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26th Session of the Scientific Committee (SC26)

Meeting: 
Scientific Committee (SC)
Meeting year: 
2023
Meeting session: 
26
Date: 
Mon, 04/12/2023 (All day) to Fri, 08/12/2023 (All day)
Venue country/city: 
Mumbai, India/ Hybrid
Location: 
Hotel St Regis/ Online
Chairperson: 
Dr. Toshihide Kitakado
Vice-Chairperson: 
Dr. Denham Parker
Objective: 

As this is a credentialled meeting, no online registration has been made available. Meeting invitations will be sent to participants who are included in official lists of credentials provided to the Secretariat.

Deadlines: 
  •     Meeting Participation Fund (20 October 2023)
  •     Scientific Paper titles (4 November 2023)
  •     Full papers and National Reports (19 November 2023)

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

Meeting Participation Fund

To see if you are eligible for assistance, please consult the Rules of Procedure for the administration of the IOTC MPF.
Applications should consist of:

i)      an official nomination letter;
ii)     confirmation of submission of the National Report to be presented (if required); and
iii)    the contact details of the nominee (with a copy of his/her passport).

(applications should be sent to [email protected] by (20 October 2023)

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Meeting information documents

Title File
Information Document

Documents

Meeting Report
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-SC26-R_Rev1 Report of the 26th Session of the IOTC Scientific Committee 29/01/2024
Executive Summaries
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES01_rev1 Albacore tuna 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES02 Bigeye tuna 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES03 Skipjack tuna 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES04 Yellowfin tuna 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES05 Southern bluefin tuna 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES06 Bullet tuna 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES07 Frigate tuna 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES08_rev1 Kawakawa 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES09_rev1 Longtail tuna 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES10 Indo-Pacific King mackerel 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES11 Narrow barred Spanish mackerel 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES12 Black marlin 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES13 Blue marlin 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES14 Striped marlin 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES15 Indo-Pacific Sailfish 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES16_rev1 Swordfish 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES17 Blue shark 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES18 Oceanic whitetip shark 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES19_rev1 Scalloped hammerhead shark 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES20_rev1 Shortfin mako shark 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES21_rev1 Silky shark 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES22_rev1 Bigeye thresher shark 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES23 Pelagic thresher shark 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES24 Marine turtles 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES25 Seabirds 27/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-ES26 Cetaceans 27/11/2023
Information papers
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-SC26-INF01 Update on the Common Oceans Tuna Project, November 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-INF02 Untangling the Net of ‘Bycatch’ in Commercial Shark Fisheries: The Interplay between International Fisheries Law and CITES 21/11/2023
Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-SC26-01a Draft Agenda of the SC26 26/10/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-01b_Rev1 Draft Annotated Agenda of the SC26 03/12/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-02_Rev1 List of documents for the SC26 22/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-03 Outcomes of the 6th Special Session and 27th Session of the Commission 27/10/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-04 Previous decisions of the Commission 27/10/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-05 Report of the Secretariat for 2023 24/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-06 Status of development and implementation of NPOAs 28/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-07_rev2 Update on the implementation of the ROS 28/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-08 Science Program of Work 14/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-09_Rev1 Proposed schedule of meetings 2024-2025 14/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-10 Progress on Recommendations from SC25 14/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-11 A close-kin mark-recapture pilot study for Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna 21/11/2023
National Reports
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR01 Australia: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR02 Bangladesh: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR03_Rev1 China: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR04 Comoros: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR06 EU: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR06_Annexes Annex 1 - 3: EU 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR07 France (OT): National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR08 India: National Report 03/12/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR09 Indonesia: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR10 Iran: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR11 Japan: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR12 Kenya: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR13 Korea: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR14 Madagascar: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR15 Malaysia: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR16 Maldives: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR17_Rev1 Mauritius: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR19 Oman: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR20_Rev1 Pakistan: National Report 03/12/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR21 Philippines: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR22 Seychelles: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR24 South Africa: National Report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR25 Sri Lanka: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR25_Annexes Sri Lanka Annexes (1 - 5) 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR27 Tanzania: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR28_rev1 Thailand: National report 2023 21/11/2023
IOTC-2023-SC26-NR29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: National report 2023 21/11/2023
Reference Documents
Reference Title Available on File
Statement Statement by France OT 04/12/2023
Statement Statement by the Republic of Mauritius 01/12/2023
Reports from other meetings
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2022-WPTmT08-R Report of the 8th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Temperate Tunas 30/11/2023
IOTC-2023-TCMP06-R Report of the 6th session of the TCMP 30/11/2023
IOTC-2023-WGEMS03-R Report of the 3rd meeting of the ad hoc Working Group on Electronic Monitoring Standards 30/11/2023
IOTC-2023-WGFAD05-R Report of the 5th meeting of the Working Group on FADs 30/11/2023
IOTC-2023-WPB21-R Report of the 21st Session of the IOTC Working Party on Billfish 30/11/2023
IOTC-2023-WPEB19-R Report of the 19th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch 30/11/2023
IOTC-2023-WPM14-R Report of the 14th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Methods 30/11/2023
IOTC-2023-WPNT13-R Report of the 13th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Neritic Tunas 30/11/2023
IOTC-2023-WPTT25-R Report of the 25th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Tropical Tunas 30/11/2023

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