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9th Scientific Committee Meeting

    Location
    Tokyo, Japan
    Short Name
    SC09
    Date
    -
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    Meeting Information File
    NPFC-2024-SC09-MIP01(Rev3) Meeting Information_2.pdf
    1. Opening of the Meeting
     
    1.1 Welcome Address and Introductions
     
    1.2 Appointment of Rapporteur
     
    1.3 Meeting Arrangements
    2. Adoption of Agenda
    3. Key milestones to achieve for NPFC stock assessment of priority species and provision of management advice
     
    3.1 A process for reviewing and possibly endorsing domestic stock assessments for priority species
    4. Review of reports and recommendations from the Technical Working Group on Chub Mackerel Stock Assessment (TWG CMSA) and the Small Scientific Committees (SSC BF-ME, SSC NFS, and SSC PS)
     
    4.1 Technical Working Group on Chub Mackerel Stock Assessment
     
    4.2 Small Scientific Committee on Bottom Fish and Marine Ecosystems
     
    4.3 Small Scientific Committee on Neon Flying Squid
     
    4.4 Small Scientific Committee on Pacific Saury
    5. Update from the Joint SC-TCC-COM Small Working Group on Management Strategy Evaluation for Pacific Saury (SWG MSE PS)
    6. Other pelagic priority species
     
    6.1 Summary of progress on the remaining three priority species
     
     
    6.1.1 Blue mackerel (BM)
     
     
    6.1.2 Japanese flying squid (JFS)
     
     
    6.1.3 Japanese sardine (JS)
     
    6.2 Review of species summaries
     
    6.3 Domestic stock assessments of BM, JFS, and JS
     
    6.4 Future roles and activities of SWG BM, SWG JFS, and SWG JS
    7. Climate change effects on NPFC’s priority species and associated ecosystems
     
    7.1 Tools for incorporating climate change considerations into scientific advice
     
    7.2 Current knowledge
     
     
    7.2.1 FAO consultancy report on climate change in the North Pacific
     
    7.3 Ongoing research activities
     
     
    7.3.1 PICES’ Basin-scale Events to Coastal Impacts (BECI) project
     
    7.4 Research priorities and potential scientific projects
    8. Data Collection and Management
     
    8.1 Data Management System
     
     
    8.1.1 Update on GitHub Plan for NPFC
     
     
    8.1.2 Evaluation of biological data provision templates
     
     
    8.1.3 Data inventory
     
     
    8.1.4 Establishment of a new database to manage and archive scientific data
     
     
    8.1.5 Potential establishment of a new Small Working Group on Data (SWG Data)
     
     
    8.1.6 Review of need of GIS maps with catch and effort data for NFS and JS
     
    8.2 NPFC Data Sharing and Data Security Protocol
     
     
    8.2.1 Revision of Regulations for Management of Scientific Data and Information
     
    8.3 Data needs, data gaps and strategies to fill gaps
     
     
    8.3.1 Information about species belonging to same ecosystem or dependent/associated with target stocks
     
     
     
    8.3.1.1 Historical information about species captured in surveys and/or discarded bycatch from fisheries in the Convention Area
     
     
     
    8.3.1.2 Potential impacts on species belonging to same ecosystem or dependent/associated with target stocks
     
     
     
    8.3.1.3 Status of current non-target catch, definitions of bycatch applied in other RFMOs, and options for defining bycatch within NPFC
     
     
    8.3.2 Potential roles of a regional observer program
     
     
     
    8.3.2.1 Summary of scientific objectives of an observer program
     
     
     
    8.3.2.2 Summary of the kinds of data that would need to be collected and the level of observer coverage that would be needed on fishing vessels to achieve those scientific objectives by gear type
     
     
     
    8.3.2.3 Review of template for collecting qualitative information about Members’ sampling programs
     
     
     
    8.3.2.4 Summary of SC responses to six questions from the TCC Chair
     
     
    8.3.3 Potential use of NPFC Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data for scientific purposes
    9. Scientific projects for 2025 and 2026
     
    9.1 Report on capacity building project
     
    9.2 Ongoing/planned projects
     
    9.3 New projects
     
     
    9.3.1 Potential project(s) for PS, CM, NPA, SA, and NFS
     
     
    9.3.2 Independent review of stock assessments
     
     
    9.3.3 Other potential projects
     
    9.4 Review, prioritization and funding of projects
    10. Cooperation with other organizations
     
    10.1 Reports on the joint NPFC-PICES activities since the SC08 meeting, including a report from the PICES Secretariat
     
    10.2 SC representation at scientific meetings
     
     
    10.2.1 SC representation in the joint ICES-PICES Working Group on Sustainable Pelagic Forage Communities (WG SPF) and SPF symposium in 2026
     
     
    10.2.2 Report on renewal of the NPFC – PICES Framework for Enhanced Scientific Collaboration in the North Pacific
     
    10.3 Report on cooperation between NPFC and NPAFC
     
    10.4 FAO ABNJ Deep-sea fisheries project
     
    10.5 Partnership with the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System of FAO (FIRMS)
     
    10.6 Partnership with WCPFC and ISC
     
    10.7 Partnership with SPRFMO
     
    10.8 Cooperation with other organizations
    11. SC Terms of Reference (TOR) and 2024-2028 Research Plan and Work Plan
     
    11.1 Review of the Scientific Committee TOR
     
    11.2 Five-year Research Plan
     
    11.3 Five-year Work Plan
     
    11.4 Progress on addressing NPFC PR recommendations for SC
    12. Other matters
     
    12.1 Coordination between SC and TCC
     
    12.2 Other issues
    13. Advice and recommendations to the Commission
    14. Next meetings of SC and its subsidiary bodies
     
