Location:
Apia, Samoa
Meeting Dates:
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Pacific/Pohnpei
Arrangements:
Not provisional
Chair:
Emily Crigler
Support(s):
SungKwon Soh
Elaine G. Garvilles
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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 of the WCPFC scientific data
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3.1.2 Reconciliation of size composition data for stock assessments (Project 127 and 127a)
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3.1.3 Improved coverage of cannery receipt data (Project 114)
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3.1.4 Scientific data (SciData) submission standardization and data management improvements
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3.1.5 Minimum data reporting requirements
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3.1.1 Report of the WCPFC scientific data
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3.2 Evaluation of purse seine fishing activities
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3.3 Regional Observer Program
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3.4 Electronic Reporting and Electronic Monitoring
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3.5 Other ST Theme issues
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3.1 Data gaps of the Commission
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4. STOCK ASSESSMENT THEME
(Berry Muller,Hidetada Kiyofuji,Michelle Sculley)
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4.1 Improvement of stock assessment software
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4.2 Tagging data and research for stock assessment
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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 Projects and Requests
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4.6.1 Framework of the independent review of WCPFC stock assessment
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4.6.2 Application of Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture methods (Project 100d)
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4.6.3 Updated reproductive biology of tropical tunas (Project 120)
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4.6.4 Global tuna RFMO technical workshop on longline CPUE analysis to support best available science (Project 122a)
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4.6.5 Biology from billfish in longline fisheries (Project 125)
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4.6.6 Developing a sampling strategy for sharks (Projects 117, 118 and 126)
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4.6.7 Age-length data stream for tuna stock assessments (Project 129)
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4.6.8 Joint bycatch assessment workshop for billfish and sharks (Project 130)
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4.6.9 Research Plan Update
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4.6.1 Framework of the independent review of WCPFC stock assessment
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4.7 Application of Convention language to stock assessment advice
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4.8 Other SA Theme issues
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4.1 Improvement of stock assessment software
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5. MANAGEMENT ISSUES THEME
(Shuya Nakatsuka)
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5.1 Development of the WCPFC harvest strategy framework
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5.1.1 Bigeye tuna harvest strategy
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5.1.2 Yellowfin tuna harvest strategy
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5.1.3 South Pacific albacore harvest strategy
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5.1.4 Skipjack tuna harvest strategy
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5.1.5 Mixed fishery monitoring strategy
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5.1.6 Progress of the WCPFC Harvest Strategy Work Plan
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5.1.7 Pacific bluefin tuna - Long-term harvest strategy
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5.1.8 Southwest Pacific swordfish management procedure
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5.1.1 Bigeye tuna harvest strategy
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5.2 Review of effectiveness of CMM 2025-02
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5.3 Other MI Theme issues
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5.1 Development of the WCPFC harvest strategy framework
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6. ECOSYSTEM AND BYCATCH MITIGATION THEME
(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-SECOND 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 Arrangements
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-01 Meeting Notice WCPFC-SC22-2026-07 SC22 Document Template (Cover Page) with Formatting and Symbols Guide -
1.3 Issues arising from the Commission
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1.4 Adoption of the agenda
Meeting Arrangements
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-02 Provisional Agenda WCPFC-SC22-2026-03 Provisional Annotated Agenda
Secretariat
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1.5 Reporting arrangements
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1.6 Intersessional activities of the Scientific Committee
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1.1 Welcome address
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2. REVIEW OF FISHERIES
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2.1 Overview of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) fisheries
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2.2 Overview of the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) fisheries
General Papers
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-WP02 The Tuna Fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2025
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
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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 WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM01 Australia WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM02 Canada WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM03 China WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM04 Cook Islands WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM05 European Union WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM06 Federated States of Micronesia WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM07 Fiji WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM08 French Polynesia WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM09 Indonesia WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM10 Japan WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM11_Rev01 Kiribati (6 July 2026) - Rev01 WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM12 Republic of Korea WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM13 Republic of Marshall Islands WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM14 Naoero WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM15 