11th Regular Session of the Scientific Committee

Location:
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Meeting Dates:
-
Arrangements:
Not provisional
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-01 Meeting notice and information
Secretariat
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-02 Provisional agenda (Rev.01 - 30July2015)
Secretariat
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-03 Provisional annotated agenda (Rev.01 - 30July2015) / Provisional theme agenda
Secretariat
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-04 Indicative schedule
Secretariat
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-05 Registration form
Secretariat
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-06 List of Documents (Rev.02 - 01Aug2015)
secretariat
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-07 Provisional agenda for heads of delegation meeting / Accepted process for the development of SC Report - 4Aug2015
Secretariat
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-08 Provisional agenda of the Japan Trust Fund steering committee meeting
Secretariat
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WCPFC-SC11-2015-09 Provisional agenda of the Pacific Tuna Tagging Programme steering committee meeting
SPC-OFP
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Working Papers
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SC11-GN-WP-01 Overview of tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean, including economic conditions – 2014. Rev 1 (28 July 2015)
Williams, P [1] and P. Terawasi [2]
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SC11-GN-WP-02 Summary of the fishery and assessments of the major stocks of tuna exploited in the eastern Pacific Ocean
IATTC
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SC11-GN-WP-03 Issues arising from the Commission
Secretariat
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SC11-GN-WP-04 Intersessional activities of the Scientific Committee.
Secretariat
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Information Papers
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SC11-GN-IP-01 Cooperation with other organizations
Secretariat
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SC11-GN-IP-02 Report of the 15th Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean.
ISC
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SC11-GN-IP-03 Table of catches for the Fiji national longline fleet (north of 20oN) Rev 1.
Fiji
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SC11-GN-IP-04 Initial Report on the Implementation of the Trial WCPFC Port Coordinator Programme
Secretariat, SPC-OFP, FSM and Kiribati
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SC11-MOW3-01 Consideration of acceptable levels of risk of exceeding Limit Reference Points for the four main tuna stocks: uncertainty and implications for Target Reference Points and Harvest Control Rules (MOW3-WP/02).
SPC-OFP
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SC11-WCPFC11-01 Report on the Third Management Objectives Workshop
Ian Cartwright
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SC11-WCPFC11-02 Draft Proposed workplan to progress WCPFC’s consideration of a management framework as proposed by MOW3
Secretariat
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SC11-WCPFC11-03 Evaluation of CMM 2013-01
SPC-OFP
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SC11-WCPFC11-04 Data Summaries in Support of Discussions on the CMM on Tropical Tunas
SPC-OFP
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SC11-WCPFC11-05 Process of Developing the WCPFC Scientific Report
SC Chair and Conveners
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SC11-WCPFC11-06 A Tier Scoring System for Compliance with the Provision of Scientific Data to the Commission
SPC-OFP
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Working Papers
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SC11-ST-WP-01 Scientific data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.rev 1 (7 August 2015)
WIlliams, P.
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SC11-ST-WP-02 Annual Estimates of Purse Seine Catches by Species based on Alternative Data Sources and a Review of Current Purse Seine Catch Estimation Issues and Future Plans
Hampton, J. and P. Williams
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SC11-ST-WP-03 Summary Report: Intersessional Working Group: Regional Observer Programme
IWG-ROP4
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SC11-ST-WP-04 Summary Report: First E-Reporting and E-Monitoring Intersessional Working Group Meeting
ERandEM-WG1
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Information Papers
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SC11-ST-IP-01 Estimates of annual catches in the WCPFC Statistical Area.
SPC-OFP
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SC11-ST-IP-02 Status of observer data management Rev 1 (28 July 2015)
Williams, P. I. Tuiloma and C. Falasi
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SC11-ST-IP-03 Report of the Tuna RFMO Expert Working Group: Harmonisation of Longline Bycatch Data Collected by Tuna RFMOs.
ISSF Technical Report.
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SC11-ST-IP-04 Purse Seine Fishing Activity in PNA Waters Rev 1 (25 July 2015)
Sangaalofa Clark
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SC11-ST-IP-05 Marine pollution originating from purse seine fishing vessel operations in the Western and Central Pacific region, 2004-2014
Richardson, K., A. Talouli, M. Donoghue and D. Haynes
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SC11-ST-IP-06 Group Seine Operations of Philippine Flagged Vessels in High Seas Pocket 1 (HSP1)
Ramiscal, R.V., A. C. Dickson, I. Tanangonan, M. Demo-os, and J. Jara


