2nd Regular Session

Location:
Manila, Phillipines
Date:
7 August 2006 - 18 August 2006
Provisional Status:
not provisional

[Executive Summary]

[Meeting Information] [General papers] [Statistics Specialist Working Group]
[Methods Specialist Working Group] [Fishing Technology Specialist Working Group]
[Biology Specialist Working Group] [Stock Assessment Specialist Working Group]
[Ecosystems and By-catch Specialist Working Group] [NGO Observers]
[Fishery Reports from Members and Observers]

 

Executive Summary

Meeting Information

Symbol Title File Date of Issue
WCPFC-SC-2006 / 01 Notice of meeting & meeting arrangements
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WCPFC-SC-2006 / 02 Registration form
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WCPFC-SC-2006 / 03 Provisional agenda (Rev 1)
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WCPFC-SC-2006 / 04 Provisional annotated agenda (Rev 1)
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WCPFC-SC-2006 / 05 Indicative schedule
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WCPFC-SC-2006 / 06 List of documents (Rev 5)
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WCPFC-SC-2006 / 07 Chair's Briefs
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General Papers

Working Papers

Information Papers

Statistics Specialist Working Group

Agenda and Terms of Reference

Working Papers

Information Papers

Methods Specialist Working Group

Agenda and Terms of Reference

Working Papers

Information Papers

Fishing Technology Specialist Working Group

Agenda and Terms of Reference

Working Papers

Symbol Title File Date of Issue
FT WP-1 An overview of historical changes in the fishing gear and practices of pelagic longliners.
Ward, P. and Hindmarsh, S.
Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra, Australia.
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FT WP-2 Measuring effective longline effort in the Australian Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery.
Campbell, R. and J. Young.
CSIRO. Division of Marine Research, Hobart, Australia.
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FT WP-3 FADIO (Fish Aggregating Devices as Instrumented Observatories of pelagic ecosystems): a European Union funded project on development of new observational instruments and the behaviour of fish around drifting FADs.
Dagorn L., Holland K., Puente E., Taquet M., Ramos A., Brault P., Nottestad L., Georgakarakos S., Deneubourg J.-L., Aumeeruddy R., Josse E., Dalen J.
Institute de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Seychelles, Indian Ocean. France.
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FT WP-4 Behaviour of yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) and bigeye tuna (T. obesus) in a network of anchored Fish Aggregation Devices.
Itano, D., Holland, K. and L. Dagorn.
Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Hawaii: Institute de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Seychelles, Indian Ocean.
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FT WP-5 Standardized fishery terms to facilitate communication within the Scientific Committee and with the WCPFC.
Itano, D. and D. Kirby.
Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,; Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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FT WP-6 An examination of vessel, gear and operational details useful for fishery-specific effort standardization, including FAD-related gear and fishing strategies.
Itano, D.
Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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FT WP-7 FAD Fishing and its Effects on Tuna Stocks.
Babaran, R.
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miag-ao, Iloilo, Philippines.
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FT WP-8 Acoustic Selectivity in Tropical Tuna (Experimental Purse-seine Campaign in the Indian Ocean).
J. Miquel2 , A. Delgado de Molina1 , J. Ariz1 , R. Delgado de Molina1 , S. Déniz, N. Díaz2 , Iglesias2 , J.C. Santana1 y P. Brehmer3.
1 Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias. 2 Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Palma de Mallorca, España. 3 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Sete, France.
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Information Papers

Symbol Title File Date of Issue
FT IP-1 Pelagic longline gear depth and shoaling
Bigelow, K., Musyl, M.K., Poisson, F., and P. Kleiber.
Fisheries Research 77 (2006) 173-183. NOAA Fisheries, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.
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FT IP-2 Factors affecting on recent development in tuna longline fishing capacity and possible options for management of longline capacity.
Miyake, P.M.
Federation of Japan Tuna Fisheries Co-operative Associations, Tokyo, Japan.
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FT IP-3 Marine species identification manual for horizontal longline fishermen.
Chapman, L., Sharples, P., Brogan, D., Desurmont, A., Beverly, S., and W. Sokimi.
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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FT IP-4 Handbooks for the identification of yellowfin and bigeye tunas in fresh, frozen and fresh but less than ideal condition –
Itano, D and S. Fukofuka,. with development and translation assistance from M. de Beer, Yamasaki, G., Lewis, A.D., Taquet, M., Merta, G.S., Andamari, R., Proctor, C., Sarralde, R., Matsumoto, T., Kwoh, J.-R., Moon, D-Y, Choi, Y., Lu-Chen, JY, and the Interpretation and Translation Section of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
(versions available in English, French, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese). Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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FT IP-5 Photographic identification guide for billfish, sharks, tuna-like, and non-tuna finfish taken in WCPO pelagic longline fisheries.
Itano, D., J. McGregor and S. Arceneaux.
Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.; NOAA Fisheries, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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FT IP-6 Study of Alternative Models of Artificial Floating Objects for Tuna Fishery (Experimental Purse-seine Campaign in the Indian Ocean).
Delgado de Molina, A.1, J. Ariz, J.C. Santana and S. Déniz.
Originally submitted as IOTC–2006-WPBy - 05. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain.
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FT IP-7 Behavioural study of small bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tunas associated with drifting FADs using ultrasonic coded transmitter in the central Pacific Ocean.
Matsumoto, T.1, H. Okamoto1 and M. Toyonaga2.
1 National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan. 2 Marine Fisheries Research and Development Department, Center of Fisheries Research Agency, Yokohama, Japan.
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Biology Specialist Working Group

