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16th Working Party on Neritic Tunas (WPNT16)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Neritic Tunas (WPNT)
Meeting year: 
2026
Meeting session: 
16
Date: 
Mon, 06/07/2026 - 09:00 to Thu, 09/07/2026 - 17:00
Venue country/city: 
Seychelles
Location: 
UNDP office, Bel air
Chairperson: 
Dr Farhad Kaymaram
Vice-Chairperson: 
Dr Bram Setyadji
Deadlines: 
  • Meeting Participation Fund applications due 45 days before meeting starts (22 May 2026)
  • Paper titles  are due 30 days before the meeting starts (6 June 2026)
  • Full papers are due 15 days before the meeting starts (21 June 2026)

(all submissions should be sent to IOTC-secretariat@fao.org)

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Documents

Datasets
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA02 Annual amount of fish caught and retained 11/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA03 Geo-referenced catch and effort data - All fisheries 11/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA04 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Bullet tuna (BLT) 11/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA05 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Longtail tuna (LOT) 11/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA06 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Frigate tuna (FRI) 11/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA07 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Kawakawa (KAW) 11/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA08 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (COM) 11/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA09 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Indo-Pacific king mackerel (GUT) 11/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-DATA10 IOTC Conversion Factors and Morphometric Equations 11/06/2026
Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-01a Draft: Agenda of the 16th Working Party on Neritic Tunas 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-01b_rev2 Annotated agenda of the 16th Working Party on Neritic Tunas 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-02_rev2 List of documents of the 16th Working Party on Neritic Tunas 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-03 Outcomes of the 28th Session of the Scientific Committee 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-04 Outcomes of the 30th Session of the Commission 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-05 Review of current Conservation and Management Measures relating to neritic tuna species 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-06 Progress made on the recommendations and requests of WPNT15 and SC28 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-07 Overview of Indian Ocean neritic tuna and seerfish species fisheries 20/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-08 Revision of the WPNT Program of Work (2027-2031) 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-09 Analysis of Neritic Tuna in Malagasy Small-Scale Fisheries of the Mozambique Channel 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-10 Spatial and temporal variability of longtail tuna from Thai purse seine fishery in the Andaman Sea of Thailand 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-11 Artisanal fishing gears impact on King Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) along the Kenyan Coast line. 24/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-13 Trophic Dynamics and Reproductive Resilience: Implications for the Management of Kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) in Western Sri Lankan Waters 23/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-14 Stock Assessment of Indian Ocean longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol) using data-limited methods 23/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-15 Stock Assessment of Indian Ocean kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) using data-limited methods 23/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-16 Stock Assessment of Indian Ocean narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) using data-limited methods 23/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-17 An application of the Bayesian Length Interval Catch Curve Analysis (FISHBLICC) to Indian Ocean longtail tuna and (Thunnus tonggol) and narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) 23/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-19 Towards new data for neritic tuna management in the Indian Ocean: a toolbox of genetic and epigenetic approaches 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-20 Updates and Simplified Access to the IOTC Species Identification Website 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-21 A systematic approach to estimating life-history parameters under data-limited scenarios for kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) in the western and southern part of Indonesian waters 22/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WPNT16-22 Stock structure of kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) in Indonesian waters inferred from parasite communities 23/06/2026

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