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SC11-ST-IP-07 Pilot Test of MARLIN (Electronic Logsheet) Operation in High Seas Pocket 1
Dickson, A. C.[1],M. Demo-os[1], I. Tanangonan[1], J. A. Jara[1] and R. V.Ramiscal[2]


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SC11-ST-IP-08 The bigeye tuna catch composition estimation of Taiwanese purse seine fishery Rev 1 (31 July 2015)
Ren-Fen Wu
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SC11-ST-IP-09 Feedback on Purse Seine Species Composition Sampling
Secretariat
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Working Papers
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SC11-SA-WP-01 Project 35: Bigeye Biology & WCPFC Tuna Tissue Bank
Nicol, S.[1], J. Farley[2], B. Muller[3], C.Sanchez[1], F. Roupsard[1], N. Tavaga[4], B. Phillips[5], T. Usu[6], and K. Sisior[7]
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SC11-SA-WP-02 Longline CPUE indices for bigeye tuna based on the analysis of Pacific-wide operational catch and effort data
McKechnie, S., L Tremblay-Boyer, and S J Harley




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SC11-SA-WP-03 Sensitivity of the WCPO bigeye tuna stock assessment results to the inclusion of EPO dynamics within a Pacific-wide model
McKechnie, S., J. Hampton, F. Abascal, N. Davies, and S. J. Harley




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SC11-SA-WP-04 Short-term stochastic projections for skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye tunas.
Scott, R., G. Pilling and S. Harley.
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SC11-SA-WP-05 Examination of trends in abundance of skipjack tuna with an emphasis on temperate waters
Pilling, G.[1], L. Tremblay-Boyer[1], K. Bigelow[2], S. Harley[1], H. Kiyofuji[3], S. Nicol[1], J. Rice[4] and I. Senina[5]
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SC11-SA-WP-06 Stock assessment for south Pacific albacore tuna. Rev 1 (4 August 2015)
Harley, S. J[1], N. Davies[2], L Tremblay-Boyer[1], John Hampton[1] , and S McKechnie[1]
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SC11-SA-WP-07 Continued use of longline operational-level data provided by fishing nations to support WCPFC stock assessments
Oceanic Fisheries Programme, SPC
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SC11-SA-WP-08 Indicator-based analysis of the status of shortfin mako shark in the North Pacific ocean.
ISC
(1.67 MB)
SC11-SA-WP-09 ISC Shark Working group and Information Papers on Blue Shark
DiNardo[1] and S. Kohn [2]
(426.73 KB)
SC11-SA-WP-10 Stock assessment update for striped marlin (Kajikia audax) in the western and central North Pacific Ocean through 2013.
ISC Billfish Working Group.
(8.35 MB)
Information Papers
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SC11-SA-IP-01 Developments in the MULTIFAN-CL Software 2014-15 Rev 1 (30 July 2015)
Davies, N.[3], D. Fournier[2], F. Bouyé[1], J. Hampton[1] and S. Harley[1]


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SC11-SA-IP-02 Report of the Workshop on Operational Longline Data
SPC-OFP






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SC11-SA-IP-03 Standardized CPUE for south Pacific albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) from operational longline data
Tremblay-Boyer, L., S. McKechnie, and S. J. Harley