New Caledonia WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM16 New Zealand WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM17 Niue WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM19 Papua New Guinea WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM20_Rev01 Philippines (7 July 2026) - Rev01 WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM21 Samoa WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM22 Solomon Islands WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM23 Chinese Taipei WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM24 Tokelau WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM25 Tonga WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM26 Tuvalu WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM27_Rev01 United States of America (7 July 2026) - Rev01 WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM28 Vanuatu WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM29 Wallis and Futuna WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM30 American Samoa WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM32 Ecuador WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM33 El Salvador WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM36 Panama WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM37 Thailand WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM38 Vietnam -
2.4 Reports from regional fisheries bodies and other organizations
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2.1 Overview of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) 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 of the WCPFC scientific data
Data and Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-WP01_Rev01 Scientific data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (Rev01)
Tiffany Vidal, Shaazreen Bi, and Freddie Heather
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP01 Estimates of annual catches in the WCPFC statistical area
T. Vidal and F. Heather
WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP02 Coverage Levels for Operational Data Fields Submitted to the WCPFC
E. Loganimoce and F. Heather
WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP03_Rev01 Status of observer data management (Revision 01)
Aurelien Panizza, Tiffany Vidal, Colley Falasi, Emmanuel Schneiter, Eparama Loganimoce
WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP04 Commission scientific data and data products: definitions, applications, and nuances
Tiffany Vidal and Peter Williams
WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP05 Data improvements in the West Pacific East Asia (WPEA) Region of WCPFC
Tiffany Vidal, Freddie Heather, Fayakun Satria, Vu Duyen Hai, Theresa Mutia, Suzette Barcoma, Nguyen Quy Duong, Lilis Sadiyah, Muhammad Anas, Putuh Suadela, Ade Januar, Dodiet Rachmadi
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3.1.2 Reconciliation of size composition data for stock assessments (Project 127 and 127a)
Data and Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-WP02 WCPFC Project127/127a - review and reconciliation of size data collected in the WCPFC-CA for stock assessment purposes: phase 2 progress report
Paul Hamer ,Claudio Castillo-Jordán, Aurélien Panizza, Tom Peatman
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3.1.3 Improved coverage of cannery receipt data (Project 114)
Data and Statistics Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP06 Progressing the use of cannery receipt data for scientific work (P114) – a new approach
SPC-OFP
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3.1.4 Scientific data (SciData) submission standardization and data management improvements
Data and Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-WP03 Streamlining scientific data reporting to the Commission
Jessica Leiria Schattschneider , Tim Jones , Tiffany Vidal
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3.1.5 Minimum data reporting requirements
Data and Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-WP04 Proposed Standards, Specifications and Procedures (SSPs) for Unloading Data (Tuna Fisheries)
Timothy Park, Tiffany Vidal, Sam McKechnie, Benoit Pohl
WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-WP05_Rev02 Proposed Revisions to the Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission (Rev02)
SPC-OFP
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3.1.5.1 FAD data reporting (FAD logbook and satellite buoy data transmission)
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP04 Progress of the FADMO-IWG Priority Tasks for 2026
FADMO-IWG
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3.1.5.1 FAD data reporting (FAD logbook and satellite buoy data transmission)
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3.1.1 Report of the WCPFC scientific data
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3.2 Evaluation of purse seine fishing activities
Data and Statistics Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP08 Group Seine Operations of Philippine Flagged Vessels in High Seas Pocket Number 1 (HSP1)
Isidro C. Tanangonan, Marlo B. Demo-os, Jeric S. Jara, Princess Marie Alynagen L. Roque and Alma C. Dickson
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3.3 Regional Observer Program
Data and Statistics Theme
Working Papers
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3.4 Electronic Reporting and Electronic Monitoring
Data and Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-WP09_Rev01 Illustrating the effects of bias with independent monitoring
The Nature Conservancy
WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-WP10 Proposal for Conservation and Management Measure to Implement A WCPFC Electronic Monitoring
United States
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3.5 Other ST Theme issues
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3.1 Data gaps of the Commission
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4. STOCK ASSESSMENT THEME
(Berry Muller,Hidetada Kiyofuji,Michelle Sculley)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP01 Summary Report from the SPC Pre-assessment Workshop – March 2026
Paul Hamer
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4.1 Improvement of stock assessment software
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4.1.1 Update of the MULTIFAN-CL software
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP02 Developments in the MULTIFAN-CL software 2025-26
Nick Davies , Fabrice Bouyé , Kyuhan Kim, Arni Magnusson and John Hampton
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4.1.2 Scoping the next generation of stock assessment software (Project 123)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-WP02 Opal: the open population assessment library
N. Ducharme-Barth , D. Webber , P. Neubauer , K. Kim ,A. Magnusson,P. Hamer
WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-WP03 Skipjack tagging data preliminary analysis, review and recommendations for further development and application
T. Mildenberger, A. Neilsen, A. Magnusson, J. Scutt Phillips, P. Hamer
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4.1.1 Update of the MULTIFAN-CL software
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4.2 Tagging data and research for stock assessment
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-WP04 Scientific outputs from the Pacific Tuna Tagging Programme, and addressing requests from FAC19
