18th Regular Session of the Commission

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As decided at WCPFC13, a fee applies for non-governmental organization (NGO) participation at Commission meetings. For WCPFC18 the fee for the first two representatives of an NGO delegation is set at US $250 and US $150 for each subsequent representative. Payment options are included in the email when registering.

Schedule

On 12 November, the WCPFC Chair issued Circular 2021/99 related to the WCPFC18 Meeting Schedule (see below).  The following is the meeting schedule in Pohnpei time (UTC+11) :

• Monday 29 November: FAC15 from 0900h - 1100h and HOD from 1130h - 1330h.

• Tuesday 30 November:  the day is reserved for delegations to rest.*

The co-Chairs of the Review of the Transhipment CMM IWG (TS-IWG) have scheduled on the margins of WCPFC18 a meeting of the TS-IWG on Tuesday 30 November 0900h - 1100h (for further details please refer to the 27 Nov TS-IWG update which was emailed to TS-IWG participants and is posted to the WCPFC TS-IWG page (link))

• Wednesday 1 December: Day 1 of WCPFC18 plenary from 1300h - 1700h.

CNM SWG chaired by Emily Crigler (USA) is scheduled to meet in a break-out room during the break on Day 1

• Thursday 2 December: Day 2 of WCPFC18 plenary from 1300h - 1700h.

The WG to develop the list of obligations for the CMS chaired by Heather Ward (NZ) is scheduled to meet in a break-out room during the break on Day 2

The SWG to develop the draft final CMR chaired by TCC Chair Mat Kertesz (Australia) is scheduled to meet immediately following the close of session on Day 2.  This SWG will be held taking into account the confidentiality of information. (CMM 2019-06 para 8 and 21(i)).

• Friday 3 December:  the day is reserved for delegations to rest.*

• Saturday 4 December: Day 3 of WCPFC18 plenary from 0900h - 1300h(session may be extended if necessary to get all the business of the Commission done by the end of this day).

The WG to develop the list of obligations for the CMS chaired by Heather Ward (NZ) is scheduled to meet in a break-out room during the break on Day 3

The Northern Committee will have an informal meeting in plenary after the end of session on Day 3

• Sunday 5 December:  the day is reserved for delegations to rest.*

A HOD+3 working group to discuss TTM will meet from 0900h for three hours on Sunday 5 December (refer to WCPFC18-2021-16_rev1)

• Monday 6 December: Day 4 of WCPFC18 plenary from 0900h - 1300h(session may be extended if necessary to get all the business of the Commission done by the end of this day).

FAC15 scheduled to resume in a break-out room during the break on Day 4

The SWG to develop the draft final CMR chaired by TCC Chair Mat Kertesz (Australia) is scheduled to meet in plenary immediately following the close of session on Day 4.  This SWG will be held taking into account the confidentiality of information. (CMM 2019-06 para 8 and 21(i)).

• Tuesday 7 December: Day 5 of WCPFC18 plenary from 0900h - 1300h (session may be extended if necessary to get all the business of the Commission done by the end of this day). 

FAC15 will resume from 0800h - 0900h in plenary before the start of session on Day 5.

* The rest days are included to allow delegations adversely affected by the meeting time to recover.  It may also provide an opportunity for delegations and the Chair to consult informally on the new tropical tuna measure or for discussion of any working groups the Commission may establish. 

WCPFC18 Online Discussion Forum (ODF)

The WCPFC18 Online Discussion Forum (ODF) commenced on Tuesday 16 November 2021 with a preliminary list of topics based on the WCPFC18 Provisional Annotated Agenda.  A list of topics for the WCPFC18 online discussion forum is under development.  As agreed at the HOD meeting, the WCPFC18 ODF will remain open during WCPFC18 meeting so that CCMs can lodge ideas and views for informal considerations not only for this annual meeting but also to feed into intersessional work.  The forum topics will close for further comments as agenda items are closed or otherwise at the conclusion of WCPFC18 meeting.

WCPFC18 participants must be registered and approved for the WCPFC18 meeting in order to participate in the ODF.  For guidance please refer to the new online support platform.

Secure content

Note that there are additional WCPFC18 meeting papers that are accessed by registered and approved CCM users, through secure CCM portal pages hosted on the WCPFC website (www.wcpfc.int), to date this includes:

• Supporting information for CNM requests for 2022 (WCPFC18-2021-07 Att 4) 
• Information related to the Compliance Monitoring Report (WCPFC18-2021-21_rev1 SECURE, WCPFC18-2021-fCMR_draft_rev1 Draft of final CMR as cleared by the CMR SWG on DAY 4)

Further guidance on accessing secure content is provided through this page and this page on the online support platform.