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SC11-SA-IP-04 The influence of catch rate on fishing effort – an investigation using south Pacific albacore as an example
Brouwer, S., S. Harley, and G. Pilling.
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SC11-SA-IP-05 Placeholder
SC11-SA-IP-06 Analysis of longline length frequency compositions for South Pacific albacore tuna.
Scott, R. and S. McKechie.
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SC11-SA-IP-07 Spatial structure for the south Pacific albacore assessment including regional weights.
Tremblay-Boyer, L. S. McKechnie and S. Harley
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SC11-SA-IP-08 Implementing the recommendations from the bigeye tuna assessment review
Harley, S[1]. N. Davies[2] and J. Hampton[1]
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SC11-SA-IP-09 Recent status of coastal skipjack in Japan and long-term abundance trend estimated from the operational coastal troll fisheries logbook.
Kiyofuji, H[1]., K. Kobayashi[2], Y. Kobayashi[1], H. Ashida[2] and K. Satoh[1].
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SC11-SA-IP-10 Revisiting the spatial and seasonal distribution of tropical tuna larvae and their potential spawning areas in the western central Pacific Ocean.
Kiyofuji, H., H. Ashida, and K. Satoh.
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SC11-SA-IP-11 Distinct yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) stocks detected in Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) using DNA microsatellites.
Aguila, R., S. Perez, B. Catacutan, G. Lopez, N. Barut and M. Santos.
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SC11-SA-IP-12 Project 71 Progress Report South Pacific swordfish biology: age, growth and maturity
Jessica Farley and Naomi Clear




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Working Papers
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SC11-MI-WP-01 Harvest strategy for key tuna species in the WCPO – draft workplan
Australia.
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SC11-MI-WP-02 Draft conservation and management measure on a target reference point for WCPO skipjack tuna.
Parties to the Nauru Agreement
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SC11-MI-WP-03 Trends in Economic Conditions in the Southern Longline Fishery (Rev.01 - 02Aug2015)
Reid C.[1] and J. Raubani[2]
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SC11-MI-WP-04 Compatibility and consequences of alternative potential Target Reference Points for the south Pacific albacore stock.
Graham Pilling[1] , Chris Reid[2], Shelton Harley[1] and John Hampton[1]
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SC11-MI-WP-05 Relative impacts of FAD and free school fishing on skipjack tuna. Paper reformatted (30 July 2015)
Hampton, J. and G. Pilling.
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SC11-MI-WP-06 Examining productivity changes within the tropical WCPO purse seine fishery
Tidd, A., G. Pilling and S. Harley


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SC11-MI-WP-07 Examination of purse-seine catches of bigeye.
Harley, S., L. Tremblay-Boyer, P. Williams, G. Pilling, and J. Hampton


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SC11-MI-WP-08 Placeholder
SC11-MI-WP-09 An impact of purse seine fishery for yellowfin tuna stock. Rev 1 (30 July 2015)
Ijima, H. and Satoh K.
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SC11-MI-WP-10 Estimating potential tropical purse seine fleet sizes given existing effort limits and candidate target stock levels
Pilling, G. and S. Harley
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Information Papers
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SC11-MI-IP-01 Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterizing uncertainty in stock assessment and management advice
ISSF
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SC11-MI-IP-02 Implementation of alternative CPUE/abundance dynamics for purse seine fisheries within MULTIFAN-CL with application to effort-based projections for skipjack tuna.
Scott, R.[1], A. Tidd[1], N. Davies[2], G. M. Pilling[1] and S. J. Harley[1]
(562.02 KB)
Working Papers
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SC11-EB-WP-01 Draft Shark Research Plan: 2016-2020 Rev 1 [17 August 2015]
Brouwer, S. and S. Harley
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SC11-EB-WP-02 Monte Carlo simulation modelling of possible measures to reduce impacts of longlining on oceanic whitetip and silky sharks Rev 2 (30 July 2015)
Harley, S., B. Caneco, C. Donovan, L. Tremblay-Boyer and S. Brouwer.
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SC11-EB-WP-03 Understanding and mitigating impacts to whale sharks in purse seine fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean - Rev1 (22 July 2015)
Clarke, S.
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SC11-EB-WP-04 Analysis of stock status and related indicators for key shark species of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Rev 1 (29 July 2015)
Rice, J[1]. L. Tremblay-Boyer[2], R. Scott[2], S. Hare[2] and A. Tidd[2]








