5th Regular Session of the Scientific Committee

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
	Summary Report (Edited Version)		24 February 2010

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
WCPFC-SC-2009-07	List of Documents	8 August 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-08	Provisional Agenda for the Steering Committee [WPEA/IPDCP]	13 July 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-09	Provisional Agenda for the Steering Committee [PTTP]	14 July 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-11	Provisional Agenda for the Steering Committee [JTF]	24 July 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-12	Provisional agenda for head of delegagtion (HOD) meeting (1600-1700, 9 August 2009)	30 July 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-01	Meeting Notice and Information	10 May 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-02	Provisional Agenda (rev1)	10 May 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-03	Provisional Annotated Agenda (rev1)	10 May 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-04	Indicative Schedule (rev1)	10 May 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-05	Registration Form	10 May 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-06	Guidelines in submitting Specialist Working Group (SWG) papers	4 June 2009
WCPFC-SC-2009-10	Methods-SWG: Notice of special arrangements for SC5 to accommodate workshop on reference points	10 May 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
GN-WP-01	Williams, P. and P. Terawasi. Overview of tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean, including economic conditions â€“ 2008. SPC and FFA (Rev.1)	29 July 2009
GN-WP-02	IATTC. The fishery for tunas and billfishes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2008	15 July 2009
GN-WP-03	Secretariat. Scientific and Data Management Services: Revising the Agreement with SPC-OFP.	24 July 2009
GN-WP-04	Secretariat. Guidelines outlining the process for formulating the work programme and budget of the Scientific Committee (Revision of Attachment M, SC4 Summary Report)	27 July 2009
GN-WP-05	Steering Committee [PTTP]. Summary Report of the Third PTTP Steering Committee	18 August 2009
GN-WP-06	Steering Committee. Summary report of the Sixth IPDCP/WPEA Steering Committee	14 August 2009
GN-WP-08	Secretariat. Summary of issues arising from Independent Review	14 July 2009
GN-WP-09	Secretariat. Fishing effort for bigeye and yellowfin tuna from other commercial tuna fisheries. (Rev.1)	10 August 2009
GN-WP-10	Secretariat. Cooperation, Consultation and Collaboration with Other RFMOs and Rational Agencies	10 July 2009
GN-WP-11	Secretariat. Draft revision of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between WCPFC and ISC	29 July 2009
GN-WP-12	Secretariat. Measuring and Monitoring Capacity (CMM-2008-01, para 44).	20 July 2009
GN-WP-15	Secretariat. Second Meeting of the Five Tuna RFMOs - Science Issues	14 July 2009
GN-WP-16	Secretariat. High Seas Vessel Day Scheme: High Seas Purse Seine Fishing Effort	23 July 2009
GN-WP-17	John Hampton and Shelton Harley. Assessment of the potential implications of application of CMM-2008-01 for bigeye and yellowfin tuna.	28 July 2009
GN-WP-18	FAO. The Fishery Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS)	28 July 2009
GN-WP-19	Steering Committee [JTF]. Summary Report of the First JTF Steering Committee Meeting	19 August 2009
GN-WP-07	MRAG. Final project report on Independent Review of the Commissionâ€™s Transitional Science Structure and Functions	2 June 2009
GN-WP-13	Secretariat. WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles	29 June 2009
GN-WP-14	Secretariat. WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles Graphics	29 June 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
GN-IP-01	Secretariat. Intersessional activities of the Scientific Committee	29 July 2009
GN-IP-05	Secretariat. Summary of 2008/2009 IPDCP/WPEA Activities Supported by the Secretariat	15 July 2009
GN-IP-06	Secretariat. Indonesia Philippines Data Collection Project Fund Statement of income and expenditure and changes in the fund balance for the 2009 year as at 31 July 2009 and administrative changes	24 July 2009
GN-IP-09	Secretariat. Strategy for the Incorporation of the ISC data into WCPFC Data Holdings	29 July 2009
GN-IP-10	Secretariat. A Proposal for the Peer Review of ISC and SC stock assessments	29 July 2009
GN-IP-11	Secretariat. West Pacific East Asia Oceanic Fisheries Management Project â€“ Inception Workshop Report	24 July 2009
GN-IP-12	Secretariat. Summary report on the project history funded by Japanese Trust Fund	23 July 2009
GN-IP-13	B. Leroy, J. Hampton, B. Kumasi, A. Lewis, D. Itano, T. Usu, S. Nicol, V. Allain, Sylvain Caillot. PTTP SUMMARY REPORT: REVIEW PHASE 2.	9 August 2009
GN-IP-14	David Itano , Kim Holland , Kevin Weng. Hawaii Tuna Tagging Project 2 â€“ progress report.	22 July 2009
GN-IP-15	S. Nicol[1], J. Hampton[1], B. Leroy[1], B. Kumasi[1], A. Lewis[1], D. Itano[2]. PTTP work plan 2009-2010. [1] SPC-OFP. [2] University of Hawaii.	9 August 2009
GN-IP-16	A. Williams, S. Nicol, J. Hampton, S. Harley, S. Hoyle. South Pacific Albacore Tagging Project: 2009 Summary Report WCPFC-SC5-2. SPC-OFP, Noumea, New Caledonia.	23 July 2009
GN-IP-17	IATTC. Proposal for a regional tuna tagging project in the Eastern Pacific Ocean	27 July 2009
GN-IP-18	WCPFC and SPC. Report of the Third Eastern Indonesia Tuna Fishery Data Collection Workshop (EITFDC-3)	28 July 2009
GN-IP-19	FAO. State of Selected Stocks of Tuna and Billfish in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.	17 August 2009
GN-IP-02	Dale Kolody, Robert Campbell, and Nick Davies. Final project report on South-West Pacific Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Stock Assessment 1952-2007	2 June 2009

