Location:
Tonga
Meeting Dates:
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Arrangements:
Not provisional
Chair:
Emily Crigler
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Summary Report
Agenda
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1. OPENING OF THE MEETING
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2. REVIEW OF FISHERIES
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3. DATA AND STATISTICS THEME
(Valerie Post)
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3.1 Data gaps of the Commission
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3.1.1 Report on the WCPFC scientific data
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3.1.2 Reconciliation of size composition data for stock assessments (Project 127)
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3.1.3 Improving operational data evaluation and submission standards
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3.1.4 Better data on fish weights and lengths for scientific analyses (Project 90)
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3.1.5 Improved coverage of cannery receipt data (Project 114)
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3.1.6 Minimum data reporting requirements
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3.1.7 Bycatch estimates of longline fishery
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3.1.1 Report on the WCPFC scientific data
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3.2 Further analysis of purse seine fishing behavior, reporting, and effort estimation
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3.3 Regional Observer Programme
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3.4 Electronic Reporting and Electronic Monitoring
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3.5 Fisheries and Resources Monitoring Systems (FIRMS) Partnership
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3.6 Other ST issues
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3.1 Data gaps of the Commission
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4. STOCK ASSESSMENT THEME
(Hidetada Kiyofuji,Michelle Sculley,Berry Muller)
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4.1 Improvement of MULTIFAN-CL software
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4.2 Template for reporting stock assessment outcomes (Project 113b)
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4.3 WCPO Tunas
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4.4 Northern stocks
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4.5 Billfish
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4.6 Sharks
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4.7 Projects and Requests
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4.7.1 Application of Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture methods (Project 100c)
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4.7.2 Longline effort creep and CPUE index collaboration across Tuna-RFMOs (Project 122a)
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4.7.3 Biology from billfish in longline fisheries (Project 125)
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4.7.4 Developing sampling strategy for sharks (Project 126)
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4.7.5 Stock connectivity scoping study (Project 128)
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4.7.6 Research Plan Update
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4.7.1 Application of Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture methods (Project 100c)
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4.8 Other SA issues
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4.1 Improvement of MULTIFAN-CL software
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5. MANAGEMENT ISSUES THEME
(Shuya Nakatsuka)
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5.1 Development of the WCPFC harvest strategy framework for key tuna species
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5.2 Pacific bluefin tuna management strategy evaluation
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5.3 Southwest Pacific striped marlin – management projections
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5.4 North Pacific striped marlin projections
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5.5 Southwest Pacific swordfish management procedure
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5.6 Review of effectiveness of CMM 2023-01
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5.7 Other MI issues
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5.1 Development of the WCPFC harvest strategy framework for key tuna species
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6. ECOSYSTEM AND BYCATCH MITIGATION THEME
(Yonat Swimmer,Leyla Knittweis)
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7. OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS
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8. COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS
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9. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF DEVELOPING STATES AND PARTICIPATING TERRITORIES
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10. FUTURE WORK PROGRAM AND BUDGET
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11. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
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12. OTHER MATTERS
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13. ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT OF THE TWENTY FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
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14. CLOSE OF THE MEETING
Documents by Agenda
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1. OPENING OF THE MEETING
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1.1 Welcome address
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1.2 Meeting arrangements
Meeting Information
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC21-2025-01 Meeting notice and arrangements
Secretariat
WCPFC-SC21-2025-04 Provisional online discussion forum topics
WCPFC-SC21-2025-05 Indicative schedule, (26July) - Rev.08
Secretariat
WCPFC-SC21-2025-05.1 List of ISGs and meeting schedule (13Aug) - Rev.02
Secretariat
WCPFC-SC21-2025-06_Rev.02 List of Documents - Rev.02
Secretariat
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1.3 Issues arising from the Commission
General Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-GN-IP-01 Issues arising from the Commission
Secretariat and SPC-OFP
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1.4 Adoption of the agenda
Meeting Information
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC21-2025-02 Provisional Agenda (18May2025) - Rev.01
Secretariat
WCPFC-SC21-2025-03 Provisional annotated agenda (18May2025) - Rev.02
Secretariat
WCPFC-SC21-2025-08 Provisional agenda for Heads of Delegation meeting (10Aug) - Rev.02
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1.5 Reporting arrangements
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1.6 Intersessional activities of the Scientific Committee
General Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-GN-IP-02 Intersessional activities of the Scientific Committee
Secretariat and SPC-OFP
