting participation fund.
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).

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Meeting information documents

Title File
Meeting Information

Documents

Meeting Report
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-R[E] Report of the 12th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch 21/09/2016
Datasets
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA01 Bycatch datasets available 16/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA02 Shark Species data catalogues 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA03 Data for Stock Assessment of Blue shark 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA04 rev_1 Nominal catches per Fleet, Year, Gear, IOTC Area and species 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA05 Catch and effort data - vessels using drifting longlines 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA06 Catch and Effort - Surface fisheries 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA07 Catch and effort data - vessels using other gears (e.g., gillnets, lines and unclassified gears) 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA08 Catch and effort data - all gears 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA09 Catch and Effort - reference 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA10 Size frequency – All shark species 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA11 Equations used to convert from fork length to round weight for shark species 03/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-DATA12 Size frequency – reference file 03/08/2016
Information papers
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF01 Pacific-wide bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus) sustainability status assessment 09/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF02 Trial Application of the BDEP Template for Summarizing Bycatch Data 09/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF03 Rev_2 Southern Hemisphere Porbeagle Stock Status Assessment – an update 09/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF04 Blue Shark catches reported to the IOTC Secretariat, and a review of current estimation procedures 12/09/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF05 Compendium of ISSF at-sea bycatch mitigation research activities as of July, 2016 19/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF06 The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels 27/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF07 Examination of factors affecting seabird bycatch occurrence rate in southern hemisphere in Japanese longline fishery with using random forest 08/09/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF08 Modelling of bycatch occurrence rate of seabirds for Japanese longline fishery operated in southern hemisphere 08/09/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF09 Operational pattern of Japanese longliners in the south of 25S in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean for the consideration of seabird bycatches 08/09/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF10 Information of seabirds bycatch in area south of 25 S latitude in 2010 from 2015 08/09/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-INF11 Bycatch analysis of tuna gillnet fisheries of Pakistan: An analysis of bycatch data from 2013-2015 12/09/2016
Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-01a Agenda of the WPEB12 10/02/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-01b Annotated Agenda 16/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-02 List of documents 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-03 Outcomes of the 18th Session of the Scientific Committee 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-04 Outcomes of the 20th Session of the Commission 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-05 Review of current CMMs 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-06 Progress on the recommendations from WPEB11 and SC18 25/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-07 Rev1 Review of the statistical data and fishery trends for ecosystems and bycatch species 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-08 Improvements to the IOTC database 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-09 Rev1 Update on the implementation of the IOTC ROS 29/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-10 Rev_1 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 25/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-11 WPEB programme of work for 2017-2021 25/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-12 Iranian fishing vessels bycatch in IOTC area of competence in 2015 19/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-13 Rev_1 Trace elements in oceanic pelagic communities in the Western-Central Indian Ocean 29/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-14 Progress of tuna regional fisheries management organizations in applying ecosystem-based fisheries management 23/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-16 Rev1 Estimating the composition and capture status of bycatch using Chinese longline observer data in the Indian Ocean 28/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-17 Composition and abundance of pelagic sharks caught by Indonesian drifting gillnet fisheries in the Indian Ocean 28/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-18 Estimates of intrinsic rate of population change and steepness for blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Indian Ocean 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-19 Preliminary standardized CPUE of blue shark in the Indonesian tuna longline fishery estimated from scientific observer data, for the period 2005 – 2014 25/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-20 Rev_1 Status of the Shark Fishery Ban in the Maldives and the Implementation of the National Plan of Action on Sharks, - An update with notes on marine turtles 05/09/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-21 Update of the Portuguese pelagic sharks research program in the Indian Ocean, including samples and data up to 2015 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-22 Rev_1 Growth, mortality and exploitation rates of shark species caught as bycatch in small-scale tuna fisheries in coastal Kenya 28/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-23 Rev_1 Identification of fourteen pelagic shark species of the Indian ocean occurring around Sri Lanka; using morphological characters of their fins 14/09/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-24 Shark caught by Thai tuna longline in the Indian Ocean during 2014-2015 28/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-25 Rev1 Using FADs to estimate a population trend for the oceanic whitetip shark in the Indian Ocean 28/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-26 Hooking mortality of oceanic whitetip sharks caught in a pelagic longline fishery targeting swordfish in the SW Indian Ocean: comments on the efficiency of no-retention measures 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-27 Results from the First WCPFC Workshop on Joint Analysis of Sea Turtle Mitigation Effectiveness 19/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-28 A status update of seabirds in the IOTC area 05/09/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-29 Interaction between seabirds and Spanish surface longline targeting swordfish in the Indian Ocean (≥ 25º South) during the period 2011-2015 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-30 Scoping Paper: Approaches for Measuring and Monitoring the Effectiveness of Seabird Conservation Measures in SBT Longline Fisheries 19/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-31 ACAP seabird bycatch indicators, data needs, methodological approaches and reporting requirements 27/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-32 Data collection opportunities for assessing the use and effectiveness of seabird conservation measures 29/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-33 Rev_1 Lumo leads: a new, safe seabird mitigation device for pelagic longline fisheries 28/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-34 ACAP advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing operations on seabirds 27/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-35 Depredation in the Portuguese pelagic longline fleet in the Indian Ocean 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-36 Preliminary Analysis and Data Development for Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) Catch Reconstruction 29/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-37 Progress report on data mining for CITES-listed species, stock status and review of mitigation measures for Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) 29/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-38 Update of standardized CPUE of blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Indian Ocean estimated from Japanese observer data between 1992 and 2015 26/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-39 Mitigation of Silky Shark Bycatch in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries (ISSF) 28/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-40 Bycatch of the commercially important species of the tuna gillnet fisheries of Pakistan 29/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-41 Addendum to the seabird identification cards for fishing vessles operating in the Indian Ocean 28/08/2016
IOTC-2016-WPEB12-42 Incidental catch of seabirds and sea turtles by Taiwanese longline fleets in the Indian Ocean between 2009 and 2015 26/08/2016

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