First informal intersessional meeting for the review of CMM 2018-04 Sea Turtles

Location:
Online
Meeting Dates:
- Pacific/Pohnpei
Arrangements:
Not provisional
Support(s):
Elaine G. Garvilles
Eidre Sharp
More Information

This informal workshop is planned to occur on the 8 and 10 April 2026 with a break of one day in between. The meeting will be from 10am to 2pm (Pohnpei time) - See TimeAndDate for your local meeting time.

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Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
Circular 2026-04 WCPFC Circular 2026/04 Informal Intersessional Working Group on the Review of WCPFC’s Sea Turtle Measure (CMM 2018-04)
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Circular 2026-31 WCPFC Circular 2026/31 Update on the draft agenda for the first informal intersessional meeting for the review of CMM 2018-04 Sea Turtles (STIIWG01)
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STIIWG01-2026-01_Rev01 Annotated Draft Agenda with List of References (Rev01)
STIIWG Co-Leads
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Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
STIIWG01-2026-IP-01 Developments (2006-2007) in scientific research on the use of modified fishing gear to reduce longline bycatch of sea turtles
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STIIWG01-2026-IP-02 Joint Analysis of Sea Turtle Mitigation Effectiveness
(6.95 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-03 Conservation and Management Measure 2018-04 (Sea Turtles)
(423.26 KB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-04 Characterizing surface longline fishing fleet behavior in relation to leatherback bycatch
(9.3 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-05 Guidelines to reduce sea turtle mortality in fishing operations
(1.9 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-06 Post-release survival for leatherback turtles caught in New Zealand surface longline fisheries
(1.96 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-07 BEST HANDLING AND RELEASE PRACTICES FOR SEA TURTLES CAPTURED IN IATTC FISHERIES
(706.02 KB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-08 SEA TURTLE BYCATCH MITIGATION AND CIRCLE HOOKWORKSHOP REVIEW DOCUMENT
(1.21 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-09 GLOBAL PATTERNS OF MARINE MAMMAL, SEABIRD, AND SEA TURTLE BYCATCH REVEAL TAXA-SPECIFIC AND CUMULATIVE MEGAFAUNA HOTSPOTS
(1.73 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-10 Literature Review of Soak Period Bycatch Mitigation Measures for New Zealand’s Surface Longline Fleet
(1.79 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-11 Review of the Status of Sea Turtles in the Pacific Ocean 2021
(7.36 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-12 Strengthening Scientific Data Reporting to Support Sea Turtle Conservation (CMM 2018-04)
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STIIWG01-2026-IP-13 Scientific Data Available to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
(2.13 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-14 Sea Turtle Bycatch Mitigation in U.S. Longline Fisheries
(3.43 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-15 State of the World’s Sea Turtles
(19.82 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-16 Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fishery Demonstrates the Need to Consider Multispecies Impacts In Bluewater Tine-Area Closures
(4.1 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-17 Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species
(3.19 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-18 A Meta- Analysis of Bycatch Mitigation Methods for Sea Turtles Vulnerable to Swordfish and Tuna Longline Fisheries
(2.7 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-19 Challenges and Opportunities in Monitoring and Mitigating Sea Turtle Bycatch in Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
(8.74 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-20 Effects of eliminating shallow hooks from tuna longline sets on target and non-target species in the Hawaii-based pelagic tuna fishery
(1.18 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-21 Individual and fleetwide bycatch thresholds in regional fisheries management frameworks
(1.87 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-22 Leatherback Sea Turtle Interactions in Western and Central Pacific Deep-Set Longline Fisheries
(944.34 KB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-23 International community’s efforts to mitigate sea turtle bycatch and status of implementing relevant measures by Korean tuna longline fishery
(1.85 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-24 Review of studies on catch rates of commercial and bycatch species by hook type using in pelagic tuna longline fisheries
(582.82 KB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-25 Estimating trends and magnitudes of bycatch in the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
(12.36 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-26 Inputs for Comprehensive Bycatch Management Strategy Evaluation in Tuna Fisheries
ISSF
(2.11 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-27 Influence of hook type on catch of commercial and bycatch species in an Atlantic tuna fishery
(1.11 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-28 A review of reported effects of pelagic longline fishing gear configurations on target, bycatch and vulnerable species
(1.19 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-29 Evaluation of Hook and Bait Type on the Catch Rates in the Western North Atlantic Ocean Pelagic Longline Fishery
(1.79 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-30 Trials Using Different Hook and Bait Types in the Configuration of the Surface Longline Gear Used by the Spanish Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Fishery in the Atlantic Ocean
(1.71 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-31 Multifaceted effects of bycatch mitigation measures on target or non-target species for pelagic longline fisheries and consideration for bycatch management
(1.55 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-32 Habitat Distribution Modeling of the Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean using Integrated Multi Sources Fisheries Data
Lianhuan Xie, Wei Tang, Xuefang Wang
(2.04 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-33 A meta-synthesis of marine turtle post-release mortality to support evidence-informed bycatch mitigation policy
Chaloupka et al. 2022
(4.19 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-34 Review of effects of pelagic longline hook and bait type on sea turtle catch rate, anatomical hooking position and at-vessel mortality rate
Gilman and Huang
(1.12 MB)
STIIWG01-2026-IP-35 Reducing sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery
Gilman, et al.
(627.87 KB)
STIIWG01-2026-WP-01_Rev04 References for the Review of CMM 2018-04 with Links to the Document (Rev.04)
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Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
A3 An Ecological and Cultural Perspective of Sea Turtles
CJ Cayanan
(1.11 MB)
A3 Extinction Risk Analysis for sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean
N.Pilcher


(3.06 MB)
A3 Overview of sea turtle population ranges and status within the WCPO
B.Wallace
(4.42 MB)
A4 Leatherback Sea Turtle Interaction Rate
R. Ahrens
(920.21 KB)
A4 Sea turtle interactions with WCPO fisheries
T. Peatman (SPC)
(908.97 KB)
A4 Hooking location of leatherback turtles by hook types in longline fisheries and Bycatch risk analysis for three sea turtle species in the WCPO under data-limited conditions
K. Okamoto
(2.11 MB)
A4 and A5 Characterising surface longline fishing fleet behaviour in relation to leatherback bycatch and Post-release survival for leatherback turtles caught in New Zealand surface longline fisheries
M. Dunn
(4.15 MB)
A5 Inputs for Fisheries Management Strategy Evaluation of Multispecies Bycatch
E Gilman
(1.23 MB)
A7 Habitat Distribution Modeling of the Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean using Integrated Multi Sources Fisheries Data
Lianhuan Xie, Wei Tang, Xuefang Wang
(6.03 MB)
A8 Protected Species Workshops & Crew Training Program (Hawaii/American Samoa Longline fleet)
J.Mehlinger
(4.21 MB)

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