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19th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch Meeting (WPEB19)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB)
Meeting year: 
2023
Meeting session: 
19
Date: 
Mon, 11/09/2023 (All day) to Fri, 15/09/2023 (All day)
Venue country/city: 
La Saline-les-Bains, Reunion, France
Location: 
Hotel le Récif
Chairperson: 
Dr Mariana Tolotti
Vice-Chairperson: 
Mr Mohammed Koya and Dr Charlene da Silva
Deadlines: 
  • Meeting Participation Fund applications due 45 days before meeting starts (28 July 2022) 
  • Paper titles  are due 30 days before the meeting starts (12 August 2023)
  •  Full papers are due 15 days before the meeting starts (27 August 2023)

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

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Meeting information documents

Title File
WPEB Information Document

Documents

Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-01a_rev1 Draft Agenda of the 19th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-01b_rev1 Draft annotated agenda of the 19th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch 30/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-02_rev2 Draft list of documents for the Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch 30/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-03 Outcomes of the 25th Session of the Scientific Committee 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-04 Outcomes of the 27th Session of the Commission 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-05 Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-06 Progress made on the recommendations and requests of WPEB18 and SC25 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-07_rev2 Review of the statistical data available for IOTC bycatch species 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-08_rev1 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 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-09 Draft WPEB Program of Work 2024-2028 25/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-10 Research prioritisation to manage sharks and rays in South African Fisheries 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-11 Gillnet tuna fisheries in the Coastal waters of India: Intensity and spatial spread of the fisheries with implications of non-target and sensitive species interactions 04/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-12 An overview on large pelagic species and Estimation of By-catch by Iranian fishing vessels (Gillnets) In IOTC competence of area in 2021 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-13 Ecosystems and bycatch in Somalia: An overview 04/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-14 Vulnerability assessment of elasmobranch species to fisheries in coastal Kenya: implications for conservation and management policies 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-16_rev1 Fins Naturally Attached the globally acknowledged best practice to prevent finning 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-17_rev1 Undetected silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) in the wells of the tropical tuna Spanish purses–seine fleet from the Indian Ocean 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-18_rev1 Post-release mortality of oceanic whitetip sharks caught by purse seiners in the Indian Ocean: POREMO project 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-19 An update on the recent development of IOTC BTH PRM Project 12/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-20 Historical standardized CPUEs of seven shark species in the Indian Ocean with preliminary catch estimation 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-21 Developing an Abundance Index of Blue Shark From a Handline Fishery in Southern Java Waters Part of Eastern Indian Ocean 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-22 SMARTSNAP: A new device to aid in the reduction of bycatch in longline fisheries 04/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-23_rev1 A review of the effectiveness of gear modifications to reduce shark bycatch mortality in longlining 04/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-24_rev3 Ecological risk assessment of cetaceans to Indian Ocean tuna fisheries 30/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-25 International Whaling Commission activities relevant to the assessment of cetacean bycatch in the Indian Ocean 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-27_rev1 Unilateral and multilateral approaches to cetacean bycatch management: risk and potential under the U.S. Marine Mammal Import Provisions Rule for IOTC Members 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-28 Drift gillnet vessels from space: leveraging low-cost methodologies for enhanced understanding of a data-poor fishery 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-29 Updated ACAP Advice on Reducing the Bycatch of Albatrosses and Petrels in IOTC Pelagic Longline Fisheries 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-30_rev1 Methods for mitigating sea turtle bycatch in longline fisheries: a meta-analysis 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-31 Turtles, TEDs, tunas, dolphins, and diffusion of innovations: key drivers of adoption of bycatch reduction devices 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-32 Assessment of the shark stock complex in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-33 Estimating trends and magnitudes of bycatch in the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean 29/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-34_rev1 Silky shark abundance index based on CPUE standardisation of French Indian Ocean tropical tuna purse seine observer bycatch data 30/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-35 Catch composition and some biological aspects of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) landed by surrounding net fishery in Sri Lanka 08/09/2023
Datasets
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA03 Nominal catches by fleet, year, gear, IOTC area and species 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA04 Catch and effort data - vessels using drifting longlines 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA05 Catch and effort data - surface fisheries 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA06 Catch and effort data - vessels using other gears (e.g., gillnets, lines and unclassified gears) 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA07 Catch and effort data - all vessels 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA08 Catch and effort data - reference file 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA09 Size frequency data - sharks 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA10 Size frequency data - reference file 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-DATA11 Equations used to convert from fork length to round weight for shark species 23/08/2023
