Meetings of the Scientific Committee
(For more detailed information about the Scientific Committee, refer to the Science page)
The Chairperson for this Committee is Dr James Ianelli (USA). The Vice-Chairperson is Dr Niels Hintzen (EU).
The Scientific Committee has established three fishery defined Working Groups: the Jack Mackerel Working Group, the Squid Working Group, and the Deepwater Working Group; additionally, a Habitat Monitoring Working Group has also been established. These groups meet during the annual Scientific Committee meeting and occasionally in inter-sessional SC Workshops.
The Scientific Committee has agreed on the following protocol for submission of meeting papers and guidelines for Annual National Reports.