    14.1 Meeting schedule for 2025/2026
     
    14.2 Meeting format and location
    15. Press release
    16. Adoption of the Report
    17. Close of the Meeting
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    1.1 Welcome Address and Introductions
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    1.2 Appointment of Rapporteur
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    1.3 Meeting Arrangements
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    3.1 A process for reviewing and possibly endorsing domestic stock assessments for priority species
    No documents listed
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    4.1 Technical Working Group on Chub Mackerel Stock Assessment
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    4.2 Small Scientific Committee on Bottom Fish and Marine Ecosystems
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    4.3 Small Scientific Committee on Neon Flying Squid
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    4.4 Small Scientific Committee on Pacific Saury
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    6.1 Summary of progress on the remaining three priority species
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    6.1.1 Blue mackerel (BM)
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    6.1.2 Japanese flying squid (JFS)
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    6.1.3 Japanese sardine (JS)
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    6.2 Review of species summaries
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    6.3 Domestic stock assessments of BM, JFS, and JS
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    6.4 Future roles and activities of SWG BM, SWG JFS, and SWG JS
    No documents listed
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    7.1 Tools for incorporating climate change considerations into scientific advice
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    7.2 Current knowledge
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    7.2.1 FAO consultancy report on climate change in the North Pacific
    No documents listed
    7.3 Ongoing research activities
    No documents listed
    7.3.1 PICES’ Basin-scale Events to Coastal Impacts (BECI) project
    No documents listed
    7.4 Research priorities and potential scientific projects
    No documents listed
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    8.1 Data Management System
    No documents listed
    8.1.1 Update on GitHub Plan for NPFC
    No documents listed
    8.1.2 Evaluation of biological data provision templates
    No documents listed
    8.1.3 Data inventory
    No documents listed
    8.1.4 Establishment of a new database to manage and archive scientific data
    No documents listed
    8.1.5 Potential establishment of a new Small Working Group on Data (SWG Data)
    No documents listed
    8.1.6 Review of need of GIS maps with catch and effort data for NFS and JS
    No documents listed
    8.2 NPFC Data Sharing and Data Security Protocol
    No documents listed
    8.2.1 Revision of Regulations for Management of Scientific Data and Information
    No documents listed
    8.3 Data needs, data gaps and strategies to fill gaps
    No documents listed
    8.3.1 Information about species belonging to same ecosystem or dependent/associated with target stocks
    No documents listed
    8.3.1.1 Historical information about species captured in surveys and/or discarded bycatch from fisheries in the Convention Area
    No documents listed
    8.3.1.2 Potential impacts on species belonging to same ecosystem or dependent/associated with target stocks
    No documents listed
    8.3.1.3 Status of current non-target catch, definitions of bycatch applied in other RFMOs, and options for defining bycatch within NPFC
    No documents listed
    8.3.2 Potential roles of a regional observer program
    No documents listed
    8.3.2.1 Summary of scientific objectives of an observer program
    No documents listed
    8.3.2.2 Summary of the kinds of data that would need to be collected and the level of observer coverage that would be needed on fishing vessels to achieve those scientific objectives by gear type
    No documents listed
    8.3.2.3 Review of template for collecting qualitative information about Members’ sampling programs
    No documents listed
    8.3.2.4 Summary of SC responses to six questions from the TCC Chair
    No documents listed
    8.3.3 Potential use of NPFC Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data for scientific purposes
    No documents listed
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    9.1 Report on capacity building project
    No documents listed
    9.2 Ongoing/planned projects
    No documents listed
    9.3 New projects
    No documents listed
    9.3.1 Potential project(s) for PS, CM, NPA, SA, and NFS
    No documents listed
    9.3.2 Independent review of stock assessments
    No documents listed
    9.3.3 Other potential projects
    No documents listed
    9.4 Review, prioritization and funding of projects
    No documents listed
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    10.1 Reports on the joint NPFC-PICES activities since the SC08 meeting, including a report from the PICES Secretariat
    No documents listed
    10.2 SC representation at scientific meetings
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    10.2.1 SC representation in the joint ICES-PICES Working Group on Sustainable Pelagic Forage Communities (WG SPF) and SPF symposium in 2026
    No documents listed
    10.2.2 Report on renewal of the NPFC – PICES Framework for Enhanced Scientific Collaboration in the North Pacific
    No documents listed
    10.3 Report on cooperation between NPFC and NPAFC
    No documents listed
    10.4 FAO ABNJ Deep-sea fisheries project
    No documents listed
    10.5 Partnership with the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System of FAO (FIRMS)
    No documents listed
    10.6 Partnership with WCPFC and ISC
    No documents listed
    10.7 Partnership with SPRFMO
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    10.8 Cooperation with other organizations
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    11.1 Review of the Scientific Committee TOR
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    11.2 Five-year Research Plan
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    11.3 Five-year Work Plan
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    11.4 Progress on addressing NPFC PR recommendations for SC
    No documents listed
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    12.1 Coordination between SC and TCC
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    12.2 Other issues
    No documents listed
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    14.1 Meeting schedule for 2025/2026
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    14.2 Meeting format and location
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