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BI-SWG-01	Provisional Agenda for the Biology Specialist Working Group		17 July 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
BI-WP-01	R. Keller Kopf, Julian Pepperell, Peter S. Davie. A preliminary report on age, growth, and reproductive dynamics of striped marlin (Kajikia audax) in the southwest Pacific Ocean.	21 July 2009
BI-WP-02	Hiroshi Ashida, Toshiyuki Tanabe, Nobuhiro Suzuki. Recent progress on reproductive biology of skipjack tuna in the tropical region of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. (Revision)	24 July 2009
BI-WP-03	S. Hoyle, S. Nicol, and D. Itano. Revised biological parameter estimates for application in yellowfin stock assessment. (Rev)	23 July 2009
BI-WP-04	S. Nicol, K. Sisior, S. Retalmai, D. Itano, K. Schaefer, J. Farley. Bigeye tuna age and reproductive biology â€“ progress report. (Rev)	23 July 2009
BI-WP-05	Jessica Farley, Ashley Williams, Campbell Davies, and Simon Nicol. Regional study of South Pacific albacore population biology: Year 1 - biological sample collection.	23 July 2009

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IP-01	Information Paper Template		15 July 2009

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
EB-SWG-01	Provisional Agenda for the Ecosystem and Bycatch Specialist Working Group		11 July 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
EB-WP-01	P. Kleiber, S. Clarke, K. Bigelow, H. Nakano, M. McAllister, and Y. Takeuchi. North Pacific Blue Shark Stock Assessment.	23 July 2009
EB-WP-02	Shelley Clarke. An Alternative Estimate of Catches of Five Species of Sharks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean based on Shark Fin Trade Data.	23 July 2009
EB-WP-03	BirdLife International, Global Seabird Programme. Seabird bycatch mitigation measures. BirdLife International, UK	23 July 2009
EB-WP-04	Stephen Brouwer and Ian Bertram. Setting bycatch limits for sea turtle in the western and central Pacific Oceans shallow-set longline fisheries.	24 July 2009
EB-WP-05	D. Kirby. Ecological Risk Assessment Implementation Report. SPC-OFP, Noumea, New Caledonia.	12 August 2009
EB-WP-06	D. Kirby, S. Waugh, D. Filippi. Spatial risk indicators for seabird interactions with longline fisheries in the western and central Pacific.	24 July 2009
EB-WP-06 (Appendix)	Susan Waugh, Ben Lascelles, Phil Taylor, Ian May, Mark Balman, Steve Cranwell. Range distributions of seabirds at risk of interactions with longline fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean.	28 July 2009
EB-WP-07	P. Williams, D. Kirby, S. Beverly. Encounter rates and life status for marine turtles in WCPO longline and purse seine fisheries. SPC-OFP, Noumea, New Caledonia.	29 July 2009
EB-WP-08	Michael J. Manning, Donald B. Bromhead, Shelton J. Harley, Simon D. Hoyle, and David S. Kirby. The feasibility of conducting quantitative stock assessments for key shark species and recommendations for providing preliminary advice on stock status in 2010.	4 August 2009
EB-WP-09	David SeÃ¡n Kirby. Monitoring the effectiveness of Conservation and Management Measures for bycatch. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat for the Pacific Community, NoumÃ©a CÃ©dex, New Caledonia.	5 August 2009
EB-WP-10	Patrick Lehodey, and Inna Senina. An update of recent developments and application of the SEAPODYM model. Marine Ecosystems Modeling and Monitoring by Satellites, CLS, Space Oceanography Division, Ramonville, France.	6 August 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
EB-IP-01	Stephen Brouwer and Lynda Griggs. Description of New Zealandâ€™s shallow-set longline fisheries. (Rev-11Aug09)	24 July 2009