Working Papers

Stock Assessment Specialist Working Group

Working Papers

Symbol Title File Date of Issue
SA WP-1 Stock assessment of yellowfin tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean, including an analysis of management options.
Hampton, J., Langley, A., Kleiber, P.
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. NOAA Fisheries, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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SA WP-2 Stock assessment of bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean, including an analysis of management options.
Hampton, J., A. Langley, A., and P. Kleiber.
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. NOAA Fisheries, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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SA WP-3 The South Pacific albacore fishery: a summary of the status of the stock and fishery management issues of relevance to Pacific Island countries and territories.
Langley, A.D.
Technical Report 37. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
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SA WP-4 An update of the stock assessment for South Pacific albacore tuna, including an investigation of the sensitivity to key biological parameters included in the model.
Langley, A., and J. Hampton.
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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SA WP-5 Potential impact on catches of skipjack by the WCPO purse-seine fishery of various WCPFC conservation and management measures considered for bigeye and yellowfin.
Langley, A., and J. Hampton
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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SA WP-6 Stock assessment of striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Langley, A., B. Molony, D. Bromhead, K. Yokawa, and B Wise..
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. 2Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra, Australia. Japan National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan.
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SA WP-7 SW Pacific Swordfish Stock Status Summary from multiple assessment models.
Kolody, D., N. Davies, and R. Campbell.
CSIRO. Division of Marine Research, Hobart, Australia. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Whangarei, New Zealand.
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Information Papers

Ecosystems and By-catch Specialist Working Group

Agenda and Terms of Reference

Working Papers

Symbol Title File Date of Issue
EB WP-1 An ecological risk assessment for species caught in WCPO longline and purse seine fisheries.
Kirby, D. S., Molony, B.
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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EB WP-2 Multivariate indicators for ecosystem regime shifts and links with long-term recruitment variability for target species.
Kirby, D. S., Briand, K.
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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EB WP-3 Preliminary characterization of sea turtle catches in New Zealand fisheries waters.
Harley, S. J.
Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington, New Zealand.
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EB WP-4 Additional information on the distribution of seabirds in the WCPF Convention area.
Waugh, S.
Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington, New Zealand.
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EB WP-5 A review of methodologies aimed at avoiding and/or mitigating incidental catch of protected seabirds
Bull, L.S.
Department of Conservation Research, Development, and Improvement Series. Department of Conservation, Wellington.
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EB WP-6 Summary of seabird bycatch rates recorded in the Western and Central Pacific.
Small, C.
Birdlife International Global Seabird Program.
EB WP-7 Distribution of albatrosses and petrels in the WCFPC Convention Area and overlap with WCPFC longline fishing effort.
BirdLife International.
Birdlife International Global Seabird Program.
EB WP-8 Seabird bycatch mitigation measures in pelagic longline fisheries: opportunities for WCPFC.
ACAP (Warren Papworth).
Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels.
EB WP-9 Japanese research activities to reduce incidental mortality of sea turtles in tuna longline fishery
Minani, H., K. Yokota & M. Kiyota.
National Research Institute Far Seas Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan.
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EB WP-10 Analysis of longline CPUE of major pelagic shark species collected by Japanese research and training vessels in the Pacific Ocean.
H. Matsunaga & H. Shono. M.
National Research Institute Far Seas Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan.
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EB WP-11 Predicting non-target species catch rates for in the absence of observer data: a statistical approach for Flesh Footed Shearwaters in Australia's Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery.
Wilcox, C.
CSIRO, Pelagic Fisheries and Ecosystems.
EB WP-12 Comparison of circle hooks and J hooks in the catch rate of target and bycatch species taken in the Korean tuna longline fishery.
Soon-Song Kim, Dae-Yeon Moon, Doo-Hae An and Jeong-Rack Koh.
National Fisheries Research and Development Institute. Republic of Korea.
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EB WP-13 Turtle bycatch mitigation in the Hawaii longline fishery.
Dalzell, P & E. Gilman.
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council & Blue Ocean Institute
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EB WP-14 Ecological risk assessment for the effects of fishing: methodology.
Hobday, A. J., A. Smith, H. Webb, R. Daley, S. Wayte, C. Bulman, J. Dowdney, A. Williams, M. Sporcic, J. Dambacher, M. Fuller, T. Walker.
CSIRO, Pelagic Fisheries and Ecosystems.
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EB WP-15 Preliminary report of side-setting experiments in a large sized longline vessel.
Yokota K & M. Kiyota.
National Research Institute Far Seas Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan.
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EB WP-16 Shark catch in a pelagic longline fishery: comparison of circle and conventional tuna hooks.
Yokota K, M. Kiyota & H. Minami.
National Research Institute Far Seas Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan.
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Information Papers

