22nd Regular Session of the Scientific Committee

SC22 will review progress in implementing the workplan and provide advice to the Commission to support the continued development and eventual adoption of a harvest strategy for Southwest Pacific swordfish.

• The development of a Southwest Pacific swordfish harvest strategy follows the Commission’s request to establish a structured management strategy evaluation framework and a long-term management procedure, with SC21 endorsing a project scope and workplan led by Australia and the EU to guide this process. At WCPFC22, the Commission adopted an indicative multi-year workplan covering 2026 to 2030, which sets out a stepwise process to define objectives, reference points, and candidate management procedures, and to test these through MSE, with regular scientific input and decision points at both SC and Commission levels.