6th Working Group on Electronic Monitoring Standards (WGEMS06)

Meeting:

Working Party on Data Collection and Statistics (WPDCS)

Meeting year:

2026

Meeting session:

601

Date:

Mon, 13/04/2026 - 12:00 to Tue, 14/04/2026 - 16:00

Venue country/city:

Virtual/online

Location:

Virtual/online

Chairperson:

Dr Don Bromhead

Vice-Chairperson:

Dr Hilario Murua

Deadlines:

Paper titles are due 14 March 2026
Full papers are due 29 March 2026

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Documents

Meeting documents
Reference	Title	Available on	File
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-01a	Draft Agenda of the 6th ad-hoc Working Group on the development of Electronic Monitoring Programme standards (WGEMS)	30/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-01b	Draft Annotated Agenda for the 6th Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Development of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards (WGEMS)	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-02	List of Documents for the 6h Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Development of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards (WGEMS)	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-03	Ad-hoc Working Group on the development of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards Programme of Work (2026-2030)	30/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-04	Outcomes of the 28th Session of the Scientific Committee relating to the WGEMS	30/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-05	The capability of electronic monitoring to measure logbook reporting performance and improve data for scientific analysis	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-06	Improving marine fisheries transparency through electronic monitoring in the United Republic of Tanzania	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-07	An update on electronic monitoring pilot in Kenya	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-08	An update on electronic monitoring pilot in Seychelles	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-10	Testing and progressive integration of AI-assisted electronic monitoring in tropical tuna longline fisheries: operational feedback from La Réunion in the context of IOTC EMS objectives and DigiWaves	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-11	Electronic Monitoring Minimum Standards Harmonization workshop report	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-12	Using deep learning to automate the detection of bird scaring lines on fishing vessels	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-13	Deep learning methods applied to electronic monitoring data: automated catch event detection for longline fishing	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-14	Fishing event detection and species classification using computer vision and artificial intelligence for electronic monitoring	31/03/2026
IOTC-2026-WGEMS09	Employing an innovative underwater camera to improve electronic monitoring in the commercial Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery	31/03/2026

Information papers
Reference	Title	Available on	File
IOTC-2026-WGEMS06-INF01	The capability of electronic monitoring to measure logbook reporting performance and improve data for scientific analysis	31/03/2026