20th Regular Session of the Scientific Committee

SC20 will consider any proposals for additional data fields to be reported for the Commission's work, to have ST-Theme recommendations as needed.

SC20 will review the SciData[1] requirements to capture turtle interaction reporting requirements under CMM 2018-04, paragraphs 5c and 7e, and provide any proposals to address the inconsistency between the two requirements. 

SC20 will review the progress of the FADMO-IWG related to requirements for the transmission of satellite buoy data from drifting FADs to promote effective and sustainable FAD management in the WCPFC (see paragraph 551, WCPFC20 Summary Record) and provide advice to the Commission.

[1] Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission