22nd Regular Session of the Technical and Compliance Committee

Location:
Pohnpei, FSM
Meeting Dates:
- Pacific/Pohnpei
Arrangements:
Not provisional
Chair:
Ilkang Na
Support(s):
Matthew McGregor
Submissions Due:
More Information

Chair: Mr. Ilkang Na (Korea)

Meeting Venue: FSM National Convention Center, Palilkir, Pohnpei (at the FSM National Capitol facilities)

The TCC22 Heads of Delegation Meeting will take place at 4pm on Tuesday, 22 September 2026 at the TCC22 meeting venue. 

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Agenda
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Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
Transport Schedule between Meeting Venue and Hotels
Opening Ceremony Program | 23 September 2026
Circ 2026-55 Meeting Notice for the Twenty-Second Regular Session of the Technical and Compliance Committee
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-01B_Rev06 Provisional List of Documents_Rev06
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-01C_Rev03 Indicative Schedule for TCC22_Rev03
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-01_Rev01 Provisional Agenda_Rev01
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-HOD Heads of Delegation Provisional Agenda
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
SciData_revisions_TCC22_clean_34B Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission
SPC
SciData_revisions_TCC22_tracked_34C Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission_Tracked
SPC
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-02_Rev03 Cooperating Non-Member Requests for 2027
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-03 High Seas Catch Attribution for Chartered Vessels
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-04_REV01 Draft IUU Vessel List and Current WCPFC IUU Vessel List
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-05 WCPFC and IATTC and the Overlap Area: Issues
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-06 Available Data for Verifying Compliance in the Compliance Monitoring Scheme
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-07 Supporting CCMs with Technical and Compliance Matters
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-08 Review of Commission’s Compliance with CMM 2013-06, Paragraphs 2 and 4
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-09 Executive Director's Annual Report on Technical and Compliance Matters
Executive Director
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-10_REV01 Capacity Assistance Needs and CMM 2013-06 paragraph 1 and CMM 2013-07 reporting
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-11_Rev01 Reports on CMM 2024-02 (MCS Measures for Pacific Bluefin Tuna)
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-12 TCC Chair's Process for Developing a Provisional Compliance Monitoring Report at TCC22
TCC Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-13 Proposed Updates to the VMS Standards, Specifications and Procedures and Standard Operating Procedures to Reflect Upgrades Addressing CCM Feedback
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-13_suppl01 Standards, Specifications and Procedures (SSP) for the Fishing Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-13_suppl02 Commission VMS Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-14 Request for Removal of ALCs to the WCPFC List of Approved ALCs/MTUs
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-15 Data Exchange Arrangements with other RFMOs
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-18 Progress on CCFS Cases Older Than 24 Months
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-19 List of obligations for future CMS assessments
TCC Chair and Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-20 Reference Paper Related to Harvest Strategy Development for TCC22
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-21 Update on WCPFC Information and Network Security Framework
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-22 SC22 outcomes related to TCC22
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-23 Update on the Informal Intersessional Process to Review the Marine Pollution Measure
Canada
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-24 Update from the Regional Observer Programme Intersessional Working Group
ROPIWG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-24A_Rev01 Discussion Paper on the CCFS Process Flow_Rev01
ROPIWG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-24B Scope of Observer Monitoring for Potential Infringements in the Compliance Case File System
ROPIWG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-24C Data Fields for Non-catch Transfers
ROPIWG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-24E Regional Observer Program data management and budget implications
SPC-OFP
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-24F_rev01 Status of Observer Data Management
Aurélien Panizza, Tiffany Vidal, Colley Falasi, Eparama Loganimoce and Emmanuel Schneiter
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-25 HSBI Intersessional Working Group - Chair’s Update
HSBI WG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-25A Voluntary HSBI Regional Guides - Bycatch Mitigation Measuring
HSBI WG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-25B Voluntary HSBI Regional Guides – Crew Labour Standards
HSBI WG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-25C Discussion Material - Voluntary HSBI Regional Guides – Crew Labour Standards
HSBI WG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-26_Rev02 Update from the Chair of the Electronic Reporting and Electronic Monitoring Intersessional Working Group (ERandEM IWG)_Rev02
ERandEM IWG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-27 Progress of the FADMO-IWG Priority Tasks for 2026 And SC22 Outcomes
FADMO-IWG Chair
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-29 Report on the Informal Intersessional Meeting for the Review of CMM 2018-04 Sea Turtles
STIIWG Co-Chairs
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-30 Compilation of Catch Discards
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-31 Development of Early Warning Tools to Anticipate Climate-Driven Changes
Secretariat and SPC-OFP
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-34 Proposed Revisions to the Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission
