First Bigeye Management Workshop

The first session will begin with an overview of the WCPFC Harvest Strategy Workplan and the 2026 target for adopting a bigeye tuna Management Procedure (MP). The 2026 timeline includes  key decisions to be made, including the endorsement of the operating models (OMs) and the estimation method at SC22, and the spatial scope of the bigeye MP and the general shape of the Harvest Control Rule (HCR), which should be defined before the main analytical work gets underway, in preparation for the adoption of the bigeye MP at WCPFC23.