EB-IP-02	Hsiang-Wen Huang. Bycatch of Taiwanese Tuna Longline Fisheries in the Pacific Ocean. National Taiwan Ocean University, No.2 Pei-Ning Rd. Keelung, Taiwan.	23 July 2009
EB-IP-03	Doo-Hae An, Doo-Nam Kim, Dae-Yeon Moon, Seon-Jae Hwang and You-Jung Kwon. A Summary of the Korean Tuna Fishery Observer Program for the Pacific Ocean in 2008.	27 July 2009
EB-IP-04	T. Morato, V. Allain, S. Hoyle, S. Nicol. Tuna longline fishing around West and Central Pacific seamounts.	23 July 2009
EB-IP-05	ALLAIN ValÃ©rie, SANCHEZ Caroline, DUPOUX Cyndie. Pelagic ecosystem trophic dynamics â€“ progress report. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Ecosystem Monitoring and Analysis Section, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia.	3 August 2009
EB-IP-06	K. Briand, J. J. Molina, X. Couvelard, V. Faure, P. Marchesiello, C. Menkes, S. Nicol, P. Lehodey, I. Senina, R. Leborgne, M. Rodier. Implementation of SEAPODYM model for the South Pacific albacore stock; focus on the New Caledonia EEZ.	23 July 2009
EB-IP-07	Steven E. Campana , Warren Joyce, Michael J. Manning. Bycatch and discard mortality in commercially caught blue sharks Prionace glauca assessed using archival satellite pop-up tags.	21 July 2009
EB-IP-08	William Walsh, Keith Bigelow and Karen Sender. Decreases in Shark Catches and Mortality in the Hawaii-based Longline Fishery as Documented by Fishery Observers. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Honolulu, U.S.A.	28 July 2009
EB-IP-09	ACAP. Mitigation Measures For Pelagic Longline Gear: A Report On The Work Of The Seabird Bycatch Working Group, Agreement On The Conservation Of Albatrosses And Petrels. Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels.	30 July 2009
EB-IP-11	Christofer Boggs [1], Paul Dalzell[2], and Russell Ito[2]. Low level of sea turtle bycatch continues in the Hawaii longline fishery.	7 August 2009
EB-IP-12	Sue Waugh. Analysis of Seabird Measures. BirdLife International Global Seabird Programme.	30 July 2009
EB-IP-13	Patrick Lehodey and Inna Senina. A USER MANUAL FOR SEAPODYM VERSION 2.0: application with data assimilation (draft version). Marine Ecosystems Modeling and Monitoring by Satellites, CLS, Space Oceanography Division, Ramonville, France.	7 August 2009
EB-IP-14	FAO. Expert consultation on best practice technical guidelines for IPOA/NPOA â€“ Seabirds.	7 August 2009
EB-IP-15	Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Sea Turtle Mitigation Plan (TMP).	10 August 2009
EB-IP-16	Ludwig Kumoru , Thomas. C. Usu, Luanah Koren Yaman, and Leontine Baje. Species composition and length frequency of Papua New Guinea purse-seine catch from the 2008 independent tuna port sampling.	11 August 2009

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
FT-SWG-01	Provisional Agenda for the Fishing Technology Specialist Working Group		10 July 2009
FT-SWG-02	Provisional Agenda for the Fishing Technology Specialist Working Group (rev.1)		8 August 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
FT-WP-01	CMM 2008-01 [Paragraph 24 Fish Aggregating Devices] Secretariat	22 July 2009
FT-WP-02	Doo-Hae An, You-Jung Kwon, Doo-Nam Kim, Dae-Yeon Moon and Seon-Jae Hwang. Catch of small-sized tuna by set type of Korean tuna purse seine fishery in the WCPO. National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), Busan, Korea.	4 August 2009
FT-WP-03	Itano, D., K. Schaefer and D. Fuller. Update on the use of underwater video to characterize the species, size composition and vertical distribution of tunas around floating objects.	5 August 2009

