2 one day workshops were held prior to the main SC5 meeting in Shanghai, China on 20 and 21 September 2017. The outputs of these pre-SC workshops were considered by the 5th Scientific Committee meeting.
SC5 Workshops
1st day (Wednesday Sept 20th) to discuss Squid topics:
Basic biology
Abundance, distribution and their relations with the environment
Populations structure
Stock assessment
Approaches to coordinating research
Report of the 2017 SPRFMO Squid Working Group Workshop
2nd day (Thursday Sept 21st) to discuss deepwater topics:
Deepwater Shark risk assessments
Spatial management options
Deepwater Stock assessment framework
Further research/Deepwater workplan
Report of the 2nd 2017 Deepwater Working Group Workshop