Shark Year (multi-year research) Program (WPEB small working group & Secretariat)

PURPOSE To provide the Scientific Committee with a draft Shark Year (multi-year research) Program, for its consideration and potential endorsement, so that the requirements of IOTC Resolution 13/06 on a scientific and management framework on the conservation of shark species caught in association with IOTC managed fisheries, may be fulfilled by the deadline specified by the Commission (2016 evaluation by the SC).