16th Regular Session of the Scientific Committee

Location:
Online
Meeting Dates:
-
Arrangements:
Not provisional
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Link to the SC16 Online Discussion Forum - https://forum.wcpfc.int/

The Online Discussion Forum is scheduled to close at 12:00 (noon Pohnpei time) on 10 August 2020.

Online meeting invitations will be emailed to registered and approved SC16 meeting participants during Monday 10 August 2020.

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Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
WCPFC17-2020-SC16 SC16 Summary Report
Secretariat
WCPFC17-2020-SC16-01 Outcomes Document (28August) - Rev.02
Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
WCPFC16-2019-09 An overview of progress in developing WCPFC Harvest Strategies
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-10 Using performance indicators to select a management procedure for skipjack (update of SC15-MI-WP-09)
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-11 Using the PIMPLE software to explore skipjack performance indicators
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-14 Current and projected stock status of WCPO skipjack tuna to inform consideration of an updated target reference point (update of SC15-MI-IP-09/MOW3-WP-03)
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-15 Minimum Target Reference Points for WCPO yellowfin and bigeye tuna consistent with alternative LRP risk levels, and multispecies implications (update of SC15-MI-WP-01)
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-16 Results of Initial Evaluations of Management Procedures for Skipjack (update of SC15-MI-WP-05)
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-17 Evaluation of CMM 2018-01 (update of SC15-MI-WP-11)
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-19 Alternative Trajectories to achieve the South Pacific albacore interim TRP (Update of SC15-MI-WP-02)
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-20 Performance indicators for comparing management procedures for South Pacific albacore using the MSE modelling framework (update of SC15-MI-WP-03)
SPC-OFP
WCPFC16-2019-IP-08 Trends in the South Pacific Albacore Longline and Troll Fisheries (update of SC15-SA-WP-08)
SPC-OFP
Working Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
SC16-ST-IP-01 Estimates of annual catches in the WCPFC statistical area
P. Williams
SC16-ST-IP-02 Status of observer data management
Peter Williams, Aurélien Panizza, Colley Falasi, Epa Loganimoce and Emmanuel Schneiter
SC16-ST-IP-03 An update on cannery data with potential use to the WCPFC (24July) - Rev.02
P. Williams
SC16-ST-IP-04 Project 60: Progress towards achieving SC15 recommendations
T. Peatman, P. Williams, S. Nicol
SC16-ST-IP-05 USA purse seine catch composition
T. Peatman
SC16-ST-IP-06 Project 90 update: Better data on fish weights and lengths for scientific analyses
J. Macdonald, P. Williams, C. Sanchez, E. Schneiter, M. Ghergariu, M. Hosken, A. Panizza, T. Park
SC16-ST-IP-07 Report of the DCC Meeting for the Review of Longline Electronic Monitoring (EM) Data Fields
SPC, FFA, PNAO
SC16-ST-IP-08 Electronic Reporting and Electronic Monitoring Implementation Status – July 2020
SPC, PNAO, and FFA
SC16-ST-IP-09 Comparing Electronic Monitoring and human observer collected fishery data in the tropical tuna purse seine operating in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
H. Murua, M. Herrera, J. Morón, F. Abascal, G. Legorburu, M. Hosken, M. Roman, A. Panizza, M. Wichman, G. Moreno, V. Restrepo
SC16-ST-IP-10 Estimation of variability in Purse Seine transhipment weights
M. Hosken, F. Blaha, F. Lasi
SC16-ST-IP-11 Updated longline bycatch estimates in the WCPO
T. Peatman and S. Nicol
SC16-ST-IP-12 Available data on Cetacean interactions in the WCPFC longline and purse seine fisheries (21July) - Rev.01 (Updated paper is now at SC17-ST-IP-10 )
P. Williams, G. Pilling and S. Nicol
SC16-ST-IP-13 Group Seine Operations of Philippine Flagged Vessels in High Seas Pocket 1 (HSP1)