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
FT-IP-01	Steve Beverly. Longline terminal gear identification guide. Nearshore Fisheries Development and Training Section, Coastal Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BP D5 98848, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia.		23 July 2009
FT-IP-02	David Itano. The use of underwater video to characterize the species, size composition and vertical distribution of tunas and non-tuna bycatch around floating objects. PFRP, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.		29 July 2009

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ME-SWG-01	Provisional Agenda for the Methods Specialist Working Group (rev1)		10 July 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
ME-WP-01	Wez Norris. The Application of Reference Point Management in WCPO Tuna Fisheries: An Introduction to Theory and Concepts. Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, PO Box 629, Honiara, Solomon Islands.	23 July 2009
ME-WP-02	S. Harley, S. Hoyle, J. Hampton, and P. Kleiber. Characteristics of potential reference points for use in WCPFC tuna stock assessments.	28 July 2009
ME-WP-03	Campbell Davies and Marinelle Basson. Approaches for identification of appropriate reference points and implementation of MSE within the WCPO (SC4-GN-WP-10)	23 July 2009

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
ME-IP-01	Robert Campbell. The use of Reference Points in Fisheries Management: A short review. CSIRO Marine Research, Australia.		29 July 2009

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ST-SWG-01	Provisional Agenda for the Statistics Specialist Working Group		10 July 2009
ST-SWG-02	Provisional Agenda for the Statistics Specialist Working Group (Rev)		9 August 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
ST-WP-01	SPC-OFP. Scientific data available to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.	31 July 2009
ST-WP-03	Lawson, T. Selectivity bias in grab samples and other factors affecting the analysis of species composition data collected by observers on purse seiners in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.	17 July 2009
ST-WP-04	SPC-OFP. Review of the WCPFC transhipment reporting form for collecting data for scientific purposes (Rev. July 2009). SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.	23 January 2009
ST-WP-05	WCPFC. Draft conservation and management measure on regulation of transhipment (WCPFC5-2008/DP02)	28 July 2009
ST-WP-06	John Hampton. Implications for scientific data collection by observers of new requirements for 100% observer coverage of purse seiners. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.	30 July 2009
ST-WP-07	Harley, S., P. Williams, J. Hampton. Analysis of Purse seine set times for different school associations: A further tool to assist in compliance with FAD closures? SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.	22 July 2009
ST-WP-08	Timothy Lawson and Peter Williams. Status of public domain catch and effort data held by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.	29 July 2009
ST-WP-09	Secretariat. Regional Observer Programme â€“ Data administration and management options	24 July 2009
ST-WP-10	Secretariat. VMS Data for Scientific Purposes.	28 July 2009
ST-WP-11	Secretariat. Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Information Record	28 July 2009
ST-WP-12	Fields to be collected from transshipments/unloadings for scientific purposes	10 August 2009
ST-WP-02	Jones, M. and B. Shallard. Final report on causes of data gaps. FishServe Innovations New Zealand Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand	3 June 2009

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
ST-IP-01	SPC-OFP. Estimates of annual catches in the WCPFC Statistical Area. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.		29 July 2009
ST-IP-02	Shui-Kai Chang, Ta-Te Lin, and Ching-Lu Hsieh. A photographic method of obtaining length measurements for Pacific Yellowfin Tuna		27 July 2009