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1.1 Welcome address
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2. REVIEW OF FISHERIES
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2.1 Overview of Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) fisheries
General Papers
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-GN-WP-01 Overview of tuna fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, including economic conditions – 2024
T. Vidal and T. Ruaia
Presentations
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2.2 Overview of Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) fisheries
General Papers
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-GN-WP-02 The Tuna Fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2024
IATTC
Presentations
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2.3 Annual Report – Part 1 from Members, Cooperating Non-Members, and Participating Territories
Annual Reports - Part 1
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-AR-CCM-01 Australia
SC21-AR-CCM-02 Canada
SC21-AR-CCM-03 China
SC21-AR-CCM-04 Cook Islands
SC21-AR-CCM-05 European Union
SC21-AR-CCM-06 Federated States of Micronesia (8 July 2025) - Rev.01
SC21-AR-CCM-07 Fiji
SC21-AR-CCM-08 French Polynesia (1 July 2025) - Rev.01
SC21-AR-CCM-09 Indonesia (25 May 2025) - Rev.01
SC21-AR-CCM-10 Japan
SC21-AR-CCM-11 Kiribati (10 July 2025) - Rev.02
SC21-AR-CCM-12 Republic of Korea (4 July 2025) - Rev.01
SC21-AR-CCM-13 Republic of Marshall Islands
SC21-AR-CCM-14 Nauru
SC21-AR-CCM-15 New Caledonia
SC21-AR-CCM-16 New Zealand
SC21-AR-CCM-17 Niue
SC21-AR-CCM-18 Palau
SC21-AR-CCM-19 Papua New Guinea
SC21-AR-CCM-20 Philippines (7 July 2025) - Rev.01
SC21-AR-CCM-21 Samoa
SC21-AR-CCM-22 Solomon Islands
SC21-AR-CCM-23 Chinese Taipei (4 July 2025) - Rev.01
SC21-AR-CCM-24 Tokelau
SC21-AR-CCM-25 Tonga
SC21-AR-CCM-26 Tuvalu
SC21-AR-CCM-27 United States of America
SC21-AR-CCM-28 Vanuatu
SC21-AR-CCM-29 Wallis and Futuna
SC21-AR-CCM-30 American Samoa
SC21-AR-CNM-31 Curacao
SC21-AR-CNM-32 Ecuador
SC21-AR-CNM-33 El Salvador
SC21-AR-CNM-34 Bahamas
SC21-AR-CNM-35 Liberia
SC21-AR-CNM-36 Panama
SC21-AR-CNM-37 Thailand
SC21-AR-CNM-38 Vietnam
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2.4 Reports from regional fisheries bodies and other organizations
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2.1 Overview of Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) fisheries
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3. DATA AND STATISTICS THEME
(Valerie Post)
Draft Documents (secured)
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3.1 Data gaps of the Commission
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3.1.1 Report on the WCPFC scientific data
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-IP-01 Estimates of annual catches in the WCPFC statistical area (Rev3)
SPC-OFP
SC21-ST-IP-02 Coverage Levels for Operational Data Fields Submitted to the WCPFC (Rev.01)
SPC-OFP
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3.1.2 Reconciliation of size composition data for stock assessments (Project 127)
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-WP-02 Review and reconciliation of size data collected in the WCPFC-CA for stock assessment purposes (WCPFC Project: 127)_Rev2
Paul Hamer, Emmanuel Schneiter, Tiffany Vidal, Peter Williams (SPC)
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3.1.3 Improving operational data evaluation and submission standards
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-WP-03 Proposed data standardization approaches for improved efficiency
T. Vidal and E.Loganimoce
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3.1.4 Better data on fish weights and lengths for scientific analyses (Project 90)
Data Statistics Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-IP-03 Project 90 update: Better Data on Fish Weights and Lengths for Scientific Analyses
Jed Macdonald, Lui Bell, Matthew Cunningham, Emmanuel Schneiter, Marc Ghergariu, Paul Judd (SPC-OFP)
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3.1.5 Improved coverage of cannery receipt data (Project 114)
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-WP-04 Project 114 Update: Progress in improving Cannery Receipt Data for WCPFC scientific work
Tiffany Vidal, Sebastien Gislard, Joe Scutt Phillips, Tom Peatman
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3.1.6 Minimum data reporting requirements
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3.1.6.1 Proposal on sea turtle data reporting requirements for fishing operations
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Presentations
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3.1.6.2 Development of a FAD Logbook
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-WP-07 Proposed Minimum FAD Logbook Data Fields to be Provided by Vessel Operators
FADMO-IWG Chair
Presentations
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3.1.6.3 Reporting requirements for cetacean interaction
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-WP-08 Cetacean interaction data reporting requirements
SPC-OFP
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
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3.1.6.1 Proposal on sea turtle data reporting requirements for fishing operations
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3.1.7 Bycatch estimates of longline fishery
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-WP-09 Summary of bycatch in WCPFC longline fisheries at a regional scale, 2003-2023 (21 July)_Rev.01
T. Peatman and S. Nicol
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3.1.1 Report on the WCPFC scientific data
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3.2 Further analysis of purse seine fishing behavior, reporting, and effort estimation
Data Statistics Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-IP-04 Group Seine Operations of Philippine Flagged Vessels in High Seas Pocket Number 1 (HSP1)
Isidro C. Tanangonan, Marlo B. Demo-os, Jeric S. Jara, Julio Ferrer, Robert Reslin and Alma C. Dickson (Philippines)
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3.3 Regional Observer Programme
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3.3.1 ROP Data Issues
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-WP-10 Update on ROP-IWG Taskings and Proposed Changes to ROP Minimum Standard Data Fields
ROP-IWG Chair
SC21-ST-WP-10_suppl_01 Consolidated document presenting current suggested amendments to the Minimum Standard Data Fields
WCPFC Secretariat
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-IP-05 Status of observer data management (24July) - Rev.02
Aurélien Panizza, Tiffany Vidal, Colley Falasi, Eparama Loganimoce and Emmanuel Schneiter (SPC)
Presentations
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3.3.2 Training observers for elasmobranch biological sampling (Project 109)
Data Statistics Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-IP-06 Training observers for elasmobranch biological sampling (Project 109)
T. Park (SPC)
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3.3.1 ROP Data Issues
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3.4 Electronic Reporting and Electronic Monitoring
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