Isidro C. Tanangonan, Marlo B. Demo-os, Jeric S. Jara, Rafael V. Ramiscal, Alma C. Dickson
SC16-ST-IP-14 Estimation of Post-Harvest Losses of Fish Transported Using Ice-chilled Carrier Boats from High Seas Pocket 1
Ulysses M. Montojo, Virginia H. Delos Santos, Camille M. Narida, Ivy Y. Febreo, Deserie M. Peralta, Riza Jane S. Banicod, and Omar M. Sabal
Working Papers
Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
SC16-SA-WP-01 A compendium of fisheries indicators for target tuna stocks in the WCPFC Convention Area (24July) - Rev.01
S. Hare, G. Pilling, P. Williams
SC16-SA-WP-02 Age and growth of yellowfin and bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean from otoliths
J. Farley, K. Krusic-Golub, P. Eveson, N. Clear, F. Roupsard, C. Sanchez, S. Nicol, J. Hampton
SC16-SA-WP-03 Stock assessment of bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean (30July) - Rev.03
N. Ducharme Barth, M. Vincent, J. Hampton, P. Hamer, P. Williams, G. Pilling
SC16-SA-WP-04 Stock assessment of yellowfin tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean (31July) - Rev.03
M. Vincent, N. Ducharme Barth, P. Hamer, J. Hampton, P. Williams, G. Pilling
SC16-SA-WP-05 Stock Assessment of Albacore Tuna in the North Pacific Ocean in 2020
ISC
SC16-SA-WP-06 Stock Assessment of Pacific Bluefin Tuna in the Pacific Ocean in 2020
ISC
Information Papers
Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
SC16-SA-IP-01 Development in the MULTIFAN-CL software 2019-20
Nick Davies, Dave Fournier, Fabrice Bouyé, and John Hampton
SC16-SA-IP-02 Report from the SPC pre-assessment E-workshop, Noumea, April 2020
P. Hamer and G. Pilling
SC16-SA-IP-03 Integrated growth models from otolith and tagging data for yellowfin and bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean
P. Eveson, M. Vincent, J. Farley, K. Krusic-Golub, J. Hampton
SC16-SA-IP-04 Analysis of tag seeding data and reporting rates for purse seine fleets
T. Peatman
SC16-SA-IP-05 Analysis of tagging data for the 2020 tropical tuna assessments: tagger and condition effects
J. Scutt Phillips, T. Peatman, M. Vincent, S. Nicol
SC16-SA-IP-06 Background analyses for the 2020 stock assessments of bigeye and yellowfin tuna
M. T. Vincent, Nicholas Ducharme-Barth, Paul Hamer
SC16-SA-IP-07 Analysis of Pacific-wide operational longline dataset for bigeye and yellowfin tuna catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE)
N. Ducharme-Barth and M. Vincent
SC16-SA-IP-08 Developing yellowfin tuna recruitment indices from drifting FAD purse seine catch and effort data.
T. Vidal and P. Hamer
SC16-SA-IP-09 Assessing trends in skipjack tuna abundance from purse seine catch and effort data in the WCPO (22July2020) - Rev.01
T. Vidal, P. Hamer, L. Escalle and G. Pilling
SC16-SA-IP-10 Preliminary analysis and simulation of tag mixing and it’s implication on the assessment of WCPO skipjack tuna
J. Scutt Phillips, I Senina, E van Sebille, A. sen Gupta, T. Peatman, S. Nicol
SC16-SA-IP-11 Trends in the south Pacific albacore longline and troll fisheries
S. Hare, G. Pilling, P. Williams, and the WCPFC Secretariat
SC16-SA-IP-12 Data review and potential assessment approaches for Mobulids in the WCPO
Laura Tremblay-Boyer, Katrin Berkenbusch
SC16-SA-IP-13 Southwest Pacific striped marlin stock projections to evaluate CMM 2006-04
S. Hare, P. Hamer, G. Pilling
SC16-SA-IP-14 The application of genetics and genomics to Pacific fisheries by SPC and implications for the WCPFC Tuna Tissue Bank
G. Anderson, J. Hampton, J. Macdonald, S. Nicol, J. S. Phillips.
SC16-SA-IP-15 Preliminary analyses for a Close Kin Mark Recapture feasibility study in WCPO
M. Bravington, J. Farley, J. Hampton, S.Nicol
SC16-SA-IP-16 Connectivity of tuna and billfish species targeted by the Australian Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery with the broader Western Pacific Ocean
Evans, K., Grewe, P., Foster. S, Gosselin, T., Gunasekera, R., Fitchett, M., Holdsworth, J., Lam, C. H., Lansdell, M., Lutcavage, M., Meredith, S., Roupsard, F., Ruchimat, T., Sarau, S., Tam, C. and Wichman, M
