Title Agenda Sub-Group Document Number Authors File Report on identification of VMEs and assessment of impacts caused by Japanese bottom fishing activities on VMEs and other marine species in the western part of the NPFC Convention Area NPFC-2018-WS VME01-WP01 Masashi Kiyota, Mai Miyamoto and Shiroh Yonezaki JAPAN Identification of existing fishing grounds and unfished areas in the Emperor Seamounts region NPFC-2018-WS VME01-WP03 Mai Miyamoto, Takehiro Okuda and Masashi Kiyota JAPAN Analysis of fishery bycatch and scientific survey data for cold-water corals and sponges in the existing fishing grounds of the Emperor Seamounts region NPFC-2018-WS VME01-WP04 Masashi Kiyota and Mai Miyamoto JAPAN An assessment of the potential impacts of Japanese bottom fisheries on vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) within fished seamounts of the Emperor Seamounts region NPFC-2018-WS VME01-WP05 Mai Miyamoto and Masashi Kiyota JAPAN Application of association analysis for identifying indicator taxa of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the Emperor Seamounts area, North Pacific Ocean NPFC-2018-WS VME01-IP01 Mai Miyamoto and Masashi Kiyota JAPAN Report on identification of VMEs and assessment of impacts caused by Korean Bottom Trawl Fishing Activities on VMEs or other marine species in the Western part of the NPFC Convention Area NPFC-2018-WS VME01-WP11 Eunjung Kim, Jong Hee Lee, and Seok-Gwan Choi KOREA