PTTP Steering Committee and SPC
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP10 Estimation of tag mixing periods for the 2026 WCPO tuna stock assessments
J. Scutt Phillips, I. Senina and L. Bonin (SPC)
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4.3 WCPO Tunas
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4.3.1 WCPO yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
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4.3.1.1 Research and information
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP04 Analysis of tagging data for the 2026 bigeye and yellowfin assessments: corrections to tag releases for tagging conditions
Tom Peatman, Joe Scutt Phillips, Jo Potts, Simon Nicol
WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP05 Analysis of tag seeding data for the 2026 bigeye and yellowfin assessments: reporting rates for purse seine fleets
Tom Peatman, Sebastien Gislard, Joe Scutt Phillips, Jo Potts & Simon Nicol
WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP06 Analysis of size frequency data for the 2026 bigeye and yellowfin assessments
Tom Peatman, Claudio Castillo–Jordán, Thom Teears, Arni Magnusson, Kyuhan Kim, John Hampton, Paul Hamer
WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP07 Progress towards a new SEAPODYM reference model of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the Pacific Ocean
Lucas Bonnin, Inna Senina, Romain Forestier, Matthieu Lengaigne, Karen Guihou, Julien Temple-Boyer, Kristine Buenafe, Joe Scutt Phillips, Simon Nicol
WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP08 New age-at-length data for WCPO bigeye and yellowfin tuna from the temperate North Pacific and approaches to address spatial sampling bias in growth estimation within MFCL
Takaaki Hasegawa, Kei Okamoto, Hirotaka Ijima, Kyuhan Kim, Paul Hamer, Corey Wakefield, Alexander Pons, Joseph Widdrington and Nick Davies
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4.3.1.2 Provision of scientific information to the Commission
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4.3.1.1 Research and information
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4.3.2 WCPO bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
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4.3.2.1 Research and information
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
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4.3.2.2 Provision of scientific information to the Commission
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4.3.2.1 Research and information
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4.3.3 Fisheries indicators for target tuna stocks
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-WP07 A compendium of fisheries indicators for target tuna stocks in the WCPFC Convention Area
Steven Hare, Tiffany Vidal, Robert Scott, and Graham Pilling
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP15 Trends in the South Pacific albacore longline and troll fisheries
S. McKechnie, G. Pilling and T. Vidal
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4.3.1 WCPO yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
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4.4 Northern Stocks
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4.4.1 Provision of scientific information from the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean
General Papers
Working Papers
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4.4.2 North Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga)
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4.4.2.1 Research and information
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-WP08_Rev02 Stock Assessment of Albacore Tuna in the North Pacific Ocean in 2026 - Updated
ISC
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4.4.2.2 Provision of scientific information to the Commission
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4.4.2.1 Research and information
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4.4.3 Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
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4.4.3.1 Research on migratory patterns
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP16 Stock Structure and Distribution of Pacific Bluefin tuna
ISC-Pacific Bluefin Tuna Working Group
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4.4.3.2 Pacific bluefin tuna stock assessment peer review
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-WP09 ISC 2024 Pacific Bluefin Tuna Stock Assessment Peer Review
ISC
Presentations
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4.4.3.1 Research on migratory patterns
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4.4.1 Provision of scientific information from the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean
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4.5 Billfish
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4.5.1 Pacific blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)
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4.5.1.1 Review of the Pacific blue marlin stock assessment
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-WP10 Stock Assessment Report for Pacific Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans) through 2024
ISC
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4.5.1.2 Provision of scientific information to the Commission
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4.5.1.1 Review of the Pacific blue marlin stock assessment
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4.5.1 Pacific blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)
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4.6 Projects and Requests
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4.6.1 Framework of the independent review of WCPFC stock assessment
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4.6.2 Application of Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture methods (Project 100d)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
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4.6.3 Updated reproductive biology of tropical tunas (Project 120)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP17 Project 120: Revisiting the Reproductive Biology of Western and Central Pacific Ocean Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares)
Sebastien Gislard, Joe Scutt Phillips, Jessica Farley, Marc Ghergariu, John Morrongiello,Joshua Barrow, Bianca Gardner,Roseline Perrot,Corey Wakefield, Joseph Widdrington, Alexandre Pons,Joanne Potts,Tom Peatman,Matthew Cunningham,Lui Bell, Francis Tofukalao, Caroline Sanchez, Vanille Barthelemy, Jone Amoe, Bradley Phillip, Francois Roupsard & Simon J. Nicol
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4.6.4 Global tuna RFMO technical workshop on longline CPUE analysis to support best available science (Project 122a)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP18 Project 122a: Global Joint Tuna RFMO Longline CPUE Technical Workshop
Paul Hamer, Simon Hoyle, Hidetada Kiyofuji, Mark Maunder
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4.6.5 Biology from billfish in longline fisheries (Project 125)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