Symbol Title File Date of Issue
EB IP-1 Analyses of observer data for the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery.
Gilman, E., D. Kobyashi, T. Swenarton, P. Dalzell, I. Kinan, and N. Brothers.
Blue Ocean Institute, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office.
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EB IP-2 Measurement-points examination of circle hooks for pelagic longline fishery to evaluate effects of hook design.
K. Yokota, H. Minami & M. Kiyota,
National Research Institute Far Seas Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan.
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EB IP-3 A summary of the Korean tuna fishery observer program for the Pacific Ocean in 2005.
Doo-Hae An, Soon-Song Kim, Dae-Yeon Moon, and Seon-Jae Hwang.
National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Republic of Korea.
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EB IP-4 Bycatch mitigation approaches in Australia’s Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery: seabirds, turtles, marine mammals, sharks and non-target fish.
Stobutzki, I.
Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra, Australia.
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EB IP-5 Seamount Research Planning Workshop Report. 20-21 March 2006.
Allain,V., Kirby, D.S. and Kerandel, J. A.
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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EB IP-6 Ecosystem Monitoring and Analysis: stomach sampling overview of the GEF-SAP project 200-2005 and stomach sampling strategy of the GEF-OFM project 2005-2010.
Allain,V., and B. Leroy.
Oceanic Fisheries Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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EB IP-7 EB IP-7 Coverpage
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EB IP-7 Review of Seabird Status and Incidental Catch in Eastern Pacific Ocean Fisheries.
IATTC.
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, USA.
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EB IP-8 EB IP-8 Cover Page
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EB IP-8 The Sea Turtle Bycatch Mitigation Program for the Coastal Longline Fleets and Preliminary Results of Circle Hook Experiments.
IATTC.
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, USA.
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EB IP-9 Analyses of observer data for the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery.
Watling, R.
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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EB IP-10 Interactions of fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean and marine turtles.
IATTC
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, USA
application/pdf icon 27 July 2006
EB IP-11 Check list and catch rate data by hook type and bait for bycatch species caught by Spanish experimental longline cruises in the southwestern Indian Ocean during 2005.
J. Ariz, A. Delgado de Molina, Mª L. Ramos and J. C. Santana.
Instituto Español de Oceanografia, PO Box 1373, 38080 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
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NGO Observers

Fisheries Reports From Members and Observers

Symbol Title File Date of Issue
FR WP-1 Australia
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FR WP-2 Canada
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FR WP-3 China
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FR WP-4 Cook Islands
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FR WP-5 EU
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FR WP-6 Federated States of Micronesia
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FR WP-7 Fiji
application/pdf icon 12 October 2006
FR WP-8 French Polynesia
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FR WP-9 Indonesia
application/pdf icon 12 October 2006
FR WP-10 Japan
application/pdf icon 28 July 2006
FR WP-11 Kiribati
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FR WP-12 Korea
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FR WP-13 Marshall Islands
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FR WP-14 Nauru
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FR WP-15 New Caledonia
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FR WP-16 New Zealand
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FR WP-17 Niue
application/pdf icon 7 August 2006
FR WP-18 Palau
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FR WP-19 Papua New Guinea
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FR WP-20 Philippines
application/pdf icon 12 October 2006
FR WP-21 Samoa
application/pdf icon 12 October 2006
FR WP-22 Solomon Islands
application/pdf icon 12 October 2006
FR WP-23 Chinese Taipei
application/pdf icon 18 July 2006
FR WP-24 Tonga
application/pdf icon 20 March 2008
FR WP-25 Tuvalu
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FR WP-26 USA
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FR WP-27 Vanuatu
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