Information papers
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF01 Identification guide for species caught in pelagic tropical fisheries - v2.1 (English version) 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF02 Note on incidents of oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris) fishing gear entanglements from the Maldives 08/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF03 Bycatch in Drift Gillnet Fisheries: a sink for Indian Ocean cetaceans 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF04 Diet composition of silky shark in the Arabian Sea, offshore waters of Pakistan 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF05 Spatio-temporal distribution of juvenile oceanic whitetip shark incidental catch in the western Indian Ocean 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF06 Identifying the drivers of silky shark distribution and an evaluation of protective measures 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF07 Biological aspects, exploitation rates, and spawning potential ratio of scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834) in Lampung Bay waters, Indonesia 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF08 Global hotspots of shark interactions with industrial longline fisheries 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF09 Phylogeny explains capture mortality of sharks and rays in pelagic longline fisheries: a global meta-analytic synthesis 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF10 Beyond Post-release Mortality: Inferences on Recovery Periods and Natural Mortality From Electronic Tagging Data for Discarded Lamnid Sharks 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF11 Preliminary recovery plan for scalloped hammerhead in the Indian Ocean 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF12 Implementing Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission: Challenges and Prospects 23/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF13 Technical mitigation techniques to reduce bycatch of sharks: there is no silver bullet 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF14 Efficacy of a novel shark bycatch mitigation device in a tuna longline fishery 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF15 New technologies to improve bycatch mitigation in industrial tuna fisheries 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF16 A comparison of catch efficiency and bycatch reduction of tuna pole-and-line fisheries using Japan tuna hook (JT-hook) and circle-shaped hook (C-hook) 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF17 A systematic review of sensory deterrents for bycatch mitigation of marine megafauna 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF18 Bycatch mitigation of protected and threatened species in tuna purse seine and longline fisheries 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF19 Multifaceted effects of bycatch mitigation measures on target/non-target species for pelagic longline fisheries and consideration for bycatch management 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF20 A decision support tool for integrated fisheries bycatch management 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF21 Bycatch-neutral fisheries through a sequential mitigation hierarchy 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF22 Spatially explicit risk assessment of marine megafauna vulnerability to Indian Ocean tuna fisheries 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF23 Regional variation in anthropogenic threats to Indian Ocean whale sharks 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF24 Policy and transparency gaps for oceanic shark and rays in high seas tuna fisheries 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF25 High bycatch rates of manta and devil rays in the “small-scale” artisanal fisheries of Sri Lanka 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF26 Comparative population genomics of manta rays has global implications for management 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF27 Assessing the effectiveness of LED lights for the reduction of sea turtle bycatch in an artisanal gillnet fishery – a case study from the north coast of Kenya 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF28 Reducing sea turtle bycatch with net illumination in an Indonesian small-scale coastal gillnet fishery 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF29 Loggerhead turtle oceanic-neritic habitat shift reveals key foraging areas in the Western Indian Ocean 24/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF30 Calculating acceptable biological catch for stocks that have reliable catch data only 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF31 The refined ORCS approach: A catch-based method for estimating stock status and catch limits for data-poor fish stocks 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF32 Scientific and Statistical committee draft report to the North Pacific fishery management council 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF33 Meeting of the Gulf of Alaska Groundfish plan team 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF34 Meeting of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish plan team 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF35 Joint Groundfish plan teams minutes 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF36 Analysis of the Marine Stewardship Council’s policy on shark finning and the opportunity for adoption of a ‘Fins naturally attached’ policy in the MSC fisheries standards review 28/08/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF37 Global prevalence of setting longlines at dawn highlights bycatch risk for threatened albatross 05/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF38 Global governance guard rails for sharks: Progress towards implementing the United Nations international plan of action 05/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF39 CCSBT Multi-year seabird strategy and its action plan - towards establishment of global risk assessment framework of seabird bycatch by tuna longliners 13/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF40 A review of mobulid ray interactions with fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean 13/09/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-INF41 Is the demand for fins driving the high capture of sharks, or are there more significantly valuable commodities? 28/08/2023
Meeting Report
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-R[E]_rev2 Report of the 19th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch 25/10/2023

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