Resolution I of the WCPFC Convention sets forth various provisions for PrepCon to address in preparation for the Convention entering into force. For science needs, they include, inter alia: (1) provisional scientific advice on the status of stocks (yellowfin, skipjack, bigeye and south Pacific albacore) and, if warranted, recommendations for conservation and management; and (2) recommendations for implementing the functions of the Scientific Committee and for scientific services, including procedures for data collection and reporting.

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Background

At its second session, held in Papua New Guinea in February 2002, the Preparatory Conference decided to establish a Scientific Coordinating Group (SCG) to assist Working Group II in carrying out those parts of its terms of reference which required special scientific and technical considerations.

Master List of Documents (26.08 KB)

About the Preparatory Conference

After four years of negotiations between the coastal States of the Western and Central Pacific and the States fishing in that region, the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean was opened for signature at Honolulu on 5 September 2000.

The WCPFC Charter Notification Scheme is established under Conservation and Management Measure on Charter Notification Scheme (101.9 KB