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16th Working Party on Methods (WPM16)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Methods (WPM)
Meeting year: 
2025
Meeting session: 
16
Date: 
Mon, 27/10/2025 - 09:00 to Tue, 28/10/2025 - 17:00
Venue country/city: 
Seychelles
Location: 
Laïla Resort, E. Coast Road, Anse Royale
Chairperson: 
Dr Hilario Murua
Vice-Chairperson: 
Dr Ann Preece
Deadlines: 
  • Meeting Participation Fund applications due 45 days before meeting starts (12 September 2025)
  • Paper titles  are due 30 days before the meeting starts (27 September 2025)
  • Full papers are due 15 days before the meeting starts (12 October 2025)

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

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Meeting information documents

Title File
Information Document

Documents

Information papers
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2025-WPM16-INF01 Is my red the same as your red? Improving the communication of stock status and support for management in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission with specific recommendations for Indian Ocean skipjack 06/10/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-INF02 Population structure of the swordfish across the Indian Ocean using next-generation sequencing 09/10/2025
Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2025-WPM16-01a Agenda of the 16th Working Party on Methods 13/08/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-01brev2 Annotated agenda of the 16th Working Party on Methods 13/08/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-02 List of documents of the 16th Working Party on Methods 13/08/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-03 Outcomes of the 27th Session of the Scientific Committee 13/08/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-04 Outcomes of the 29th Session of the Commission 13/08/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-05 Review of Conservation and Management Measures relating to methods 13/08/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-06 Progress made on the recommendations and requests of WPM15 and SC27 13/08/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-07 Revision of the WPM Program of Work (2026-2030) 13/08/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-08 Stock assessment for Kawakawa in the Andaman Sea Thailand 24/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-09 Preliminary study of length frequency analysis of skipjack tuna in Indonesia 24/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-10 Photo-Based Method for Collecting Fish Length Data of Coastal Tuna in Sri Lanka 25/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-11 Simulation testing of management procedures for Indian ocean albacore tuna based on ABC operating models 24/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-12 Running the IOTC skipjack tuna management procedure for 2025 24/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-13 Consideration of exceptional circumstances for the IOTC bigeye tuna management procedure for 2025 07/10/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-14 Review of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission bigeye tuna management procedure and its underlying management strategy evaluation 24/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-15 Consideration of exceptional circumstances for the IOTC swordfish tuna management procedure for 2025 24/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-16 Conditioning of OMs and preliminary evaluation of MPs for Indian Ocean yellowfin 24/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-17rev1 Potential for a blue shark management procedure in the Indian Ocean 24/09/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-18 Strengthening Artisanal Tuna and Tuna-like Species Data Collection in Tanzania: Bridging Geographical Gaps 01/10/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-20 Catch level projections and management benchmarks in the face of non-stationarity - an application to Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna 06/10/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-21 Consideration of Exceptional Circumstances for the skipjack tuna Management Procedure adopted by the IOTC in 2023 13/10/2025
IOTC-2025-WPM16-22 Preliminary evaluation of Seychelles longline length, catch and effort data 23/10/2025

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