22nd Regular Session of the Northern Committee

As the 22nd regular Session of the WCPFC Scientific Committee will be held from 11 to 19  August 2026 in Samoa, no report from SC22 will be available at NC22.

However, NC22 may consider, under this agenda, the application of the WCPFC Management Advice and Uncertainty Template (SC21-SA-IP-22) in the provision of scientific advice, as tasked by the Commission (Para. 224, WCPFC22 Summary Report), including reviewing the template and incorporating it into the Committee’s regular reporting processes. Discussions will focus on improving the clarity, consistency, and systematic presentation of uncertainties, risk, and confidence levels associated with scientific assessments. In particular, the Committee will consider how to structure advice in line with the template’s components—such as stock status indicators, reference points, projections, and explicit characterization of uncertainty—to support more informed and consistent decision-making by the Commission.