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4.6.6 Developing a sampling strategy for sharks (Projects 117, 118 and 126)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP20 WCPFC Projects 117, 118 & 126: biological sampling plans for tuna, billfish & sharks
Tom Peatman, Joe Scutt Phillips, Joanne Potts, Simon Nicol
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4.6.7 Age-length data stream for tuna stock assessments (Project 129)
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-WP12 Project 129 update: Building an age-length data stream for tuna assessments
Corey Wakefield, Joseph Widdrington, Kyne Krusic-Golub, Alexandre Pons, Patrick Reis-Santos, Bronwyn Gillanders, Jessica Farley, Simon Nicol, Paul Hamer
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4.6.8 Joint bycatch assessment workshop for billfish and sharks (Project 130)
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP21_Rev01 WCPFC Project 130 — Joint bycatch assessment workshop for billfish and sharks: progress and outcomes of the first steering group meeting
P. Neubauer, P. Hamer
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4.6.9 Research Plan Update
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4.6.9.1 Tuna Assessment Research Plan (TARP) for Key tuna species assessment in the WCPO, 2026-2029
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP22 Tuna Assessment Research Plan (TARP) for ‘Key’ Tuna Species Assessments in the WCPO, 2026-2029
Graham Pilling, Paul Hamer, Simon Nicol
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4.6.9.2 Billfish Research Plan (2023-2030) annual update
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP23 Progress against the 2023-2030 Billfish Research Plan – 2026
Stephen Brouwer and Paul Hamer
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4.6.9.3 Shark Research Plan 2021- 2030 annual update
Stock Assessment Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP24 Progress against the 2021-2030 Shark Research Plan - 2026
Stephen Brouwer and Paul Hamer
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4.6.9.1 Tuna Assessment Research Plan (TARP) for Key tuna species assessment in the WCPO, 2026-2029
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4.6.1 Framework of the independent review of WCPFC stock assessment
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4.7 Application of Convention language to stock assessment advice
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4.8 Other SA Theme issues
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4.1 Improvement of stock assessment software
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5. MANAGEMENT ISSUES THEME
(Shuya Nakatsuka)
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5.1 Development of the WCPFC harvest strategy framework
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5.1.1 Bigeye tuna harvest strategy
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5.1.1.1 Bigeye operating models
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP01 Updates to the Operating models for bigeye tuna in the WCPO
R. Scott, M. Wickens, F. Scott, N. Yao, A. Dabae
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5.1.1.2 Bigeye estimation method
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP02 Updates to the Estimation Method for Bigeye Tuna in the WCPO
M. Wickens, F. Scott, R. Scott
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5.1.1.3 Bigeye management procedure - design and implementation considerations
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP03 Bigeye tuna management procedure design and implementation considerations
F. Scott, R. Scott, M. Wickens, N. Yao, A. Dabea, P. Hamer and G. M. Pilling
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5.1.1.4 Bigeye management procedure - evaluations
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP04 Bigeye Tuna Management Procedure Evaluations
F. Scott, R. Scott, M. Wickens, N. Yao, A. Dabea, P. Hamer and G. M. Pilling
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5.1.1.5 Bigeye tuna management workshop
Management Issues Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP07 First Bigeye Tuna Management Workshop – Chair’s Summary Report
BMW Chair
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5.1.1.1 Bigeye operating models
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5.1.2 Yellowfin tuna harvest strategy
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5.1.3 South Pacific albacore harvest strategy
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5.1.3.1 South Pacific albacore management procedure - run
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP07 South Pacific albacore management procedure: 2026 MP run
N. Yao , R. Scott, F. Scott, A. Dabea, G. Pilling
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5.1.3.2 South Pacific albacore monitoring strategy
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP08 WCPFC South Pacific Albacore Monitoring Strategy
R. Scott, A. Dabea, M. Wickens
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5.1.3.3 Joint WCPFC/IATTC Working Group for South Pacific albacore
General Papers
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-IP03 Outcomes of the first South Pacific albacore joint working group
WCPFC Secretariat and SPC-OFP
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5.1.3.4 Updates on South Pacific albacore Roadmap IWG
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5.1.3.1 South Pacific albacore management procedure - run
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5.1.4 Skipjack tuna harvest strategy
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5.1.4.1 Skipjack monitoring strategy
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP09 WCPFC Skipjack Tuna Monitoring Strategy Report
SPC-OFP
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5.1.4.1 Skipjack monitoring strategy
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5.1.5 Mixed fishery monitoring strategy
Management Issues Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP02 Mixed fishery monitoring strategy
G. Pilling, R. Scott, F. Scott, M. Wickens, N. Yao, A. Dabea and Hamer, P.
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5.1.6 Progress of the WCPFC Harvest Strategy Work Plan
Management Issues Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP03 Update on Capacity Building and Stakeholder Engagement Activities for WCPFC Harvest Strategies
N. Yao , I. Lynn and M. Wickens
WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP08 WCPFC Harvest Strategy Work Plan -
5.1.7 Pacific bluefin tuna - Long-term harvest strategy
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5.1.8 Southwest Pacific swordfish management procedure
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP11 Considerations for developing the Southwest Pacific swordfish management procedure
Australia
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5.1.1 Bigeye tuna harvest strategy
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5.2 Review of effectiveness of CMM 2025-02
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-WP10 Joint standardisation of Japanese pole-and-line and regional purse-seine CPUE for skipjack tuna in the equatorial WCPO
N. Yao , M. Nishimoto , R. Scott
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP04 Evaluation of CMM 2025-02: Tropical Tuna Measure
G.M. Pilling, P. Hamer, R. Scott, and T. Vidal
WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP05 Catch and Effort Data Summaries to Support Discussions on the Tropical Tuna CMMs
SPC-OFP and WCPFC Secretariat
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5.3 Other MI Theme issues
Management Issues Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP01 Examining Indicators of Effort Creep in the WCPO Purse Seine Fishery: 2026 Update
P. Hamer, T. Teears and PNAO
WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP06 Global blue shark management strategy evaluation - Workshop report
FAO
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5.1 Development of the WCPFC harvest strategy framework
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6. ECOSYSTEM AND BYCATCH MITIGATION THEME
(Leyla Knittweis)
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6.1 Ecosystem and Climate Indicators
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6.1.1 Progress of Project 121 (Ecosystem and Climate Indicators)
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP01 Project 121 Update: Ecosystem and Climate Indicators of the western and central Pacific Ocean
SPC-OFP and CSIRO
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP02 Meeting on the Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in tuna RFMOs: Advancing the Development of Ecosystem Indicators
Murua H., S. Nicol, A. Wright, B. Fulton, M.J. Juan-Jorda, E. Andonegi, J. Lopez, D. Crear, L. Fuller, J. Hampton, A. Bundy, N. Hill, J. Potts, J. Melendez, R. Amate, C. Bulman, V. Allain, V. Odongo, K. Sainsbury
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6.1.2 Development of early warning tools and expanded climate impact assessment
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP03 Development of early warning tools and expanded climate impact assessments
S. Nicole, M. Gillespie, C. Davies
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6.1.3 Climate Change Workplan
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6.1.1 Progress of Project 121 (Ecosystem and Climate Indicators)
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6.2 Updates on the 2019 SEAPODYM Review
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP01 Advancing the SEAPODYM modelling framework: methodology, validation, and analyses
I. Senina, L. Bonnin, R. Forestier, and S. Nicol
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP04 Updated SEAPODYM reference models for four Pacific tuna species
I. Senina, L. Bonnin, R. Forestier, M. Lengaigne, K. Guihou, J. Temple-Boyer, and S. Nicol
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6.3 FAD Impacts
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6.3.1 Research on non-entangling biodegradable FADs
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP02 Progress Report of Project 110 and 110a: Non-entangling and Biodegradable FAD Trial in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Lauriane Escalle, Gala Moreno, Iker Zudaire, Jon Uranga, Donald David, and Paul Hamer
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP05 Key outcomes of the international workshop on biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices
Moreno, G., Escalle, L., Zudaire, I., Roman, M., Morán, G., Lopez, J., Murua, J., Uranga, J., Restrepo, V., and Murua, H
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP06 Update and workplan on FAD Research
Lauriane Escalle, Jennyfer Mourot and Paul Hamer
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6.3.2 Research on dFAD loss and abandonments
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP03 Stakeholder perspectives and economic and feasibility analysis of options to mitigate drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFAD) loss and abandonment
Lauriane Escalle, Gala Moreno, Joran DiNardo and Andrew Johnston
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP07 Report from the International workshop on mitigation of dFAD loss and abandonment in the Pacific: Insights from fishing industry to communities
Lauriane Escalle, Gala Moreno, Thibaut Thellier, Marlon Roman, Leanne Fuller, Craig Heberer, Kydd Pollock, Charles Daxboeck, Ariella Andrea, Jennyfer Mourot, Donald David, Igor Sancristobal, Maitane Grande, Jefferson Murua, Anne-Marie Trin
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6.3.3 Updates on FAD Management Options IWG
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP04 Progress of the FADMO-IWG Priority Tasks for 2026
FADMO-IWG
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6.3.1 Research on non-entangling biodegradable FADs
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6.4 Bycatch management
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6.4.1 Bycatch Management Information System (BMIS)
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP05 BMIS - Relevance to WCPFC Decision-Making and Effect of AI
Larissa Fitzsimmons, Simon Nicol (SPC-OFP)
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6.4.2 Review of CMM for seabirds (CMM 2025-05)
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP16 Updated assessment of Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes overlap with pelagic longline fisheries in the North Pacific
Thomas A. Clay, Alyssa Piauwasdy, Michelle Hester, Jessie Beck, Scott A. Shaffer, André F. Raine, K. David Hyrenbach
NGO and Others
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-OP01_Rev01 BirdLife International Statement to the SC22
BirdLife International
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6.4.3 Review of CMM for sea turtles (CMM 2018-04)
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP06 A Synthesis Review of Sea Turtle Interaction Processes, Mitigation Measures and Its Limitations in Tuna Longline Fisheries
Hanna Kubota, Kei Okamoto, Daisuke Ochi
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP07 Data Limited Issue Toward Implementing Ecological Risk Assessment for Sea Turtles and a Proposal for Future Research Plans
Kei Okamoto, Hiroki Yokoi, Hanna Kubota, Daisuke Ochi
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP08 Identifying risk factors in leatherback bycatch in Hawaii’s deep-set longline fishery
United States
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP09 Report from the First Informal Intersessional Meeting for the Review of CMM 2018-04 Sea Turtles
United States
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP10 Proposal to Amend the Regional Observer Programme Minimum Standard Data Fields and Sci Data to Support Sea Turtle Conservation and Management
United States
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP08 Identifying seasonal bycatch hotspots using longline observer data: a case study of leatherback turtles in the Atlantic Ocean
Makoto Nishimoto, Shintaro Ueno, Kei Okamoto, Hirotaka Ijima, Daisuke Ochi
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP09 Hooking location of leatherback turtles by hook types in longline fisheries
Kei Okamoto, Hanna Kubota, Daisuke Ochi
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP10 Bycatch risk analysis for three sea turtle species in the WCPO under data-limited conditions
Kei Okamoto, Makoto Nishimoto, Hanna Kubota, Daisuke Ochi
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6.4.1 Bycatch Management Information System (BMIS)
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6.5 Marine pollution