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SC11-EB-WP-05 Analysis of sea turtle mitigation measure effectiveness in tuna longline fisheries.
Clarke, S.[1], S. Nicol [2] and Y. Swimmer [3]
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SC11-EB-WP-06_rev1 Proposal for a Bycatch Data Exchange Protocol (BDEP) amongst the t-RFMOs (Rev 1)
Clarke, S [1]., S. Nicol [2] and P. Williams [2]
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SC11-EB-WP-07 Project 46: Monitoring the pelagic ecosystem effects of different levels of fishing effort on the WPO warm pool
Allain, V.[1], S. Griffiths[2], J. Bell[1] and S. Nicol[1]
(2.97 MB)
SC11-EB-WP-08 Changes to Shark Reporting and Data Gaps Assessment Processes
S. Clarke[1], L. Manarangi-Trott[2] and P. Williams[3]
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SC11-EB-WP-09 The overlap of threatened seabirds with reported bycatch areas between 25o and 30o South in the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Area.
Baird K. {1}, C Small{1}, E. Bell [2], K. Walker[3], G. Elliot[3], D. Nicholls[4], R. Alderman[5], P. Scofield[6], L. Depp[7], B. Thomas[8] and M. P. Dias[1].






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SC11-EB-WP-10 At-sea experiment to develop the mitigation measures of seabirds for small longline vessels in the western North Pacific
Katsumata, N., D. Ochi, H. Matsunaga, Y. Inoue and H. Minami
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SC11-EB-WP-10 Rev 1 (11 August 2015) At-sea experiment to develop the mitigation measures of seabirds for small longline vessels in the western North Pacific Rev 1 (11 August 2015)
Katsumata, N., D. Ochi, H. Matsunaga, Y. Inoue and H. Minami
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Information Papers
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SC11-EB-IP-01 SEAPODYM application for yellow tuna in the Pacific Ocean
Senina, I.[1], P. Lehodey[1], B. Calmettes[1], S. Nicol[2], S. Caillot[2], J. Hampton[2] and P. Williams[2]


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SC11-EB-IP-02 Annual WCPFC Report: Joint Tuna RFMO Bycatch Technical Working Group
Nicol, S




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SC11-EB-IP-03 Estimation of fin ratios and dressed weight conversion factors for selected shark species
Francis, M.P.
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SC11-EB-IP-04 Application of molecular technologies to monitor the ecosystem of the WCPO
Gleeson, D., E. Furlan, E. Vourey, M. Bunce, M. Stat, V. Allain and S. Nicol.
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SC11-EB-IP-05 Changes to WCPFC longline observer bycatch data: Proposals in response to a minimum suite of harmonized fields for tuna RFMOs. Rev 1 (28 july 2015)
Gilman, E[1]. and S.Clarke[2]








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SC11-EB-IP-06 Update on the ABNJ (Common Oceans) tuna project’s shark and bycatch components.
Clarke, S [1]. and S. Nicol [2]