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3.5 Fisheries and Resources Monitoring Systems (FIRMS) Partnership
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-WP-13 Assessment of the Value of WCPFC Joining the FIRMS Partnership
Secretariat and SPC
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3.6 Other ST issues
Data Statistics Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-ST-IP-07 Progress report of the research survey for 2024 by Chinese fishery research vessel "Song Hang" in the WCPFC area
Xiaodong Li, Zhe Geng, Xiaojie Dai, Feng Wu, Jiangfeng Zhu
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3.1 Data gaps of the Commission
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4. STOCK ASSESSMENT THEME
(Hidetada Kiyofuji,Michelle Sculley,Berry Muller)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-01 Summary Report from the 2025 SPC Pre-assessment Workshop
P. Hamer (SPC)
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4.1 Improvement of MULTIFAN-CL software
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.1.1 Update of MULTIFAN-CL software
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-02 Developments in the Multifan-CL software 2024-25
Nick Davies, Fabrice Bouyé, and John Hampton
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4.1.2 Scoping the next generation of tuna stock assessment software (Project 123)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-01 Project 123: Scoping the next generation of tuna stock assessment software
A. Magnusson, N. Davies, G. Pilling, and P. Hamer (SPC-OFP)
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.1.1 Update of MULTIFAN-CL software
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4.2 Template for reporting stock assessment outcomes (Project 113b)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-22 Stock Status and Management Advice Template - Update
P. Neubauer
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.3 WCPO Tunas
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4.3.1 WCPO skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.3.1.1 Skipjack stock assessment
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-02 WCPO skipjack tuna stock assessment (Rev.03)
T. Teears, N. Davies, P. Hamer, A. Magnusson, T. Peatman, J. Scutt Phillips, T. Vidal, J. Hampton
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-03 Background Analyses and Data Inputs for the 2025 WCPO skipjack tuna Stock Assessment (Rev.01)
T. Teears, M. Ghergariu, T. Peatman, B. Pohl, J. Scutt Phillips, J. Hampton
SC21-SA-IP-04 Japanese data update: Tagging, Size and Biological information
Yoshinori Aoki, Naoto Matsubara, Yuichi Tsuda, Makoto Nishimoto, and Hidetada Kiyofuji
SC21-SA-IP-05 Japanese pole-and-line CPUE standardization using sdmTMB for skipjack tuna stock assessment
Makoto, Nishimoto, Yoshinori Aoki, Naoto Matsubara, Yuichi Tsuda, Hidetada Kiyofuji, Thomas Teears, Nan Yao, Paul Hamer
SC21-SA-IP-06 Analysis of tagging data for the 2025 skipjack assessment: corrections to tag releases for tagging conditions
T. Peatman , J. Scutt Phillips and S. Nicol
SC21-SA-IP-07 Analysis of tag seeding data for the 2025 skipjack assessment: reporting rates for purse seine fleets
T. Peatman , S. Gislard , J. Scutt Phillips, J. Potts, and S. Nicol
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4.3.1.2 Provision of scientific information to the Commission
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4.3.1.1 Skipjack stock assessment
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4.3.2 Other WCPO tunas
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-08 Verification of annulus formation in the otoliths of captive yellowfin tuna in the WCPO
Kei Okamoto , Kazunori Kumon , Takeshi Eba, Takaaki Hasegawa, Keisuke Satoh and Hirotaka Ijima
SC21-SA-IP-20 Reference Model of Skipjack Tuna in the Pacific Ocean Using SEAPODYM Integrating Catch, Length, Tagging, and Early Life History Data (Rev.01)
Inna Senina, Lucas Bonnin, Matthieu Lengaigne, Hidetada Kiyofuji, Kristine Buenafe, Dan Fuller, John Hampton and Simon Nicol
SC21-SA-IP-21 A comprehensive method to integrate unbiased fisheries data in spatially-explicit population dynamics models
Romain Forestier, Lucas Bonnin, Inna Senina, Tiffany Vidal, Marc Ghergariu, Simon Nicol
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4.3.2.1 Indicator analysis
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-03 A compendium of fisheries indicators for target tuna stocks in the WCPFC Convention Area (Rev.01)
Steven Hare, Tiffany Vidal, Robert Scott, and Graham Pilling
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-09 Trends in the South Pacific albacore longline and troll fisheries
Sam McKechnie, Graham Pilling, Tiffany Vidal, Peter Williams, and the WCPFC Secretariat
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.3.2.2 Updated reproductive biology of tropical tunas (Project 120)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-10 Project 120: Progress report on Reproductive Biology of WCPO Yellowfin Tuna
Sebastien Gislard, Joe Scutt Phillips, Jessica Farley & Simon J. Nicol
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4.3.2.1 Indicator analysis
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4.3.1 WCPO skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
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4.4 Northern stocks
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.4.1 Provision of scientific information from the ISC
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Presentations
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated A4.4.1 ISC Report 2025 - Rev.01
ISC Chair Dr Robert Ahrens
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4.4.2 Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
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4.4.1 Provision of scientific information from the ISC
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4.5 Billfish
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4.5.1 Southwest Pacific swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.5.1.1 Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific swordfish
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-05 Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific swordfish (Rev.03)
J. Day, C. Castillo-Jord´an, S. McKechnie, A. Magnusson, K. Kim, T. Teears, N. Davies, J. Hampton, T. Peatman, T. Vidal, P. Hamer
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-11 Characterisation and CPUE indices for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from the New Zealand surface longline fishery 1993 to 2023
B. Finucci and B.R. Moore
SC21-SA-IP-12 Analysis of swordfish CPUE from the Spanish fleet in the southwest Pacific Ocean
K. Kim, A. Magnusson, P. Hamer
SC21-SA-IP-13 Exploring the potential for observer CPUE for southwest Pacific swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
Philipp Neubauer, Claudio Castillo-Jordán, Jemery Day and Paul Hamer
SC21-SA-IP-14 Analysis of longline size frequency data for the 2025 southwest Pacific swordfish and striped marlin assessmentsT
T. Peatman, J. Day, C. Castillo Jordan and P. Hamer
Presentations
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4.5.1.2 Provision of scientific information to the Commission
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4.5.1.1 Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific swordfish