SC16-SA-IP-17 Report on the bomb radiocarbon age validation workshop for tuna and billfish in the WCPO (24July) - Rev.01
J. Farley, A. Andrews, N. Clear, J. Hampton, T. Ishihara, K. Krusic-Golub, J. MacDonald, K. Okamoto, K. Satoh, A. Williams
SC16-SA-IP-18 Analysis of purse-seine and longline size frequency data for bigeye and yellowfin tuna in the WCPO
T. Peatman, N. Ducharme Barth, M. Vincent
SC16-SA-IP-19 Relative abundance of yellowfin tuna for the purse seine and handline fisheries operating in the Philippines Moro Gulf (Region 12) and High Seas Pocket #1 (24July) - Rev.01
Keith Bigelow, Elaine Garvilles, Lilian Garcia, Suzette Barcoma and Maria Angelica Cecilio
SC16-SA-IP-20 Draft research plan for ‘key’ tuna species in the WCPO
SPC-OFP
SC16-SA-IP-21 Southwest Pacific Striped Marlin Population Biology (Project 99)
Jessica Farley, Kyne Krusic-Golub, Keller Kopf
Working Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
SC16-MI-IP-01 Additional trajectories to achieve the South Pacific albacore interim TRP
G. Pilling
SC16-MI-IP-02 Developing the monitoring strategy for the WCPFC harvest strategy for WCPO skipjack
J. Singh, F. Scott, R. Scott and N. Yao
SC16-MI-IP-03 Results of re-evaluations of management procedures for skipjack tuna in the WCPO
R. Scott, F. Scott, G. Pilling, J Hampton
SC16-MI-IP-04 Retrospective CPUE forecasting for the south Pacific albacore
N. Yao, R. Scott, F. Scott, J. Singh
SC16-MI-IP-05 HCR design considerations for south Pacific albacore
N. Yao, J. Singh, R. Scott, F. Scott
SC16-MI-IP-06 Further consideration of the mixed fishery management strategy evaluation framework for WCPO tuna stocks
F. Scott1, J. Singh, R. Scott, N. Yao, G. M. Pilling and J. Hampton
SC16-MI-IP-07 Developing a set of diagnostics and outputs for MULTIFAN-CL stock assessments
F. Scott, R. Scott, N. Yao, J. Singh, N. Ducharme Barth and M. Vincent
SC16-MI-IP-08 Updating the WCPO skipjack operating models for the 2019 stock assessment
R. Scott, F. Scott, G. M. Pilling, P. Hamer and J. Hampton
SC16-MI-IP-09 Developing management procedures for WCPO skipjack: The Estimation Model
R. Scott, F. Scott, G. Pilling, J Hampton
SC16-MI-IP-10 Simulating future data for WCPO skipjack harvest strategy evaluations
R. Scott, F. Scott, G. Pilling, P. Hamer, J. Hampton
SC16-MI-IP-11 Report on the third external MSE review: Developments in the South Pacific albacore MSE framework
Iago Mosqueira
SC16-MI-IP-12 Terms of Reference for a project to identify appropriate Limit Reference Points for Southwest Pacific Ocean striped marlin and consideration of other billfish species (21July) - Rev.01
P. Hamer and G. Pilling
SC16-MI-IP-13 Estimates of the number of FAD deployments and active FADs per vessel in the WCPO
L. Escalle, T. Vidal, S. Hare, P. Hamer, G. Pilling and the PNA Office
SC16-MI-IP-14 Report on analyses of the 2016/2020 PNA FAD tracking programme
L. Escalle, B. Muller, S. Hare, P. Hamer, G. Pilling and PNA Office
SC16-MI-IP-15 Examining Indicators of Technological and Effort Creep in the WCPO Purse Seine Fishery
Vidal, T., Hamer, P., Wichman, M., and the PNAO
SC16-MI-IP-16 Purse Seine Effort Creep Research Plan
M. Wichman, T. Vidal and P. Hamer
SC16-MI-IP-17 Availability of catch estimates from the other commercial fisheries in the Philippines
PH-NFRDI, PH-BFAR, SPC-OFP
SC16-MI-IP-18 Availability of catch estimates from the other commercial fisheries in Indonesia (27July) - Rev.01
ID-MMAF and SPC-OFP
SC16-MI-IP-19 Catch and effort tables on tropical tuna CMMs
WCPFC Secretariat and SPC
SC16-MI-IP-20 Updates on Project 88: FAD acoustics analyses (24July) - Rev.01
L. Escalle, B. Vanden Heuvel, R. Clarke, G. Pilling
SC16-MI-IP-21 Appropriate reference points for WCPO elasmobranchs (Project 103) (24July) - Rev.01
Shijie Zhou, Matthew Dunn, Ashely Williams
SC16-MI-IP-22 A review of potential options for managing swordfish taken as bycatch in longline fisheries (26July) - Rev.01
Darci Wallis , Don Bromhead, Trent Timmiss, James Larcombe ,

