22nd Regular Session of the Commission

The Commission will consider the following issues relating to its review of CMM 2023-01:

i.    an evaluation of the effectiveness of CMM 2023-01: (tropical tunas), prepared by the SSP.

ii.   implementation of increased monitoring coverage (by human observers or EM) associated with the increases in BET catch as part of Attachment 1, Table 3 of CMM 2023-01.

iii.  consideration of a plan for reviewing CMM 2023-01 in 2026, pending the outcomes of discussions under Agenda Item 11.3 on the skipjack MP and Agenda Item 11.8 on the Harvest Strategy Workplan, noting that the CMM expires on 5 February 2027. 

iv.   outcome of the Commission’s discussions at WCPFC20 related to the development of allocation frameworks for tropical tunas and its agreement to a phased approach to the development of criteria for allocation, elements of an allocation framework, and implementation of the frameworks, commencing in 2026 (see paragraph 567 of the WCPFC20 Summary Report_Rev01).