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4.5.2 Southwest Pacific striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.5.2.1 Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific striped marlin
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-06 Revised 2024 stock assessment of striped marlin in the southwestern Pacific Ocean: Part 1- integrated assessment in Stock Synthesis (Rev.03)
C. Castillo-Jord´an, N. Ducharme-Barth, P. Hamer, J. Day, N. Davies, T. Peatman, K. Kim
SC21-SA-WP-07 2025 Stock Assessment of Striped Marlin in the Southwest Pacific Ocean: Part II – Bayesian Surplus Production Model (Rev.01)
N. Ducharme-Barth, C. Castillo-Jordán, F. Carvalho, P. Hamer
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-15 Summary report from the NOAA-SPC assessment model meeting on SWPO striped marlin
N. Ducharme-Barth, C. Castillo-Jordán, M. Sculley, R. Ahrens, F. Carvalho
Presentations
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4.5.2.2 Provision of scientific information to the Commission
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4.5.2.1 Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific striped marlin
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4.5.3 North Pacific striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
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4.5.1 Southwest Pacific swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
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4.6 Sharks
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4.6.1 Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.6.1.1 Oceanic whitetip shark stock assessment (Project 124)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-08 Stock Assessment of Oceanic Whitetip Shark in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean 2025 (Rev.01)
Philipp Neubauer and Kath Large
Presentations
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4.6.1.2 Provision of scientific information to the Commission
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4.6.1.1 Oceanic whitetip shark stock assessment (Project 124)
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4.6.1 Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
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4.7 Projects and Requests
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4.7.1 Application of Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture methods (Project 100c)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-09 Project 100c: Progress towards a Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture application to South Pacific Albacore
Giulia Anderson (SPC) and CSIRO
SC21-SA-WP-10 Population genetics and connectivity of albacore tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean to underpin sampling design and marker development for close-kin mark-recapture (CKMR)
CSIRO and SPC-OFP
SC21-SA-WP-14 Close-Kin Mark-Recapture of South Pacific Albacore: a proof of concept for application in WCPFC tuna and associated species
CSIRO and SPC-OFP
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.7.2 Longline effort creep and CPUE index collaboration across Tuna-RFMOs (Project 122a)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-16 Project 122: Progress report on the scoping study on longline effort creep in the WCPO
Paul Hamer (SPC) and Mark Maunder (IATTC)
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.7.3 Biology from billfish in longline fisheries (Project 125)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-11 Project 125: billfish biology (Refer to SA21-SA-WP-15)
SC21-SA-WP-15 WCPFC projects 117 & 118: the development of biological sampling plans for tuna & billfish including Projects 125 & 126
T. Peatman, J. Scutt Phillips, J. Potts and S. Nicol
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.7.4 Developing sampling strategy for sharks (Project 126)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-12 Project 126: Optimised sampling for shark biological data collection (Refer to SA21-SA-WP-15)
SC21-SA-WP-15 WCPFC projects 117 & 118: the development of biological sampling plans for tuna & billfish including Projects 125 & 126
T. Peatman, J. Scutt Phillips, J. Potts and S. Nicol
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4.7.5 Stock connectivity scoping study (Project 128)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-13 Understanding connectivity of key tuna species in the Western Pacific and East Asia region with the WCPFC Convention Area: results of Project 128
CSIRO, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and SPC
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4.7.6 Research Plan Update
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
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4.7.6.1 Tuna Assessment Research Plan (2023 – 2026) update
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-17 Tuna Assessment Research Plan (TARP) for ‘Key’ Tuna Species Assessments in the WCPO, 2025-2028
Graham Pilling, Paul Hamer, Simon Nicol
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4.7.6.2 Billfish Research Plan (2023 – 2030) update
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-18 Progress against the 2023-2030 Billfish Research Plan - 2025_Rev.01 (16July)
Stephen Brouwer and Paul Hamer
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4.7.6.3 Review of the Shark Research Plan 2021-2030
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-IP-19 Progress against the 2021-2030 Shark Research Plan - 2025_Rev.01 (16July)
Stephen Brouwer and Paul Hamer
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4.7.6.4 WCPFC tuna biological sampling plan
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-SA-WP-15 WCPFC projects 117 & 118: the development of biological sampling plans for tuna & billfish including Projects 125 & 126
T. Peatman, J. Scutt Phillips, J. Potts and S. Nicol
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4.7.6.5 WCPFC billfish biological sampling plan
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4.7.6.1 Tuna Assessment Research Plan (2023 – 2026) update
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4.7.1 Application of Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture methods (Project 100c)
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4.8 Other SA issues
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4.1 Improvement of MULTIFAN-CL software
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5. MANAGEMENT ISSUES THEME
(Shuya Nakatsuka)
Draft Documents (secured)
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5.1 Development of the WCPFC harvest strategy framework for key tuna species
Management Issues Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-IP-01 Capacity building and stakeholder consultation - 2025 update
N. Yao, I. Lynn, R. Scott, F. Scott, M. Wickens, and G. Pilling
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5.1.1 Skipjack tuna
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5.1.1.1 Skipjack tuna management procedure
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-01 Skipjack MP estimation method analysis: P&L CPUE
N. Yao, M. Nishimoto, T. Teears, Y. Aoki, R. Scott, F. Scott, M. Wickens, G. Pilling
SC21-MI-WP-02 Impacts of FAD closure duration on the skipjack MP
