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8th IOTC Working Group on FADs (WGFAD08)
Meeting:
IOTC ad hoc Working Group on FADs (WGFAD)
Meeting year:
2026
Meeting session:
8
Date:
Mon, 08/06/2026 - 12:00
to
Tue, 09/06/2026 - 16:00
Venue country/city:
Virtual/online
Location:
Virtual/online
Chairperson:
Dr Gorka Merino
Deadlines:
Paper titles are due 30 days before the meeting starts (9 May 2026)
Full papers are due 15 days before the meeting starts (24 May 2026)
(all submissions should be sent to IOTC-secretariat@fao.org)
Documents
Meeting Report
Reference
Title
Available on
File
IOTC-2025-WGFAD08-R
Report of the 8th IOTC Working Group on FADs
Datasets
Reference
Title
Available on
File
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-DATA01_Rev1
aggregated data from the form 3DA
01/06/2026
Meeting documents
Reference
Title
Available on
File
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-01a
Draft agenda WGFAD08
07/04/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-01b
Draft annotated agenda WGFAD08
25/05/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-02
List of documents
25/05/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-03
Outcomes of the SC28
25/05/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-04
Outcomes of the S30
25/05/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-05_Rev2
Preliminary evaluation of IOTC Form 3DA implementation and proposed improved dataflow
28/05/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-06
Preliminary assessment of the behaviour of drifting FADs during stranding events and costs of a recovery vessel at sea
26/05/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-07
2nd International Workshop on Biodegradable drifting Fish Aggregating Device
01/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-08Presentation
Report from the International workshop on mitigation of dFADloss and abandonment in the Pacific:Insights from fishing industry to communities
05/06/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-09
SEARCULAR Project: Developing New Bio-FAD Designs
28/05/2026
IOTC-2026-WGFAD08-10Presentation
e-DFAD State of play
01/06/2026