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22nd Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB22)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB)
Meeting year: 
2026
Meeting session: 
22
Date: 
Mon, 14/09/2026 - 09:00 to Fri, 18/09/2026 - 17:00
Venue country/city: 
La Reunion
Location: 
Hotel Le Battant des Lames, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion
Chairperson: 
Dr Charlene da Silva
Vice-Chairperson: 
Dr Philippe Sabarros & Dr Yanan Li
Deadlines: 
  • Meeting Participation Fund applications due 45 days before meeting starts (31 July 2026) 
  • Paper titles  are due 30 days before the meeting starts (15 August 2026)
  • Full papers are due 15 days before the meeting starts (30 August 2026)
  • Meeting Registration closes 5 days before meeting starts (9 September 2026)

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

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Meeting information documents

Title File
Information sheet

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Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-01a Draft Agenda for the 22nd Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch: Assessment meeting 18/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-01b_rev2 Draft Annotated Agenda for the 22nd Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch: Assessment meeting 18/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-02_rev1 List of documents for the 22nd Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch: Assessment meeting 18/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-03 Outcomes of the 28th Session of the Scientific Committee 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-04 Outcomes of the 30th Session of the Commission 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-05 Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch 01/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-06 Progress made on the recommendations and requests of WPEB21 and SC28 02/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-07 Review of the statistical data and fishery trends for ecosystems and bycatch species 30/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-07a Review of the statistical data and fishery trends for FAL, OCS, SPL 30/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-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 02/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-09 Revision of the WPEB Program of Work (2027–2031) 02/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-10_rev1 Future trajectories of the tropical Indian Ocean pelagic ecosystem under fisheries management and climate change scenarios 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-11 Assessing Seabird Interactions in the Sri Lankan Tuna Longline Fishery: An Integrated Analysis of Fishers’ Perceptions, Observer Data, and Logbook Records 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-12 Application of per-recruit and length-based data-limited assessment methods to pelagic sharks in the Indian Ocean 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-13 Shark Species Composition and Size Distribution in Indonesian Longline Fisheries Operating in the Indian Ocean 01/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-14 Estimation of shortfin mako shark discards from the South African Longline Fleet in the IOTC using the Bycatch Estimator tool 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-15_rev1 Management Procedure for blue shark in the Indian Ocean: current project status 01/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-16 Update on bycatch management and ecosystem-based fisheries management in Madagascar fisheries (case of shark and ray in small-scale fisheries sector) 01/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-17 Bycatch Presence Recorded in Purse Seine Fishing Logbooks from the Andaman Sea of Thailand 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-18_rev1 Exploratory assessment of growth, maturity and Length-Based Spawning Potential Ratio (LB-SPR) of priority shark species from Kenya’s industrial longline fishery 04/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-19 Standardized CPUE of Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) from the Taiwanese Large-Scale Tuna Longline Fishery in the Indian Ocean, 2005–2025 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-20 First insights into the use of traplines in the Portuguese pelagic longline fleet in the Indian Ocean 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-21 Optimizing tori line performance through terminal towing configurations in tuna longline fisheries 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-22 Field application and evaluation of safe-release methods for sharks bycaught in tropical tuna purse-seine fisheries 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-23 A review of technical and operational measures to mitigate bycatch of marine turtles in commercial fisheries 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-24 Sea turtle bycatch and mitigation in the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia region 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-25 CCSBT seabird risk assessment approach 07/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-26 Conservation status and Life History of Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) in the Indian Ocean 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-27_rev2 Migratory sharks and rays in the Indian Ocean: chronology of the work of IOTC, CMS and the sharks MOU, potential synergies and emerging issues 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-28 An update for 2025-2026 on the development of IOTC BTH PRM Project 11/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-29 Exploring ocean patterns and trends at your fingertips with the newly released Indian Ocean Digital Atlas 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-30 Reconstructing Historical Catch Series for Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) and Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Indian Ocean: Methodological Approaches and Uncertainty Quantification. 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-31 Using fisheries data to support the identification of Important Shark and Ray Areas: opportunities for collaboration with Regional Fishery Bodies 01/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-32 Draft report of the Indian Ocean shark research plan workshop 11/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-33 Cetacean Bycatch Mitigation Research in the Indian Ocean 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-34 Visual resources as tools for conservation and compliance of Res. 19/03 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-35_rev2 Post-release survival of silky sharks in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries under best handling practices: insights from tagging and predictive modelling 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-36_rev1 Addressing Gaps in Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna spp.) Conservation and Management in the Indian Ocean 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-37 ACAP Guidelines to measure the sink rates of baited hooks in pelagic longline fisheries using Time-Depth Recorders 02/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-38 Environmental status of silky sharks in Eastern Indian Ocean from length-based catch data 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-39_rev1 Ecological Risk Assessment of sharks in India’s artisanal fisheries: An exploratory study 02/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-40 Operation-standardized spatial and temporal analysis of marine turtle interactions in Pakistan's tuna gillnet fishery identifies a robust interaction-priority area 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-41 Exploration toward implementation of management procedures with qualitative/ semi-quantitative risk assessment approach for data-poor bycatch species relevant to the IOTC fisheries 31/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22-XX IOTC Working Paper Cover Sheet Template 25/06/2026
Information papers
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-INF01_rev1 Best practice handling guidelines master document draft 14/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-INF02 CCSBT Multi-Year Seabird Strategy 12/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-INF03 Close-kin mark recapture estimates of whale shark abundance in the Indian Ocean 14/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-INF04 Limited latitudinal ranging of juvenile whale sharks in the Western Indian Ocean suggests the existence of regional management units 17/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-INF05 Stable Isotope Analysis of Dermis and the Foraging Behavior of Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia 17/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22(AS)-INF06 CSIRO briefing to DCCEEW on Indian Ocean whale shark abundance estimates 15/09/2026
Datasets
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2026-WPEB22-DATA02 Annual amount of fish caught and retained 15/07/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22-DATA03 Geo-referenced catch and effort data - All fisheries 15/07/2026
IOTC-2026-WPEB22-DATA04 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Sharks 15/07/2026

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