R. Scott, F. Scott, N. Yao, M. Wickens, G. Pilling
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-IP-02 Examining Indicators of Effort Creep in the WCPO Purse Seine Fishery: 2025 report
Paul Hamer, Thomas Teears, and the PNAO
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5.1.1.2 Monitoring strategy for skipjack tuna
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-03 Skipjack MP monitoring strategy
R. Scott (SPC-OFP)
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
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5.1.1.1 Skipjack tuna management procedure
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5.1.2 South Pacific albacore tuna
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5.1.2.1 South Pacific albacore management procedure
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-04 Evaluation of candidate management procedures for South Pacific albacore
F. Scott, R. Scott, M. Wickens and N. Yao
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-IP-04 Note from SPC on 2025 modelling approach for South Pacific Albacore Harvest Strategies
WCPFC Secretariat and the SPC-OFP
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5.1.2.2 Joint WCPFC/IATTC Working Group for South Pacific Albacore
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5.1.2.3 Updates on SP Albacore Roadmap IWG
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5.1.2.1 South Pacific albacore management procedure
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5.1.3 Bigeye tuna
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5.1.3.1 Bigeye operating models
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-05 BET operating models
R. Scott, F. Scott, N. Yao, M. Wickens, G. Pilling
Presentations
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5.1.3.2 Bigeye management procedure – design
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-06 Bigeye Tuna Management Procedure Design Considerations
M. Wickens, F. Scott, R. Scott, N. Yao
Presentations
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5.1.3.3 Bigeye Target Reference Points and Performance Evaluation of Candidate Management Procedures
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-07 Evaluation of candidate management procedures for bigeye tuna (Rev.01)
F. Scott, R. Scott, M. Wickens and N. Yao
Presentations
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5.1.3.1 Bigeye operating models
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5.1.4 Mixed fishery MSE framework
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-08 Considerations for yellowfin tuna within the mixed fishery harvest strategy framework
F. Scott, R. Scott, M. Wickens, N. Yao, P. Hamer and G. Pilling
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5.1.5 Progress of the WCPFC Harvest Strategy Work Plan
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-10 Wider Issues for Consideration within the Harvest Strategy Workplan Review
James Larcombe, Graham Pilling
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5.1.1 Skipjack tuna
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5.2 Pacific bluefin tuna management strategy evaluation
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-WP-09 Report of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna Management Strategy Evaluation
ISC PBFWG
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5.3 Southwest Pacific striped marlin – management projections
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5.4 North Pacific striped marlin projections
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Presentations
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5.5 Southwest Pacific swordfish management procedure
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5.6 Review of effectiveness of CMM 2023-01
Management Issues Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-MI-IP-03 Evaluation of CMM 2023-01
G.M. Pilling, P. Hamer, R. Scott, and T. Vidal
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5.7 Other MI issues
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5.1 Development of the WCPFC harvest strategy framework for key tuna species
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6. ECOSYSTEM AND BYCATCH MITIGATION THEME
(Yonat Swimmer,Leyla Knittweis)
Draft Documents (secured)
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6.1 Ecosystem and Climate Indicators
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6.1.1 Ecosystem and Climate Indicator Report Card
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-01 Project 121 Update: Ecosystem and Climate Indicators
SPC-OFP, CSIRO , MOi , IRD
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6.1.2 Climate change
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6.1.2.1 Climate Change Workplan
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6.1.2.2 CMM climate change vulnerability assessment
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-WP-01 WCPFC CMM Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
K. Robertson and M. Baird
Note: Attachments B, E1 to E5 in Excel format compiled in Zip file
Presentations
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6.1.2.1 Climate Change Workplan
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6.1.3 Updates on the 2019 SEAPODYM Review
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-WP-02 Updates on the 2019 SEAPODYM Review
SPC-OFP
Presentations
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6.1.1 Ecosystem and Climate Indicator Report Card
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6.2 FAD impacts
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-02 Acoustic discrimination in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries: state of the art, ongoing projects and future directions
G. Moreno, G. Boyra, J. Uranga, B. Sobradillo, A. Lekanda, U. Martínez, N. Cuevas, I. Sancristobal, H. Murua, M. Grande, J. Santiago, V. Restrepo (ISSF)
SC21-EB-IP-03 Update and Workplan on FAD Research
Lauriane Escalle, Jennyfer Mourot and Paul Hamer (SPC-OFP)
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6.2.1 Research on non-entangling and biodegradable FADs
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-WP-03 Progress Report of Project 110 and 110a: Non-entangling and Biodegradable FAD Trial in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Escalle L., Moreno G., Zudaire I., Uranga J., David D., and Hamer P. (SPC-OFP)
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-04 Key outcomes of the International workshop on biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices
G. Moreno, L. Escalle, I. Zudaire, M. Roman, G. Morán, J. Lopez, J. Murua, J. Uranga, V. Restrepo, H. Murua (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)
Presentations
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6.2.2 Research on dFAD loss and abandonments
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-WP-04 Stakeholders' view and economic and feasibility analysis on options to mitigate dFAD loss and abandonments and their impacts: preliminary results
Escalle L., Moreno G., and Paul H. (SPC-OFP)
SC21-EB-WP-05 Updated analyses of the regional database of stranded drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) in the Pacific Ocean