Kerrie Robertson , Mat Kertesz

SC16-MI-IP-23 Evaluation of CMM 2018-01 for tropical tuna
G.M. Pilling, P. Hamer, P. Williams and J. Hampton
SC16-MI-IP-24 Harvest Strategies for Tropical Tuna in Archipelagic Waters of Indonesia: Update
Fayakun Satria, Lilis Sadiyah, I Gede Bayu Sedana, Trian Yunanda, Putuh Suadela
Working Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
SC16-EB-IP-01 2021-2025 Shark Research Plan (23July) - Rev.01 / Project 97 (SRP) - Final Report
Stephen Brouwer, Paul Hamer
SC16-EB-IP-02 In-country initiatives to collect data on beached and lost drifting FADs, towards a regional database of in-situ data
L. Escalle, S. Hare, A. Hunt, C. Faure, K. Pollock, T-R. Nicholas, M. Tanetoa, J. James, B. Bigler and G. Pilling
SC16-EB-IP-03 Updated evaluation of drifting FAD construction materials in the WCPO
N.B. Phillip and L. Escalle
SC16-EB-IP-04 EcoSEA workshop: Ecosystem modelling in the WCPO: current status and future directions
Valerie Allain, Naiten Bradley Phillip Jr., Shane Griffiths, Jed Macdonald, Joe Scutt Phillips, Simon Nicol, Neville Smith
SC16-EB-IP-05 SEAPODYM: revisiting bigeye reference model with conventional tagging data
I. Senina, P. Lehodey, S. Nicol, J. Scutt Phillips, J. Hampton
SC16-EB-IP-06 Review of SEAPODYM, including recent developments and as an ecosystem model for tropical tunas and important bycatch species in the Western Pacific Ocean
A. Dunn and D. Webber
SC16-EB-IP-07 Ecosystem and Climate Indicators for consideration within the WCPO
V. Allain, J. Macdonald, S. Nicol, J. Scutt-Phillips, E. Vourey
SC16-EB-IP-08 A multidisciplinary approach to build new designs of biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs)
G. Moreno, J. Salvador, J. Murua, N. B. Phillip Jr., H. Murua, L. Escalle, B. Ashigbui, I. Zudaire, G. Pilling, V. Restrepo
SC16-EB-IP-09 Ecological responses to blue water MPAs
E. Gilman, M. Chaloupka, M. Fitchett, D. L. Cantrell, M. Merrifield
SC16-EB-IP-10 Effect of pelagic longline bait type on species selectivity: A global synthesis of evidence
E. Gilman, M. Chaloupka, P. Bach, H. Fennell, M. Hall, M. Musyl, S. Piovano, F. Poisson, L. Song
Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
AR-CCM-01 Australia
AR-CCM-02 Canada
AR-CCM-03 China (7July) - Rev.01
AR-CCM-04 Cook Islands
AR-CCM-05 European Union
AR-CCM-06 Federated States of Micronesia (12July) - Rev.02
AR-CCM-07 Fiji (10July) - Rev.01
AR-CCM-08 French Polynesia
AR-CCM-09 Indonesia (28 April) - Rev.01
AR-CCM-10 Japan
AR-CCM-11 Kiribati
AR-CCM-12 Republic of Korea (12July) - Rev.01
AR-CCM-13 Republic of Marshall Islands
AR-CCM-14 Nauru (11July) - (Rev.01)
AR-CCM-15 New Caledonia
AR-CCM-16 New Zealand
AR-CCM-17 Niue
AR-CCM-18 Palau
AR-CCM-19 Papua New Guinea
AR-CCM-20 Philippines (11July) - Rev.01
AR-CCM-21 Samoa (12July) - Rev.01
AR-CCM-22 Solomon Islands
AR-CCM-23 Chinese Taipei
AR-CCM-24 Tokelau
AR-CCM-25 Tonga (10July) - Rev.01
AR-CCM-26 Tuvalu (12July) - Rev.02
AR-CCM-27 United States of America (11July) - Rev.01
AR-CCM-28 Vanuatu
AR-CCM-29 Wallis and Futuna
AR-CNM-30 {placeholder}
AR-CNM-31 Ecuador
AR-CNM-32 El Salvador
AR-CNM-33 Nicaragua
AR-CNM-34 Panama
AR-CNM-35 Liberia
AR-CNM-36 Thailand
AR-CNM-37 Viet Nam
Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
SC16-RP-JTF-01 Japan Trust Fund Status Report (2020)-Rev.01
Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Secretariat
SC16-RP-JTF-02 Japan Trust Fund Steering Committee Meeting Report
Secretariat
SC16-RP-P35b-01 Project 35b: WCPFC Tuna Tissue Bank
SPC-OFP
SC16-RP-P35b-02 Appraisal of new biological sampling approaches for tropical tunas on purse seiners
J. Macdonald, F. Roupsard, B. Leroy, C. Sanchez, M. Hosken, J. Hampton, G. Anderson, S. Nicol.
SC16-RP-P35b-03 Report of the Tuna Tissue Bank Steering Committee (20July)
TTB Steering Committee
SC16-RP-P35b-04 WCPFC Project 35b - Final Report 2020
SPC
SC16-RP-PTTP-01 Project 42: Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Report and Work Plan for 2020-2023
SPC-OFP
SC16-RP-PTTP-02 Project 42: Report of the Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Programme Steering Committee (17July2020)
PTTP Steering Committee
SC16-RP-WPEA-01 WPEA-ITM Project Update
Alice McDonald

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