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15th Working Party on Billfish (WPB15)

Meeting: 
Working Party on Billfish (WPB)
Meeting year: 
2017
Meeting session: 
15
Date: 
Sun, 10/09/2017 (All day) to Thu, 14/09/2017 (All day)
Venue country/city: 
San Sebastián, Spain
Location: 
EU-Spain
Chairperson: 
Dr Tsutomu ‘Tom’ Nishida (Japan)
Vice-Chairperson: 
Dr Evgeny Romanov (EU,France)
Summary: 

DEADLINES

•       Applications for the Meeting Participation Fund are due no later than 45 days before the commencement of the session (27 July 2017)
•       Paper titles for consideration during the WPB meeting are due no later than 30 days before the commencement of the session (11 August 2017)
•       Papers for consideration during the WPB meeting are due no later than 15 days before the commencement of the session (26 August 2017)

(all submissions should be sent to [email protected])

Meeting Participation Fund

To see if you are eligible to an assistance under the MPF, please consult the Rules of procedure for the administration of the IOTC meeting participation fund.
Applications should consist of:

i)      an official nomination letter;
ii)     a detailed abstract of the scientific paper to be presented; and
iii)    the contact details of the nominee (with a copy of his/her passport).

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Meeting information documents

Title File
Meeting venue and logistical information

Documents

Meeting Report
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2017-WPB15-R[E] Report of the 15th Working Party on Billfish 11/10/2017
Datasets
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA01 Billfish datasets available 01/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA02 IOTC Species data catalogues – availability of datasets 01/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA03_Rev2 Nominal Catches per Fleet, Year, Gear, IOTC Area and species 24/05/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA04 Catch and effort data - vessels using drifting longlines 24/05/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA05 Catch and effort data - surface fisheries 24/05/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA06 Catch and effort data - vessels using other gears (e.g., gillnets, lines and unclassified gears) 24/05/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA07 Catch and effort data - all gears 24/05/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA08 Catch and effort – reference file 24/05/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA09 Size frequency data - billfish species 24/05/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA10_Rev1 Size frequency – reference file 24/05/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA11_Rev1 Data for the stock assessment of Swordfish 14/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA12_Rev1 Data for the stock assessment of Striped Marlin 11/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA13 Standardization of Swordfish CPUE by Portuguese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 23/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA14 Standardization of Swordfish CPUE by Taiwanese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 25/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA15 Standardization of Striped Marlin CPUE by Taiwanese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 25/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA16 Standardization of Swordfish CPUE by Japanese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 27/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA17 Standardization of Striped Marlin CPUE by Japanese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 27/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA18 Standardization of Striped Marlin CPUE by Iranian gillnet fishery in the Indian Ocean 27/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA19 Standardization of Striped Marlin CPUE by Pakistani gillnet fishery in the Indian Ocean 27/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA20 Standardization of Swordfish CPUE by Indonesian tuna longline fishery in the Indian Ocean (2005-2016) 31/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA21 Standardization of Striped Marlin CPUE by Taiwanese gillnet fishery in the Indian Ocean (1986-1992) 01/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA22 Standardization of Swordfish CPUE by Spanish longline fishery in the Indian Ocean (2001-2015) 04/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA23 Standardised CPUE indices for swordfish from South Africa domestic fleet (2004-2016) 21/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-DATA24 Equations used to convert from fork length to round weight for Billfish species 01/08/2017
Information papers
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2017-WPB15-INF01 Determination of swordfish growth and maturity relevant to the southwest Pacific stock 19/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-INF02_Rev1 JABBA: Just Another Bayesian Biomass Assessment for Indian Ocean swordfish 10/09/2017
Meeting documents
Reference Title Available on File
IOTC-2017-WPB15-01a Agenda of the 15th Working Party on Billfish 01/06/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-01b Annotated agenda of the 15th Working Party on Billfish 14/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-02 List of documents of the 15th Working Party on Billfish 14/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-03 Outcomes of the 19th Session of the Scientific Committee 08/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-04 Outcomes of the 21th Session of the Commission 09/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-05 Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to billfish 10/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-06 Progress made on the recommendations and requests of WPB14 and SC19 11/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-07_Rev1 Review of the statistical data and fishery trends for billfish species 26/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-08 Revision of the WPB Program of Work (2018–2022) 16/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-09 A brief overview of the large pelagic in Iran with the emphasis on billfish by-catches of the Iran gillnet fishery in the IOTC area (2012- 2016) 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-10_Rev1 Exploring the spatial distribution to analyze the spatial variability of catch compositions of three major billfish species; Sword fish (Xiphias gladius), Black marlin (Makaira indica) and Sail fish (Istiophorus platypterus) from high sea multi-day f... 08/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-11 Billfishes landings in Southwestern Indian Ocean by Malaysian tuna longliners 11/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-12_Rev1 The review of landing billfishes in Phuket ports, Thailand 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-13_Rev1 Facilitating the acquisition of catch-and-effort and size data from sports fisheries in the western Indian Ocean 26/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-14 Swordfish catches by the Portuguese pelagic longline fleet in 1998-2016 in the Indian Ocean: catch, effort and standardized CPUEs 26/07/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-15 Standardised CPUE indices for Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from the Indonesian tuna longline fishery 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-16 Updated standardized catch rates of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) caught by the Spanish surface longline fleet in the Indian ocean during the 2001-2015 period 24/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-17 CPUE standardization of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) caught by Taiwanese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-19 CPUE standardization of the Indian Ocean Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) by Japanese longline fisheries: Using negative binomial GLMM and zero inflated negative binomial GLMM to consider vessel effect 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-20_Rev1 An age-, sex- and spatially-structured stock assessment of the Indian Ocean Swordfish fishery 1950-2015, using stock synthesis 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-21 Stock assessment of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Indian Ocean using A Stock-Production Model Incorporating Covariates 26/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-22_Rev1 Stock assessments of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Indian Ocean using Statistical-Catch-At-Age (SCAA) 29/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-23 Model diagnostic for Stock Synthesis in the assessment of the Indian Ocean swordfish (Xiphias gladius) 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-24 Stock Assessment of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) of the Indian Ocean using a Bayesian Surplus Production Model 14/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-26_Rev2 An online tool to easily run stock assessment models, using SS3 and SWO as an example 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-27_Rev1 Management strategy evaluation for Indian Ocean Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) based on data limited methods 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-28 Preliminary results from an assessment of genetic population structure for Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) in the Pacific and Indian oceans 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-29_Rev1 CPUE standardization of Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) caught by Taiwanese longline fishery in the Indian Ocean 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-30 Estimations of Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) of Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) caught by gillnet fleets in the Indian Ocean 01/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-31 CPUE standardization of the Indian Ocean Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) by Japanese longline fisheries: Using negative binomial GLMM and zero inflated negative binomial GLMM to consider vessel effect 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-32_Rev1 Stock assessment of Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) in the Indian Ocean using the Stock Synthesis 31/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-33 Stock assessments of Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) in the Indian Ocean using A Stock-Production Model Incorporating Covariates 26/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-34 Stock Reduction Analysis of Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) caught in the Indian Ocean 28/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-35 Stock assessment of Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) of the Indian Ocean using a Bayesian Surplus Production Model 14/09/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-36 Increased billfish by-catches of the Seychelles industrial longline fishery 25/08/2017
IOTC-2017-WPB15-37_Rev2 Standardization of the catch per unit effort for Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) for the South African longline fishery 25/08/2017

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