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
SA-SWG-01	Provisional Agenda for the Stock Assessment Specialist Working Group		11 July 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
SA-WP-01	S. Hoyle. CPUE Standardization for bigeye and yellowfin tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.	9 August 2009
SA-WP-02	Chang, S-K., S. Hoyle and H-I Liu. Yellowfin CPUE standardization for Taiwanese distant water longline fishery in the WCPO - with emphasis on target change.	25 July 2009
SA-WP-03	Langley, A., S. Harley, S. Hoyle, N. Davies, J. Hampton and P. Kleiber. Stock assessment of yellowfin tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean.	2 August 2009
SA-WP-04	Harley, S. [1], S. Hoyle [1], A. Langley, A. [2], J. Hampton [1] and P. Kleiber [3]. Stock assessment of bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. [1] SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia, [2] SPC consultant, [3] NOAA Fisheries, PIFSC, Hawaii, USA.	29 July 2009
SA-WP-05	Bigelow, K. [1] and S. Hoyle [2], Standardized CPUE for distantâ€“water fleets targeting south Pacific albacore. [1] NOAA Fisheries, PIFSC, Hawaii, USA [2] SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.	25 July 2009
SA-WP-06	Hoyle, S. and N. Davies. Stock assessment of albacore tuna in the south Pacific Ocean. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.(Rev)	2 August 2009
SA-WP-07	Zhang, Z. and J. Holmes. Generalized Linear Bayesian Models for Standardization of CPUE with Incorporation of Spatial-Temporal Variations. Pacific Biological Station, British Columbia, Canada.	5 August 2009
SA-WP-08	Ann Preece, Dale Kolody, Campbell Davies and Jason Hartog. Management strategy evaluation for Australia’s east coast tuna and billfish fishery: progress update. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Australia.	30 July 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
SA-IP-01	S. J. Harley, N. Davies, S. D. Hoyle. Report from the SPC pre-assessment workshop, Noumea, April 2009. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.	18 July 2009
SA-IP-02	S. J. Harley. Spatial distribution measures for the analysis of longline catch and effort data. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.	18 July 2009
SA-IP-03	S. J. Harley, S. D. Hoyle, F. BouyÃ©. General structural sensitivity analysis for the yellowfin tuna stock assessment. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.	18 July 2009
SA-IP-04	Nick Davies, Simon Hoyle and Fabrice BouyÃ©. General structural sensitivity analysis for the albacore tuna stock assessment in the south Pacific Ocean. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia.	30 July 2009
SA-IP-05	Don Bromhead, Simon Hoyle, Ashley Williams, Shyh-Bin Wang and Shui-Kai Chang. Factors influencing the size of albacore tuna sampled from the South Pacific albacore longline fisheries.	6 August 2009
SA-IP-06	Robert Campbell. Distribution of albacore tuna size by depth within the Australian eastern tuna and billfish fishery. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Australia.	27 July 2009
SA-IP-07	Simon Hoyle, Dave Fournier, Pierre Kleiber, John Hampton, Fabrice BouyÃ©, Nick Davies, and Shelton Harley. Update of recent developments in MULTIFANâ€“CL and related software for stock assessment.	29 July 2009

Symbol	Title	Date of Issue
AR-CCM-01	Australia	10 July 2009
AR-CCM-02	Canada	19 July 2009
AR-CCM-03	China	24 July 2009
AR-CCM-04	Cook Islands	1 August 2009
AR-CCM-05	European Union	24 July 2009
AR-CCM-06	Federated States of Micronesia (rev.1)	15 August 2009
AR-CCM-07	Fiji	18 August 2009
AR-CCM-08	French Polynesia	10 July 2009
AR-CCM-09	Japan	10 July 2009
AR-CCM-10	Kiribati	14 August 2009
AR-CCM-11	Korea	10 July 2009
AR-CCM-12	Marshall Islands	19 August 2009
AR-CCM-13	Nauru	24 July 2009
AR-CCM-14	New Caledonia	12 June 2009
AR-CCM-15	New Zealand	10 July 2009
AR-CCM-16	Niue	19 August 2009
AR-CCM-17	Palau	19 August 2009
AR-CCM-18	Papua New Guinea	11 August 2009
AR-CCM-19	Philippines	21 July 2009
AR-CCM-20	Samoa	30 July 2009
AR-CCM-21	Solomon Islands	21 August 2009
AR-CCM-22	Chinese Taipei	10 July 2009
AR-CCM-23	Tokelau	24 July 2009
AR-CCM-24	Tonga	15 August 2009
AR-CCM-25	Tuvalu	14 August 2009
AR-CCM-26	United States of America	7 August 2009
AR-CCM-27	Vanuatu	19 August 2009
AR-CCM-28	Wallis and Futuna	10 August 2009
AR-CCM-29	Belize	10 July 2009
AR-CCM-30	El Salvador	4 November 2009
AR-CCM-31	Indonesia	7 September 2009
AR-CCM-33	Senegal	29 July 2009

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SC5 - GREENPEACE	GREENPEACE - End The High Seas Heist		7 August 2009

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