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Special Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (SS4)

Meeting: 
Special session of the Commission
Meeting year: 
2021
Meeting session: 
4
Date: 
Mon, 08/03/2021 - 11:00 to Fri, 12/03/2021 - 15:00
Venue country/city: 
By Zoom videoconference. The Commission will meet for 4 hours per day for 5 days.
Location: 
Start time for the meeting will be 11 am Seychelles time, which, across the global span of Members ranges from 7 am in the United Kingdom to 6 pm in (Canberra) Australia.
Chairperson: 
Vice-Chairperson Ms Jung-re Riley Kim (Rep. of Korea)
Vice-Chairperson: 
Mr Adam Ziyad (Maldives)
Objective: 

The Special Session will focus on the sustainability of the yellowfin tuna fishery and addressing deficiencies relating to the harvest control rule for skipjack tuna, in particular, paragraph 11 of Resolution 16/02.

 

 

Summary: 

The data (YFT catches 2014-2019) used to produce the summary tables in Circular 2020-55_Rev1 is available here.

 

A revised version (rev2, March 12 2021) of the catch calculations requested by the Commission on Thursday are available [here]

 

Please note: All participants are requested not make real-time comments related to discussions of the Commission on which no final decision by the Commission has been taken to the public, in particular, via social media. No recording of the Commission’s deliberations or quoting delegates is permitted. This is to facilitate freedom of deliberations to fruitful conclusion during the session. The official conclusions of the meeting will be publicly available in the report adopted by the Commission, which will be made available online.

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Meeting information documents

Title File
Invitation to a Special Session of the IOTC
IOTC Zoom Meetings - how to participate - SS4

Documents

Meeting Report
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2021-SS4-R Report for the 4th Special Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission 23/04/2021
CMM Proposals
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2021-SS4-list of CMM proposals in prep List of CMM proposals in preparation v22Jan 08/01/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-PropA_Rev1 REVISED - On a minimum conservation reference size for Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna in the IOTC area of competence (Sri Lanka) 05/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-PropB_Rev1 On an interim plan for rebuilding the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock in the IOTC Area of Competence (European Union) 10/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-PropC_Rev1 On an interim plan for rebuilding the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock in the IOTC Area of Competence (Maldives) 10/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-PropD_Rev1 On management of fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the IOTC Area of Competence (Kenya et al) 10/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-PropE On an interim plan to rebuild the yellowfin tuna stock (PropB&C merged) 11/03/2021
Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2021-SS4-01a Provisional agenda v7January 07/01/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-01b SS4 agenda v2March 03/03/2021
NGO Statements
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF02 GTA Position Statement 14/01/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF03 ISSF Position-Statement-January-2021 05/02/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF04 PEW Statement to the Special Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission 12/02/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF05 Blue and IPNLF position statement in advance of the Special Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission 15/02/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF06 Key Traceability Position Statement from the Indian Ocean Tuna longline FIP to IOTC re YFN 2021 23/02/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF07 WWF_Position_IOTC_SS4 23/02/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF08 BMF et al - IOTC Special Session Aligned recommendation 24/02/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF09 ISSF et al - IOTC Special Session Aligned recommendation 24/02/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF10 Greenpeace statement to IOTC SS4 02/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF11 Letter of support for Prop D on FAD management (IPNLF et al) 04/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF14 Pew letter- RFMO Virtual Meeting Recommendations 09/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF15 Letter from IPNLF member Marks & Spencer in support of proposals submitted for SS4 09/03/2021
Reference Documents
Reference Title Available on File
Circular 2020-55_rev1 CORRECTION Table of allocated catch limits for yellowfin tuna 09/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF12 SC Chairs presentation 08/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-INF13 Presentation on catches under Resolution 19/01 08/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-Statement01 Statement from Mauritius on credentials 02/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-Statement02 Statement on the matter of Credentials from the United Kingdom 04/03/2021
IOTC-2021-SS4-Statement03 Note Verbale No2 from the Republic of Mauritius 05/03/2021

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