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-WP12 Intersessional Review of the Marine Pollution CMM (CMM 2017-04)
Canada
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6.6 Deep-sea mining
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6.7 Other EB Theme issues
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP11 Assessing the vulnerability of elasmobranchs to western and central Pacific tuna fisheries using an improved ecological risk assessment method
Nicholas J. Hill , Shane Griffiths , Valerie Allain, Simon Nicol, Joanne Potts, Naiten Bradley Phillip Jr, Cassandra L. Rigby
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP12 Post-Release Survival of Sharks Captured in the Western and Central Pacific Purse Seine Fishery: Implications for Bycatch Management and Conservation
Murua, H., Grande, M., Moreno, G., Murua, J., and Restrepo, V
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP13 Preliminary report of Pacific Tuna and Ecosystem Research Cruise Project in 2025
Tawa A., Ishihara T., Yamaguchi T., Nagatomo Y., Okazaki M., Ambe D., Hidaka K., Kiyofuji H. (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, FRA), Allain V., Vourey E., Barbin L., Magnier P., Portal A., Wirotaroeno L., Pilling G. (The Pacific Community, SPC), Ata C., Kafo W. (Solomon Island National University)
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP14 Monitoring Plan for Longline Loops/Traps for the Spanish Fleet in the Area of Tuna RFMOs
Jose Carlos Báez
WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP15 A New Emerging Terminal Device in Pelagic Longline Swordfish Fisheries: A Mini-Review
Jose Carlos Báez and Andrés Domingo
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6.1 Ecosystem and Climate Indicators
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7. OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS
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7.1 Pacific Marine Specimen Bank (Project 35b)
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-P35b01 Project 35b: WCPFC Pacific Marine Specimen Bank
SPC
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7.1.1 Updates on pollutant studies in WCPO tuna
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-P35b03 Methylmercury and other pollutants studies in tunas
Anaïs Médieu, Valérie Allain, David Point, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte, Tony Gardon, Fany Sardenne, Ika Paul-Pont, Zahirah Dhurmeea, Catherine Munschy, Yann Aminot, Anne Lorrain
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7.1.1 Updates on pollutant studies in WCPO tuna
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7.2 Pacific Tuna Tagging Project (Project 42)
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-PTTP01 Project 42: Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Report and Work-plan for 2024-2027
SPC-OFP
WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-PTTP02 Project 42: Report of the Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Steering Committee
PTTP Steering Committee
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7.3 West Pacific East Asia Project
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-WPEA01 WPEA-SPF Project Update
Lars Olsen
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7.4 Japan Trust Fund activities
Meeting Arrangements
Research Projects
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-JTF01 Japan Trust Fund Status Report (2026)
Fiji, FSM, Palau, Philippines, Samoa, South Pacific Group (SPG), Tonga, and Secretariat
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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 WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-IP04 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
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11. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
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11.1 Future Operation of the Scientific Committee
General Papers
Working Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-WP05 A proposed process and preliminary recommendations for prioritising the work of the Scientific Committee
R. Currey and E. Crigler
WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-WP06 A proposed process to establish a schedule of independent reviews of stock assessments
R. Currey
Information Papers
Symbol Title Date of Issue Last Updated WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-IP06 Activities addressing challenges in the delivery of stock assessments in time for member’s peer review
Graham Pilling , Tiffany Vidal, Paul Hamer, and the WCPFC Secretariat
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11.2 Next meeting
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11.1 Future Operation of the Scientific Committee
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12. OTHER MATTERS
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13. ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
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14. CLOSE OF THE MEETING
All Documents
Outcomes and Summary Report
Meeting Arrangements
General Papers
Working Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-WP02 | The Tuna Fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2025
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-WP03_Rev01 | Report of the 26th Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean
ISC |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-WP05 | A proposed process and preliminary recommendations for prioritising the work of the Scientific Committee
R. Currey and E. Crigler |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-WP06 | A proposed process to establish a schedule of independent reviews of stock assessments
R. Currey |
Information Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-IP03 | Outcomes of the first South Pacific albacore joint working group
WCPFC Secretariat and SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-IP04 | Cooperation with Other Organizations
Secretariat |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-GN-IP06 | Activities addressing challenges in the delivery of stock assessments in time for member’s peer review
Graham Pilling , Tiffany Vidal, Paul Hamer, and the WCPFC Secretariat |
Science Related Documents from WCPFC22
Data and Statistics Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP01 | Estimates of annual catches in the WCPFC statistical area
T. Vidal and F. Heather |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP02 | Coverage Levels for Operational Data Fields Submitted to the WCPFC
E. Loganimoce and F. Heather |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP03_Rev01 | Status of observer data management (Revision 01)
Aurelien Panizza, Tiffany Vidal, Colley Falasi, Emmanuel Schneiter, Eparama Loganimoce |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP04 | Commission scientific data and data products: definitions, applications, and nuances
Tiffany Vidal and Peter Williams |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP05 | Data improvements in the West Pacific East Asia (WPEA) Region of WCPFC
Tiffany Vidal, Freddie Heather, Fayakun Satria, Vu Duyen Hai, Theresa Mutia, Suzette Barcoma, Nguyen Quy Duong, Lilis Sadiyah, Muhammad Anas, Putuh Suadela, Ade Januar, Dodiet Rachmadi |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP06 | Progressing the use of cannery receipt data for scientific work (P114) – a new approach
SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-ST-IP08 | Group Seine Operations of Philippine Flagged Vessels in High Seas Pocket Number 1 (HSP1)
Isidro C. Tanangonan, Marlo B. Demo-os, Jeric S. Jara, Princess Marie Alynagen L. Roque and Alma C. Dickson |
Stock Assessment Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP01 | Summary Report from the SPC Pre-assessment Workshop – March 2026
Paul Hamer |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP02 | Developments in the MULTIFAN-CL software 2025-26
Nick Davies , Fabrice Bouyé , Kyuhan Kim, Arni Magnusson and John Hampton |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP04 | Analysis of tagging data for the 2026 bigeye and yellowfin assessments: corrections to tag releases for tagging conditions
Tom Peatman, Joe Scutt Phillips, Jo Potts, Simon Nicol |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP05 | Analysis of tag seeding data for the 2026 bigeye and yellowfin assessments: reporting rates for purse seine fleets
Tom Peatman, Sebastien Gislard, Joe Scutt Phillips, Jo Potts & Simon Nicol |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP06 | Analysis of size frequency data for the 2026 bigeye and yellowfin assessments
Tom Peatman, Claudio Castillo–Jordán, Thom Teears, Arni Magnusson, Kyuhan Kim, John Hampton, Paul Hamer |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP07 | Progress towards a new SEAPODYM reference model of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the Pacific Ocean
Lucas Bonnin, Inna Senina, Romain Forestier, Matthieu Lengaigne, Karen Guihou, Julien Temple-Boyer, Kristine Buenafe, Joe Scutt Phillips, Simon Nicol |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP08 | New age-at-length data for WCPO bigeye and yellowfin tuna from the temperate North Pacific and approaches to address spatial sampling bias in growth estimation within MFCL
Takaaki Hasegawa, Kei Okamoto, Hirotaka Ijima, Kyuhan Kim, Paul Hamer, Corey Wakefield, Alexander Pons, Joseph Widdrington and Nick Davies |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP10 | Estimation of tag mixing periods for the 2026 WCPO tuna stock assessments
J. Scutt Phillips, I. Senina and L. Bonin (SPC) |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP11 | Investigation of the impacts of regional growth variation on the 2023 bigeye tuna stock assessment
John Hampton, Nick Davies and Paul Hamer |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP12 | Summaries of bigeye tuna catch and effort to support management procedure discussions
Sam McKechnie, Graham Pilling & Tiffany Vidal |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP13 | Trends in bigeye tuna mean weight by space, time, and fleet in the WCPO longline fishery
C. Castillo-Jordán , J. Potts, T. Peatman , P. Hamer |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP14 | Natural mortality estimation for WCPO bigeye tuna: a joint cohort analysis of Coral Sea and Region 4 tagging data
N. Ducharme-Barth,T. Peatman,J. Scutt Phillips,C. Minte-Vera |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP15 | Trends in the South Pacific albacore longline and troll fisheries
S. McKechnie, G. Pilling and T. Vidal |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP16 | Stock Structure and Distribution of Pacific Bluefin tuna
ISC-Pacific Bluefin Tuna Working Group |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP17 | Project 120: Revisiting the Reproductive Biology of Western and Central Pacific Ocean Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares)
Sebastien Gislard, Joe Scutt Phillips, Jessica Farley, Marc Ghergariu, John Morrongiello,Joshua Barrow, Bianca Gardner,Roseline Perrot,Corey Wakefield, Joseph Widdrington, Alexandre Pons,Joanne Potts,Tom Peatman,Matthew Cunningham,Lui Bell, Francis Tofukalao, Caroline Sanchez, Vanille Barthelemy, Jone Amoe, Bradley Phillip, Francois Roupsard & Simon J. Nicol |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP18 | Project 122a: Global Joint Tuna RFMO Longline CPUE Technical Workshop
Paul Hamer, Simon Hoyle, Hidetada Kiyofuji, Mark Maunder |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP19 | Biology of South Pacific striped marlin, blue marlin, black marlin, shortbill spearfish, and sailfish in the WCPO from longline fisheries
SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP20 | WCPFC Projects 117, 118 & 126: biological sampling plans for tuna, billfish & sharks
Tom Peatman, Joe Scutt Phillips, Joanne Potts, Simon Nicol |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP21_Rev01 | WCPFC Project 130 — Joint bycatch assessment workshop for billfish and sharks: progress and outcomes of the first steering group meeting
P. Neubauer, P. Hamer |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP22 | Tuna Assessment Research Plan (TARP) for ‘Key’ Tuna Species Assessments in the WCPO, 2026-2029
Graham Pilling, Paul Hamer, Simon Nicol |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP23 | Progress against the 2023-2030 Billfish Research Plan – 2026
Stephen Brouwer and Paul Hamer |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-SA-IP24 | Progress against the 2021-2030 Shark Research Plan - 2026
Stephen Brouwer and Paul Hamer |
Management Issues Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP01 | Examining Indicators of Effort Creep in the WCPO Purse Seine Fishery: 2026 Update
P. Hamer, T. Teears and PNAO |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP02 | Mixed fishery monitoring strategy
G. Pilling, R. Scott, F. Scott, M. Wickens, N. Yao, A. Dabea and Hamer, P. |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP03 | Update on Capacity Building and Stakeholder Engagement Activities for WCPFC Harvest Strategies
N. Yao , I. Lynn and M. Wickens |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP04 | Evaluation of CMM 2025-02: Tropical Tuna Measure
G.M. Pilling, P. Hamer, R. Scott, and T. Vidal |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP05 | Catch and Effort Data Summaries to Support Discussions on the Tropical Tuna CMMs
SPC-OFP and WCPFC Secretariat |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP06 | Global blue shark management strategy evaluation - Workshop report
FAO |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP07 | First Bigeye Tuna Management Workshop – Chair’s Summary Report
BMW Chair |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-MI-IP08 | WCPFC Harvest Strategy Work Plan |
Ecosystem and Bycatch Mitigation Theme
Working Papers
Information Papers
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP01 | Project 121 Update: Ecosystem and Climate Indicators of the western and central Pacific Ocean
SPC-OFP and CSIRO |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP02 | Meeting on the Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in tuna RFMOs: Advancing the Development of Ecosystem Indicators
Murua H., S. Nicol, A. Wright, B. Fulton, M.J. Juan-Jorda, E. Andonegi, J. Lopez, D. Crear, L. Fuller, J. Hampton, A. Bundy, N. Hill, J. Potts, J. Melendez, R. Amate, C. Bulman, V. Allain, V. Odongo, K. Sainsbury |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP03 | Development of early warning tools and expanded climate impact assessments
S. Nicole, M. Gillespie, C. Davies |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP04 | Updated SEAPODYM reference models for four Pacific tuna species