Mourot J., Thellier T., Lopez J., Fuller L., David D., Royer S.J., Hood L., Bigler B., Mugneret B., Nicholas T.R., Pollock K., Prioul F., Marks A., Batty M., Jones J., Lynch J.M., Tait H., and Escalle L. (SPC-OFP)
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-05 A short-lived FAD in the Pacific: Implications and Adaptations in the Move to Biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices
Scutt Phillip, J., Escalle, L., Murua, H., Lopez, J., and Moreno, G. (SPC-OFP)
SC21-EB-IP-06 Guidelines for developing plans of action on managing abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear
Gilman, E., Moreno, G., Murua, H., and Chaloupka, M. (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)
Presentations
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6.2.3 Updates on FAD Management Options IWG
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-WP-06 Progress of the FADMO-IWG Priority Tasks for 2025
FADMO-IWG
Presentations
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6.2.1 Research on non-entangling and biodegradable FADs
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6.3 Bycatch management
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6.3.1 Bycatch Management Information System
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6.3.2 Bycatch Assessment and Management
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-07 The interaction rate and distribution of false killer whales and rough-toothed dolphin in the PNA purse seine fishery
S. Brouwer, M. Bain-Vete, J. Maefiti, B. Kumasi, L. Clark (Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)
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6.3.1 Bycatch Management Information System
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6.4 Review of CMM for Seabirds (CMM 2018-03)
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-08 Updated ACAP Best Practice Advice on Reducing the Bycatch of Albatrosses and Petrels in WCPFC Fisheries
ACAP
SC21-EB-IP-09 Fine-scale overlap analyses of Gibson’s and Southern Buller’s Albatross with pelagic longline fishing effort
M. R. Duessler, O. Rowley, G. Elliott, G. Parker, K. Rexer-Huber, P. Sagar, K. Walker, I. Debski, J. H Fischer (New Zealand)
SC21-EB-IP-10 Exploring seabird interactions in Hawai‘I’s deep-set and shallow-set longline fisheries
United States of America
SC21-EB-IP-17 Summaries of longline fishing effort and observer coverage with respect to the review of the seabird bycatch CMM 2018-03
S. McKechnie (SPC-OFP)
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
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6.5 Elasmobranchs
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-WP-09 A collaborative approach to collecting species-specific manta and devil ray catch data and assessing handling effects on post release survival
J. Stahl, M. Hutchinson, J. Tucker, F. O’Neill, C. Young, and E. Crigler
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6.5.1 Review of CMM for sharks (CMM 2024-05)
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-WP-11 Best handling and release practice guidelines for sharks in IATTC fisheries
M. Hutchinson, J. Lopez, D. Ovando and M. Roman (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-12 Trialing shark bycatch release devices on board purse seiners in the Pacific Ocean to enhance shark survival
H. Murua, G. Moreno, J. Murua, M. Grande, and V. Restrepo (ISSF)
SC21-EB-IP-13 Can lifting large sharks by the tail with bycatch release devices be a best practice for improved crew safety and shark survival?
J. Murua, J.M. Ferarios, M. Grande, N. Cuevas, I. Onandia, M. ErauskinExtramiana, L. Lopetegui-Eguren, A. Salgado, and J. Santiago
SC21-EB-IP-14 Both environmental conditions and fisher behaviour influence the occurrence of shark and odontocete depredation on the longline catch in New Caledonia
M. Mollier, S. Derville, C. Maze, A. Virgili , C. Lerebourg, F. Prioul, P. Hamer, M. Hosken, S. McKechnie, and P. Tixier
Presentations
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6.5.1 Review of CMM for sharks (CMM 2024-05)
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6.6 Cetaceans
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Presentations
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6.7 Deep-sea mining
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-15 Update on Secretariat Taskings Relating to Deep Sea Mining (Rev.01)
WCPFC Secretariat
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6.8 Other EB issues
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-EB-IP-16 Preliminary report of “Pacific Tuna and Ecosystem Research Cruise Project” in 2024
Tawa, A., Ishihara, T., Matsubara, N., Hasegawa, T., Yamaguchi, T., Nagatomo, Y., Okazaki, M., Kusaka, A, Hidaka, K., Kiyofuji, H. (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, FRA)
Allain, V., Vourey, E., Barbin L., Magnier P., Nicol, S., Hamer, P., Pilling, G. (The Pacific Community, SPC)
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6.1 Ecosystem and Climate Indicators
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7. OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS
Draft Documents (secured)
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7.1 Pacific Marine Specimen Bank (Project 35b)
Meeting Information
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC21-2025-09 Provisional Agenda for the WCPFC Pacific Marine Specimen Bank Steering Committee Meeting (Rev.01)
Meeting Date & Time: 29th July 2025, from 11:30-12:00 hours Pohnpei time (UTC+11 hours)
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-RP-P35b-01 Project 35b: WCPFC Pacific Marine Specimen Bank (Rev.01)
SPC-OFP
SC21-RP-P35b-02 Report of the Pacific Marine Specimen Bank Steering Committee
PMSB Steering Committee
Presentations
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7.2 Pacific Tuna Tagging Project (Project 42)
Meeting Information
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC21-2025-10 Provisional Agenda for the Pacific Tuna Tagging Programme Steering Committee Meeting
Meeting Date & Time: 29 July 2025 from 11:00-11:30 hours Pohnpei time (UTC+11 hours)
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-RP-PTTP-01 Project 42: Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Report and Work Plan for 2025-2028
SPC-OFP
SC21-RP-PTTP-02 Project 42: Report of the Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Steering Committee
PTTP Steering Committee
Presentations
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7.3 West Pacific East Asia Project
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-RP-WPEA-01 WPEA-SPF Project Update
Lars Olsen
Presentations
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7.4 Japan Trust Fund activities
Meeting Information
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-RP-JTF-01 Japan Trust Fund Status Report (2025)
Cook Islands, Fiji, Palau, Philippines, Samoa, South Pacific Group (SPG ), Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Secretariat
SC21-RP-JTF-02 Japan Trust Fund Steering Committee Meeting Report (2025)
JTF Steering Committee
Presentations
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7.5 Other Projects
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7.1 Pacific Marine Specimen Bank (Project 35b)
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8. COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS
General Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-GN-IP-03 Cooperation with other organizations
Secretariat
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9. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF DEVELOPING STATES AND PARTICIPATING TERRITORIES
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10. FUTURE WORK PROGRAM AND BUDGET
Draft Documents (secured)
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10.1 Development of the 2026 work program and budget, and projection of 2027-2028 provisional work program and indicative budget
General Papers
Working Papers
Project Priorities (secured)
Summary Report
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10.1 Development of the 2026 work program and budget, and projection of 2027-2028 provisional work program and indicative budget
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11. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Draft Documents (secured)
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11.1 Future operation of the Scientific Committee
General Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-GN-IP-04 Updates on the Future Operations of the SC
SC Chair
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11.1.1 Guidelines and process improvements
Meeting Information
General Papers
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated SC21-GN-WP-03 Guidelines for Paper Submission and Operations of the Scientific Committee
Secretariat
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11.1.2 Policy of SC meeting duration
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11.1.1 Guidelines and process improvements
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11.2 Election of Officers of the Scientific Committee
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11.3 Next meeting
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11.1 Future operation of the Scientific Committee
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12. OTHER MATTERS
Summary Report
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13. ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT OF THE TWENTY FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
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14. CLOSE OF THE MEETING
All Documents
Meeting Information
General Papers
Working Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC21-GN-WP-01 | Overview of tuna fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, including economic conditions – 2024 T. Vidal and T. Ruaia |
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| SC21-GN-WP-02 | The Tuna Fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2024 IATTC |
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| SC21-GN-WP-03 | Guidelines for Paper Submission and Operations of the Scientific Committee Secretariat |
Information Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC21-GN-IP-01 | Issues arising from the Commission Secretariat and SPC-OFP |
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| SC21-GN-IP-02 | Intersessional activities of the Scientific Committee Secretariat and SPC-OFP |
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| SC21-GN-IP-03 | Cooperation with other organizations Secretariat |
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| SC21-GN-IP-04 | Updates on the Future Operations of the SC SC Chair |
Science Related Documents from WCPFC21
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC21-2024-27a_Rev02 | Overview of Tuna Fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, including Economic Conditions – 2023_Rev02 Tiffany Vidal, Peter Williams, and Thomas Ruaia |
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| WCPFC21-2024-27_Rev02 | Overview of Fisheries and Stock Status of Tuna, Billfish, and Sharks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean_Rev02 SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC21-2024-29 | Recalibration of the Adopted South Pacific Albacore Interim Target Reference Point and Review of WCPFC20 Requested Options SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC21-2024-30a | Supplementary Management Procedure Evaluations for South Pacific Albacore SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC21-2024-30_Rev01 | Evaluation of Candidate Management Procedure for South Pacific Albacore_Rev01 SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC21-2024-31 | Analyses to Inform Discussions on Candidate Bigeye and Yellowfin Target Reference Points SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC21-2024-32 | WCPFC Skipjack Tuna Monitoring Strategy Report SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC21-2024-34 | Evaluation of CMM 2023-01: Tropical Tuna Measure SPC-OFP |
Data Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC21-MI-IP-01 | Capacity building and stakeholder consultation - 2025 update N. Yao, I. Lynn, R. Scott, F. Scott, M. Wickens, and G. Pilling |
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| SC21-MI-IP-02 | Examining Indicators of Effort Creep in the WCPO Purse Seine Fishery: 2025 report Paul Hamer, Thomas Teears, and the PNAO |
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| SC21-MI-IP-03 | Evaluation of CMM 2023-01 G.M. Pilling, P. Hamer, R. Scott, and T. Vidal |
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| SC21-MI-IP-04 | Note from SPC on 2025 modelling approach for South Pacific Albacore Harvest Strategies WCPFC Secretariat and the SPC-OFP |
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC21-EB-IP-01 | Project 121 Update: Ecosystem and Climate Indicators SPC-OFP, CSIRO , MOi , IRD |
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| SC21-EB-IP-02 | Acoustic discrimination in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries: state of the art, ongoing projects and future directions G. Moreno, G. Boyra, J. Uranga, B. Sobradillo, A. Lekanda, U. Martínez, N. Cuevas, I. Sancristobal, H. Murua, M. Grande, J. Santiago, V. Restrepo (ISSF) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-03 | Update and Workplan on FAD Research Lauriane Escalle, Jennyfer Mourot and Paul Hamer (SPC-OFP) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-04 | Key outcomes of the International workshop on biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices G. Moreno, L. Escalle, I. Zudaire, M. Roman, G. Morán, J. Lopez, J. Murua, J. Uranga, V. Restrepo, H. Murua (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-05 | A short-lived FAD in the Pacific: Implications and Adaptations in the Move to Biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices Scutt Phillip, J., Escalle, L., Murua, H., Lopez, J., and Moreno, G. (SPC-OFP) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-06 | Guidelines for developing plans of action on managing abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear Gilman, E., Moreno, G., Murua, H., and Chaloupka, M. (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-07 | The interaction rate and distribution of false killer whales and rough-toothed dolphin in the PNA purse seine fishery S. Brouwer, M. Bain-Vete, J. Maefiti, B. Kumasi, L. Clark (Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-08 | Updated ACAP Best Practice Advice on Reducing the Bycatch of Albatrosses and Petrels in WCPFC Fisheries ACAP |
