The First Scientific Committee Meeting was held in La Jolla, California, USA from 21 to 27 October 2013.
The 1st Report of the Scientific Committee (amended 16 Dec 2013) is available here (1.2 MB).
Annex 5 of the 1st Report - Jack mackerel assessment (amended 16 Dec 2013) is available as a separate document here (1.8 MB).
In addition a photo of the attendees is available here (6.6 MB).
The following papers were discussed or available during the meeting. Copies of presentations made during the meeting are at the bottom of the page.
SC-01 Documents
SC-01-01 Agenda
SC-01-02 Proposed Schedule
SC-01-03 China 2013 Annual Report
SC-01-04 (rev2) Chile 2013 Annual Report
SC-01-05 Harvest Control rule for the recovery of the Jack Mackerel stock at the South Eastern Pacific
SC-01-06 Impact of using different weight-at-age in the Jack Mackerel stock assessment
SC-01-07 Korea 2013 Annual Report
SC-01-08 (rev1) Australia 2013 Annual Report
SC-01-09 Identification of vulnerable benthic taxa in the western SPRFMO Convention Area and review of move-on rules for different gear types
SC-01-10 Review of best practice mitigation for endangered, threatened and protected species bycatch
SC-01-11 Review of bycatch data collection and reporting standards
SC-01-12 Peru 2013 Annual Report (1) SPRFMO Area
SC-01-13 Peru 2013 Annual Report (2) Areas under National Jurisdication (2.1 MB)
SC-01-14 European Union 2013 Annual Report
SC-01-15 Proposal to clarify SPRFMO data reporting requirements
SC-01-16 Chinese Taipei 2013 Annual Report
SC-01-17 A framework to Management Strategy Evaluation for the south Pacific Jack Mackerel
SC-01-18 Draft Protocol for Submission of meeting documents
SC-01-19 Proposing an intergrated approach for tackling the uncertainties in the ageing and estimation of growth parameters of Trachurus murphyi in the South Pacific
SC-01-20 Spatial analysis of Austrailan and New Zealand historical bottom trawl fishing effort in the Convention Area of the SPRFMO (1.0 MB)
SC-01-21 New Zealand 2013 Annual Report
SC-01-22 Vanuatu 2013 Annual Report
SC-01-23 Revisions to the Jack Mackerel species profile (1.0 MB)
SC-01-24 Ecuador 2013 Annual Report (1.4 MB)
SC-01-INF Documents
SC-01-INF-01 Web meeting (1) held July 2013
SC-01-INF-02 Github SPRFMO_How to documentation
SC-01-INF-03 Document List
SC-01-INF-04 Actions taken by Chile in the Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
SC-01-INF-05 International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries
SC-01-INF-06 Areas meeting ESBA criteria for Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (ESBAs)
SC-01-INF-07 Location of areas meeting ESBA criteria that overlap with the SPRFMO Convention Area
SC-01-INF-08 Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Fact Sheets
SC-01-INF-09 Demersal Longline Mitigation Review and Advice
SC-01-INF-10 Trawl Mitigation Review and Advice
SC-01-INF-11 Data Requirements for Monitoring Seabird Bycatch
SC-01-INF-12 (rev1) Progress report on Development of a Seabird Identification Guide for RFMOs (2.1 MB)
SC-01-INF-13 Drafting an advice sheet for the SPRFMO Scientific Committee
SC-01-INF-14 Acoustic Abundance Indexes for Orange roughy and Alfonsino in the Indian Sea
SC-01-INF-15 Management of Demersal Fisheries Resources of the Southern Indian Ocean
SC-01-INF-16 Chilean Jack Mackerel Fishery Input Data for Stock Assessement - Chile
SC-01-INF-17 Bibliographical synopsis on the main traits of life of Trachurus murphyi (20.1 MB)
SC-01-INF-18 (rev1) Data submitted to the SPRFMO Secretariat (1.4 MB)
SC-01-INF-19 New Publication on the Jack Mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) in Peru
SC-01-INF-20 Proposal for a SPRFMO/SC working group on Monitoring
SC-01-INF-21 The ABNJ Deep-Sea Project (1.4 MB)
SC-01-Presentations
Input catch data for CJM Stock Assessment
High Seas Biodiversity mapping
SPRFMO Austraila/ New Zealand bottom trawl effort mapping
An example of a harvest control rule for recovery
Bibliographical presentation for CJM