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SC11-EB-IP-07 Redevelopment of the Bycatch Information Management System (BMIS)
Fitzsimmons, L.[1], S. Clarke[2], S. Caillot[1] and S. Nicol[1].
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SC11-EB-IP-08 Processed form of blue shark (Prionace glauca) caught by Japanese longline fisheries with the estimation of conversion factor from processed weight to round weight.
Yasuko Semba, Hiroaki Okamoto, Ko Shiozaki and Yuki Fujinami
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SC11-EB-IP-09 Progress of the development of the DNA identification for the southern albatross bycatch in longline fishery Rev. 1 (30 July 2015)
Inoue, Y[1]., R. Alderman[2], M. Taguchi[1], K. Sakuma[1], T. Kitamura[3], R. Philips[4], T. Burg[5], C. Small[6], M. Sato[6], W. Papworth[7] and H. Minami[1]
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SC11-EB-IP-10 Project Update on Deployment Plan for Whale Shark Post-Release Mortality Tags
NOAA Fisheries-USA, SPC-OFP, NFA-PNG and WCPFC Secretariat-ABNJ
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SC11-EB-IP-11 System of verification of the code of good practices on board European tuna purse seiners and preliminary results for the Atlantic Ocean
Goñi N.[1], J. Ruiz[2], H. Murua[1], J. Santiago[2], I. Krug[2], B. Sotillo de Olano[3], A. González de Zarate[4], G. Moreno[1] and J. Murua[2]


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SC11-EB-IP-12 Indicator based analysis of the status of New Zealand blue, mako and porbeagle sharks
Francis, M.P., S.C. Clarke, L.H. Griggs, and S.D. Hoyle.
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SC11-EB-IP-13 Report of the Pacific shark life history expert panel workshop, 28-30 April 2015
Clarke, S[1]., R. Coelho[2], M. Francis[3], M. Kai[4], S. Kohin[5], K.M. Liu[6], C. Simpfendorfer[7], J. Tovar-Avila[8], C. Rigby[7] and J. Smart[8]
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SC11-EB-IP-14 Management Plan for Longline Fisheries Targeting Sharks Rev 1 (31 July 2015)
JAPAN


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SC11-EB-IP-15 Management Plan for Shark Longliners in the WCPO
Chinese Taipei
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SC11-AR-CCM-01 Australia
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SC11-AR-CCM-02 Canada
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SC11-AR-CCM-03 China
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SC11-AR-CCM-04 Cook Islands
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SC11-AR-CCM-05 European Union
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SC11-AR-CCM-06 Federated States of Micronesia Rev1 (27 July 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-07 Fiji - Rev.01 (11Sep2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-08 French Polynesia
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SC11-AR-CCM-09 Indonesia
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SC11-AR-CCM-10 Japan Rev 1 (31 July 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-11 Kiribati Rev 1 (20 July 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-12 Korea Rev 2 (30 August 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-13 Marshall Islands
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SC11-AR-CCM-14 Nauru
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SC11-AR-CCM-15 New Caledonia
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SC11-AR-CCM-16 New Zealand
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SC11-AR-CCM-17 Niue Rev 1
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SC11-AR-CCM-18 Palau Rev 1 (4 August 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-19 Papua New Guinea
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SC11-AR-CCM-20 Philippines Rev 1 (28 September 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-21 Samoa
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SC11-AR-CCM-22 Solomon Islands Rev1 (23 October 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-23 Chinese Taipei Rev1 (3 November 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-24 Tokelau
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SC11-AR-CCM-25 Tonga
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SC11-AR-CCM-26 Tuvalu Rev 1 (29 July 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-27 United States of America rev 1 (31 July 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-28 Vanuatu Rev1 (8 August 2015)
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SC11-AR-CCM-29 Wallis and Futuna
SC11-AR-CNM-30 Ecuador
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SC11-AR-CNM-31 El Salvador
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SC11-AR-CNM-33 Mexico
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SC11-AR-CNM-34 Panama
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SC11-AR-CNM-35 Thailand
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SC11-AR-CNM-36 Vietnam
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SC11-RP-JTF-01 Japan Trust Fund Status Report (2015)
Secretariat
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SC11-RP-PTTP-01 PTTP Steering Committee Report
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SC11-RP-PTTP-02 Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Report and Workplan for 2015-2016
SPC-OFP
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SC11-RP-WPEA-01 WPEA Project progress report
Secretariat
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Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
WWF SC11 Position Statement
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PEW Statement to the WCPFC SC11
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