20th Regular Session of the Scientific Committee

SC20 will consider any further proposed research on climate change issues.

SC20 will provide input to the Commission's DRAFT Climate Change Workplan[1]. 

SC20 will also review a DRAFT WCPFC Climate Change Workplan and a preliminary assessment of selected CMMs for their vulnerability to climate change impacts and consider the need for further work. SC20 will also consider additional climate change-related tasks[2] and cooperation with other RFMOs on activities related to climate change (see paragraph 223, WCPFC20 Summary Record), and provide  feedback to inform future work.

[1] Intersessional work is led by co-Chairs from the US and RMI.

[2] i. how to capture potential effects of climate change on WCPFC fisheries and fish stocks; ii. mechanisms to test the robustness of existing and candidate management procedures under plausible climate change scenarios within the MSE framework.