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28th Working Party on Tropical Tunas (WPTT28)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Tropical Tunas (WPTT)
Meeting year: 
2026
Meeting session: 
28
Date: 
Tue, 20/10/2026 - 09:00 to Sat, 24/10/2026 - 17:00
Venue country/city: 
Tenerife, Spain
Location: 
IEO-CSIC Building
Chairperson: 
Dr David Kaplan
Vice-Chairperson: 
Dr Mohamed Shimal
Deadlines: 
  • Meeting Participation Fund applications due 45 days before meeting starts (5 September 2026)
  • Paper titles  are due 30 days before the meeting starts (20September 2026)
  • Full papers are due 15 days before the meeting starts (5 October 2026)

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

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Please note that participation in IOTC meetings requires pre-approval by the Commission. If you are not from a CPC or a pre-approved observer, please consult the Observers page for details on the application process.

Meeting information documents

Title File
Information Document

Documents

Meeting Report
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-R Report of the 28th Session of the IOTC Working Party on Tropical Tunas
Datasets
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-DATA02 Annual amount of fish caught and retained 15/08/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-DATA03 Geo-referenced catch and effort data - All fisheries 22/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-DATA04 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Bigeye tuna (BET) 22/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-DATA05 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Skipjack tuna (SKJ) 22/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-DATA06 Geo-referenced size-frequency data - Yellowfin tuna (YFT) 22/09/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-DATA07 SKJ CPUE indices for 2026 18/09/2026
Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2026-WPTT26-15 Explore ocean patterns and trends at your fingertips with the newly released Indian Ocean Digital Atlas (IODA) 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-01a Agenda of the 28th Working Party on Tropical Tunas 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-01b Annotated agenda of the 28th Working Party on Tropical Tunas 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-02 List of documents for the 26th Working Party on Tropical Tunas 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-05 Revision of the WPTT program of work (IOTC Secretariat) 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-08 Port-In Entry Authorization Processes and Import Statistics for Tropical Tuna in Thailand in 2025 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-09 Tropical Tuna Catch Composition and Spatio-Temporal Distribution in the Madagascar Fishing Zone, 2024–2025 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-11 Strengthening sustainable Tuna fisheries in India: Research, Policy, and Livelihood goals 07/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-16 Preliminary study of population parameters and spawning potential ratio (SPR) of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in Indonesia 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-18 Stock Assessment of Indian Ocean skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) using Stock Synthesis (2026) 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-20 Consideration of Exceptional Circumstances for the Bigeye Tuna MP 2026 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-21 Updated schedule for a close-kin mark-recapture study on Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-22 Evaluating Sampling Logistics in the North Arabian Sea for Implementation of Close-Kin Mark-Recapture for Indian Ocean Yellowfin Tuna 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-24 Towards the Development of FAD Marking Guidelines in the IOTC 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-25Presentation Anchored FADs: Anchored FADs: relevance of the use and overall impact on juvenile tuna and the environment 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-26Presentation Is my red the same as your red? Improving the communication of stock status and support for management in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission with specific recommendations for Indian Ocean skipjack 06/10/2026
IOTC-2026-WPTT28-XX IOTC Working Paper Cover Sheet Template 21/07/2026
OTC-2026-WPTT26-15 Contrasting effects of positive and negative Indian Ocean Dipole events on skipjack tuna abundance and purse seine CPUE 08/10/2026

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