Draft Terms of Reference for the TWG CMSA, draft 2017-2021 Work Plan and draft Data List for stock assessments

At the 3rd Commission meeting in July 2017, Japan proposed the draft of Terms of Reference for the TWG CMSA, the draft 2017-2021 Work Plan and the draft Data List for Stock Assessments for Chub Mackerel (NPFC-2017-COM03-WP04) for consideration by the Commission, following the recommendation from the SC in 2017 (Para 36a, Report of SC in 2017). The draft was accepted as a working paper for further improvement by the TWG CMSA members intersessionally, before the TWG CMSA meeting in December 2017. The current version incorporates the suggestions made by the TWG CMSA members. It was endorsed at the 1st TWG CMSA meeting in December 2017.