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| SC21-EB-IP-09 | Fine-scale overlap analyses of Gibson’s and Southern Buller’s Albatross with pelagic longline fishing effort M. R. Duessler, O. Rowley, G. Elliott, G. Parker, K. Rexer-Huber, P. Sagar, K. Walker, I. Debski, J. H Fischer (New Zealand) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-10 | Exploring seabird interactions in Hawai‘I’s deep-set and shallow-set longline fisheries United States of America |
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| SC21-EB-IP-12 | Trialing shark bycatch release devices on board purse seiners in the Pacific Ocean to enhance shark survival H. Murua, G. Moreno, J. Murua, M. Grande, and V. Restrepo (ISSF) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-13 | Can lifting large sharks by the tail with bycatch release devices be a best practice for improved crew safety and shark survival? J. Murua, J.M. Ferarios, M. Grande, N. Cuevas, I. Onandia, M. ErauskinExtramiana, L. Lopetegui-Eguren, A. Salgado, and J. Santiago |
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| SC21-EB-IP-14 | Both environmental conditions and fisher behaviour influence the occurrence of shark and odontocete depredation on the longline catch in New Caledonia M. Mollier, S. Derville, C. Maze, A. Virgili , C. Lerebourg, F. Prioul, P. Hamer, M. Hosken, S. McKechnie, and P. Tixier |
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| SC21-EB-IP-15 | Update on Secretariat Taskings Relating to Deep Sea Mining (Rev.01) WCPFC Secretariat |
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| SC21-EB-IP-16 | Preliminary report of “Pacific Tuna and Ecosystem Research Cruise Project” in 2024 Tawa, A., Ishihara, T., Matsubara, N., Hasegawa, T., Yamaguchi, T., Nagatomo, Y., Okazaki, M., Kusaka, A, Hidaka, K., Kiyofuji, H. (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, FRA) Allain, V., Vourey, E., Barbin L., Magnier P., Nicol, S., Hamer, P., Pilling, G. (The Pacific Community, SPC) |
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| SC21-EB-IP-17 | Summaries of longline fishing effort and observer coverage with respect to the review of the seabird bycatch CMM 2018-03 S. McKechnie (SPC-OFP) |
Annual Reports - Part 1
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC21-AR-CCM-01 | Australia |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-02 | Canada |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-03 | China |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-04 | Cook Islands |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-05 | European Union |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-06 | Federated States of Micronesia (8 July 2025) - Rev.01 |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-07 | Fiji |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-08 | French Polynesia (1 July 2025) - Rev.01 |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-09 | Indonesia (25 May 2025) - Rev.01 |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-10 | Japan |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-11 | Kiribati (10 July 2025) - Rev.02 |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-12 | Republic of Korea (4 July 2025) - Rev.01 |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-13 | Republic of Marshall Islands |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-14 | Nauru |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-15 | New Caledonia |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-16 | New Zealand |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-17 | Niue |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-18 | Palau |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-19 | Papua New Guinea |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-20 | Philippines (7 July 2025) - Rev.01 |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-21 | Samoa |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-22 | Solomon Islands |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-23 | Chinese Taipei (4 July 2025) - Rev.01 |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-24 | Tokelau |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-25 | Tonga |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-26 | Tuvalu |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-27 | United States of America |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-28 | Vanuatu |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-29 | Wallis and Futuna |
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| SC21-AR-CCM-30 | American Samoa |
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| SC21-AR-CNM-31 | Curacao |
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| SC21-AR-CNM-32 | Ecuador |
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| SC21-AR-CNM-33 | El Salvador |
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| SC21-AR-CNM-34 | Bahamas |
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| SC21-AR-CNM-35 | Liberia |
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| SC21-AR-CNM-36 | Panama |
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| SC21-AR-CNM-37 | Thailand |
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| SC21-AR-CNM-38 | Vietnam |
Research Projects
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC21-RP-JTF-01 | Japan Trust Fund Status Report (2025) Cook Islands, Fiji, Palau, Philippines, Samoa, South Pacific Group (SPG ), Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Secretariat |
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| SC21-RP-JTF-02 | Japan Trust Fund Steering Committee Meeting Report (2025) JTF Steering Committee |
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| SC21-RP-P35b-01 | Project 35b: WCPFC Pacific Marine Specimen Bank (Rev.01) SPC-OFP |
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| SC21-RP-P35b-02 | Report of the Pacific Marine Specimen Bank Steering Committee PMSB Steering Committee |
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| SC21-RP-PTTP-01 | Project 42: Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Report and Work Plan for 2025-2028 SPC-OFP |
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| SC21-RP-PTTP-02 | Project 42: Report of the Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Steering Committee PTTP Steering Committee |
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| SC21-RP-WPEA-01 | WPEA-SPF Project Update Lars Olsen |
NGO Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC21-OP-01 | Evidence-Based Monitoring: Molecular Tools for Fisheries Oversight M. Green and V. Udyawer |
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| SC21-OP-02 | Sustaining Tuna, Securing Livelihoods: Appeal to SC21 for Decisive Action on Harvest Strategies Philippine Industry Representatives |
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| SC21-OP-03 | BirdLife International Statement to the 21st session of the WCPFC Scientific Committee (SC21) BirdLife International |
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| SC21-OP-04 | Position Statement Sharks Pacific |
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| SC21-OP-05 | Position Statement Earth Island Institute |
Presentations
Draft Documents (secured)
Project Priorities (secured)
* Secure documents are not included in the zip file