SPC-OFP
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-34A SciData_revisions_sc22_adopted_tracked
SPC-OFP
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-35 WCPFC ROP observer provider application – Panama Observers Program S.A. (POPSA)
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-36 Proposed Standards, Specifications and Procedures (SSPs) for Unloading Data (Tuna Fisheries)
SPC-OFP
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-37 Examining Indicators of Effort Creep in the WCPO Purse Seine Fishery: 2026 Update
Paul Hamer, Thom Teears and the PNAO
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-38_Rev01 Scientific Data Available to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
Tiffany Vidal, Shaazreen Bi, Freddie Heather
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-39 First South Pacific Albacore Allocation Workshop - Chair's Summary Report
SPAAW Chair
WCPFC‐TCC22‐2026‐dCMR02_SECURE Static Aggregated Summary Information from the WCPFC online compliance case file system (CCFS) of flag CCM responses to Alleged infringements and other notified reports
Available on SECURE CCM Portal on WCPFC website to authorised CCM officials CMR 2026 - Final CMR (covering 2025 activities)
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-DP01 Recommended Technical CCFS Enhancements to Further Streamline the Management of CCFS Cases
United States of America
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-DP02 Proposal for Conservation and Management Measure to Implement a WCPFC Electronic Monitoring Program
United States of America
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-DP03 Proposal to Amend the Regional Observer Programme Minimum Standard Data Fields and SciData to Support Sea Turtle Conservation and Management
United States of America
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-DP04_Rev01 Audit Points for Crew Labour Standards CMM 2024-04_Rev01
New Zealand
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-DP05 Operation Antares 2026: Operational Observations on the Implementation of Key WCPFC Conservation and Management Measures
Australia
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-DP06 High-seas transhipment in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean: fleet structure, vessel economics, and the impracticability assessment
Marshall Islands
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-DP07 PNA and Vanuatu Proposal to Refine the CCFS Process Flow
Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) CCMs
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-IP01 Review of CMM 2015-02: South Pacific Albacore and Summary of Reporting to WCPFC
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-IP02 Summary of the Reports Received Under Tropical Tuna CMMs from 2024 to 2026
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-IP04 Current Data Flows for Case Creation in CCFS
Secretariat
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-IP05 Catch and Effort Data Summaries to Support Discussions on the Tropical Tuna CMMs
SPC–OFP and the Secretariat
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP01 Annual Report on the Commission VMS
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP01
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP02 Annual Report on the Regional Observer Programme
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP02
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP03 Annual Report on Transhipment Reporting
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP03
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP04 Annual Report on High Seas Boarding and Inspections (HSBI) Scheme
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP04
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP05_Rev01 Annual Report for the Record of Fishing Vessels and Charter Notifications
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP05
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP06 Annual Report on the Eastern High Seas Pocket Special Management Area (EHSP-SMA)
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP06
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP06_supp Supplement to EHSP-SMA Providing Information Related to Fishing Activity in Other High Seas Pockets
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP06_supp
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP07 Annual Report on Port Inspections and Implementation Standards for Port State Measures
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP07
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP08 Annual Report on the Administration of the WCPFC Data Access Rules and Procedures
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP08
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-RP09 Annual Report on the Performance of E-Reporting and E-Monitoring Standards
Secretariat DASHBOARD SUMMARY of RP09
WCPFC‐TCC22‐2026‐RP10 Analysis of Trends in Fisheries Operating in the WCPFC IATTC Overlap Area
Secretariat
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-OP01 Global Fishing Watch Position Statement: 22nd Regular Session of the Technical and Compliance Committee
Global Fishing Watch
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-OP02 Benchmarking Tuna RFMO at-sea transhipment measures against the 2022 FAO Voluntary Guidelines: A Comprehensive Analysis
International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-OP03A Monitoring For Change – Insights from a Pilot on Electronic Monitoring and Wi-Fi Solutions for Social Responsibility
The Nature Conservancy
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-OP03B Monitoring Fishing Activity on the Edge - mobilizing AI and edge technologies to advance near realtime electronic monitoring footage review
The Nature Conservancy
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-OP03C Accurately estimating catch - an illustration of the effects of bias in independent monitoring of fisheries
The Nature Conservancy
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-OP04 Sharks Pacific – Position Statement
Sharks Pacific
WCPFC-TCC22-2026-OP05 Pew Statement: 22nd Regular Session of the Technical and Compliance Committee
PEW Charitable Trust

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