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20th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB20)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB)
Meeting year: 
2024
Meeting session: 
20
Date: 
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 09:00 to Fri, 13/09/2024 - 17:00
Venue country/city: 
Seychelles
Location: 
Eden Bleu Hotel
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 (26 July 2022) 
  • Paper titles  are due 30 days before the meeting starts (10 August 2023)
  • Full papers are due 15 days before the meeting starts (25 August 2023)

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

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Meeting information documents

Title File
20th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB)

Documents

Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-01a Draft Agenda for the 20th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch - Assessment Meeting 02/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-01b_rev3 Annotated agenda of the 20th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch Assessment Meeting 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-02_rev2 List of documents of the 20th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch Assessment Meeting 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-03 Outcomes of the 26th Session of the Scientific Committee 05/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-04 Outcomes of the 28th Session of the Commission 05/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-05 Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch 05/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-06_rev1 Progress made on the recommendations and requests of WPEB19 and SC26 05/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-07 Review of the statistical data available for bycatch species 09/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-08 Status of the 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 03/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-09 Revision of the WPEB Program of Work (2025–2029) 05/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-10 Stock assessment of the shortfin mako shark using Bayesian surplus production models 14/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-11 Regional observer scheme data on shortfin mako shark CPUE 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-12_rev1 Standardized CPUE of Shortfin Mako Shark from Indonesian tuna longline fleets in the north-eastern Indian Ocean 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-13 Exploring the spatial-temporal dynamics of standardized CPUE for shortfin mako shark caught by the Taiwanese large-scale tuna longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-14 Embracing modern methods in fisheries: an encouraging first attempt at using machine learning to monitor catches in the demersal shark longline fishery 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-15 Elasmobranchs bycatch in purse seine fishery in the Andaman Sea of Thailand 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-16 Estimation Iran’s Sharks Catch Historical Data 1950-2023 03/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-17 Estimation of Iranian fishing vessels By-catch in IOTC competence of area in 2023 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-18_rev1 Necessity to review and updating fish taxonomic guidelines in the Northern Indian Ocean 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-19 The use of wire leader by Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean and the impact of leader type on sharks 06/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-20 Effect of bait and hook types on pelagic shark by-catch and discards of tuna longline fishery in Sri Lanka 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-21 IOTC ROS Data on mitigation measures and shark catches summary 10/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-22_rev1 Proposal of an online digital ocean atlas for the Indian Ocean and a dedicated IOTC webpage on climate change and its impacts on tuna fisheries 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-23_rev1 Preliminary steps towards assessing the ecosystem impacts of fishing in the tropical Indian Ocean through a trophic modelling approach 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-24_rev1 Ecosystem Fisheries Overviews - A Pilot Product to Assess the General Applicability of IOTC Candidate Ecoregions as a Spatial Framework for developing Ecosystem-Based Advisory Products 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-25_rev1 Validating IOTC candidate ecoregions through a comparative analysis of main tuna and tuna-like species and fishing fleets 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-26 Crustacean as bycatch of tuna gillnet fishery of Pakistan 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-27_rev1 An update for 2024 on the development of IOTC BTH PRM Project 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-28_rev2 Demographic analysis for silky shark in the Indian Ocean 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-29_Rev2 IOTC lagging behind on shark conservation - an analysis of the status quo and comparison with other tuna RFMOs 03/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-30 Ecological interactions between 19 shark species in the Indian Ocean 07/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-31 Mobulids caught by French purse seiners in the western Indian Ocean between 2005 and 2023 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-32 High bycatch rates of manta and devil rays in the “small-scale” artisanal fisheries of Sri Lanka 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-33 Mobulid ray fisheries and conservation management in the Chagos Archipelago 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-34 Overview of mobulid fisheries and trade in the Indian Ocea 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-35 Progress in addressing key research to inform Mobulid ray conservation 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-36 Updated ACAP Advice on Branch line Weighting as a Mitigation Measure to Reducing the Bycatch of Albatrosses and Petrels in IOTC Pelagic Longline Fisheries 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-37_rev1 Spatio-temporal Distribution of Catch and Population Structure of Blue shark, Prionace glauca and Silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, caught by longlines in Kenya’s Exclusive Economic Zone 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-38 IWC advice on best practice guidelines for safe release and handling of cetaceans 01/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-39 Spatial and temporal dynamics of dolphin bycatch in gillnet fisheries of the Northern Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean: implications for conservation and management 05/09/2024
Information papers
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-INF01 Inputs for comprehensive bycatch management strategy evaluation in tuna fisheries 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-INF02 Undetected silky sharks in the wells of the tropical tuna purse seine fleet in the Indian Ocean 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-INF03 Best handling and release practice guidelines for sharks in IATTC fisheries 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-INF04 Safe handling and release guidelines for mobulids - updated version 31/08/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-INF05 Best Practices for the disentanglement of free-swimming small cetaceans 01/09/2024
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-INF06 Persistent declines in sightings of manta and devil rays (Mobulidae) at a global hotspot in southern Mozambique 11/09/2024
Meeting Report
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2024-WPEB20(AS)-R [E] Report of the 20th Session of the Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch 11/11/2024

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