I. Senina, L. Bonnin, R. Forestier, M. Lengaigne, K. Guihou, J. Temple-Boyer, and S. Nicol |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP05 | Key outcomes of the international workshop on biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices
Moreno, G., Escalle, L., Zudaire, I., Roman, M., Morán, G., Lopez, J., Murua, J., Uranga, J., Restrepo, V., and Murua, H |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP06 | Update and workplan on FAD Research
Lauriane Escalle, Jennyfer Mourot and Paul Hamer |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP07 | Report from the International workshop on mitigation of dFAD loss and abandonment in the Pacific: Insights from fishing industry to communities
Lauriane Escalle, Gala Moreno, Thibaut Thellier, Marlon Roman, Leanne Fuller, Craig Heberer, Kydd Pollock, Charles Daxboeck, Ariella Andrea, Jennyfer Mourot, Donald David, Igor Sancristobal, Maitane Grande, Jefferson Murua, Anne-Marie Trin |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP08 | Identifying seasonal bycatch hotspots using longline observer data: a case study of leatherback turtles in the Atlantic Ocean
Makoto Nishimoto, Shintaro Ueno, Kei Okamoto, Hirotaka Ijima, Daisuke Ochi |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP09 | Hooking location of leatherback turtles by hook types in longline fisheries
Kei Okamoto, Hanna Kubota, Daisuke Ochi |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP10 | Bycatch risk analysis for three sea turtle species in the WCPO under data-limited conditions
Kei Okamoto, Makoto Nishimoto, Hanna Kubota, Daisuke Ochi |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP11 | Assessing the vulnerability of elasmobranchs to western and central Pacific tuna fisheries using an improved ecological risk assessment method
Nicholas J. Hill , Shane Griffiths , Valerie Allain, Simon Nicol, Joanne Potts, Naiten Bradley Phillip Jr, Cassandra L. Rigby |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP12 | Post-Release Survival of Sharks Captured in the Western and Central Pacific Purse Seine Fishery: Implications for Bycatch Management and Conservation
Murua, H., Grande, M., Moreno, G., Murua, J., and Restrepo, V |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP13 | Preliminary report of Pacific Tuna and Ecosystem Research Cruise Project in 2025
Tawa A., Ishihara T., Yamaguchi T., Nagatomo Y., Okazaki M., Ambe D., Hidaka K., Kiyofuji H. (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, FRA), Allain V., Vourey E., Barbin L., Magnier P., Portal A., Wirotaroeno L., Pilling G. (The Pacific Community, SPC), Ata C., Kafo W. (Solomon Island National University) |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP14 | Monitoring Plan for Longline Loops/Traps for the Spanish Fleet in the Area of Tuna RFMOs
Jose Carlos Báez |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP15 | A New Emerging Terminal Device in Pelagic Longline Swordfish Fisheries: A Mini-Review
Jose Carlos Báez and Andrés Domingo |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-EB-IP16 | Updated assessment of Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes overlap with pelagic longline fisheries in the North Pacific
Thomas A. Clay, Alyssa Piauwasdy, Michelle Hester, Jessie Beck, Scott A. Shaffer, André F. Raine, K. David Hyrenbach |
Annual Reports - Part 1
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM01 | Australia | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM02 | Canada | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM03 | China | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM04 | Cook Islands | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM05 | European Union | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM06 | Federated States of Micronesia | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM07 | Fiji | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM08 | French Polynesia | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM09 | Indonesia | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM10 | Japan | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM11_Rev01 | Kiribati (6 July 2026) - Rev01 | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM12 | Republic of Korea | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM13 | Republic of Marshall Islands | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM14 | Naoero | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM15 | New Caledonia | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM16 | New Zealand | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM17 | Niue | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM19 | Papua New Guinea | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM20_Rev01 | Philippines (7 July 2026) - Rev01 | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM21 | Samoa | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM22 | Solomon Islands | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM23 | Chinese Taipei | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM24 | Tokelau | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM25 | Tonga | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM26 | Tuvalu | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM27_Rev01 | United States of America (7 July 2026) - Rev01 | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM28 | Vanuatu | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM29 | Wallis and Futuna | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CCM30 | American Samoa | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM32 | Ecuador | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM33 | El Salvador | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM36 | Panama | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM37 | Thailand | ||
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-AR-CNM38 | Vietnam |
Research Projects
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-JTF01 | Japan Trust Fund Status Report (2026)
Fiji, FSM, Palau, Philippines, Samoa, South Pacific Group (SPG), Tonga, and Secretariat |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-P35b01 | Project 35b: WCPFC Pacific Marine Specimen Bank
SPC |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-P35b03 | Methylmercury and other pollutants studies in tunas
Anaïs Médieu, Valérie Allain, David Point, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte, Tony Gardon, Fany Sardenne, Ika Paul-Pont, Zahirah Dhurmeea, Catherine Munschy, Yann Aminot, Anne Lorrain |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-PTTP01 | Project 42: Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Report and Work-plan for 2024-2027
SPC-OFP |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-PTTP02 | Project 42: Report of the Pacific Tuna Tagging Project Steering Committee
PTTP Steering Committee |
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| WCPFC-SC22-2026-RP-WPEA01 | WPEA-SPF Project Update
Lars Olsen |
NGO and Others
| Symbol | Title | Date of Issue | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCPFC-SC22-2026-OP01_Rev01 | BirdLife International Statement to the SC22
BirdLife International |
Presentations
Draft Documents (Secured)
Project Priorities (Secured)
* Secure documents are not included in the zip file