The Second Scientific Committee Meeting was held in Honolulu, USA from 1 to 7 October 2014.
The 2nd Report of the Scientific Committee is available here.
Annex 4 of the 2nd Report - Jack mackerel assessment is here.(2.3 MB).
A group photo of the attendees is available here (4.7 MB).
The following papers were discussed and available during the meeting.
SC-02 Documents
SC-02-01_rev2 Agenda
SC-02-02 Proposed schedule for the 2nd Scientific Committee
SC-02-03 USA Annual Report
SC-02-04 EU Annual Report
SC-02-05 Chinese Taipei Annual Report (1 MB)
SC-02-06 NZ Annual Report
SC-02-07 NZ Observer Implementation Report (1 MB)
SC-02-08 Australia Annual Report (2.1 MB)
SC-02-09 China Annual Report (1 MB)
SC-02-10 An assessment of the potential for near-seabed midwater trawling to contact the seabed and to impact VMEs (1MB)
SC-02-11 Proposed revisions of data standards (1.7 MB)
SC-02-12 Seabird risk and trawler discharge (1.5 MB)
SC-02-13 Seabird cryptic mortality and risk from fisheries
SC-02-14 Observer coverage to monitor seabird captures in demersal longline & trawl fisheries
SC-02-15 Chile Annual Report (1.7 MB)
SC-02-16_rev1 Peru Annual Report No.1 (SPRFMO Area)
SC-02-17 Peru Annual Report No.2 (Areas under National Jurisdiction - 1.6 MB)
SC-02-18_rev1 Korea Annual report
SC-02-19_rev1 Overview of the fisheries and seabird bycatch in Chile
SC-02-20 Proposal for Observation of Landings
SC-02-21 Introduction to the FAO VME database project
SC-02-22 Vanuatu Annual Report
SC-02-23 Summary of current SPRFMO bycatch records
SC-02-24 Colombia Annual Report
SC-02-25 Ecuador Annual report
SC-02-JM Documents
SC-02-JM-01 Fishing vessels as Scientific Platforms (3.6 MB)
SC-02-JM-02_rev1 Fisheries Research abstracts - Science and Fishing Vessels
SC-02-JM-03 Possible recruitment of Jack mackerel from Chile to Peru in 2010 (1 MB)
SC-02-JM-04 Management plan evaluations for Jack mackerel - Evaluating the adopted rebuilding plan (1.6 MB)
SC-02-JM-05 Modelling habitat suitability index for Chilean Jack mackerel (1.8 MB)
SC-02-JM-06 Hydrography/biogeochemistry and Jack mackerel stock structure interactions (1.3 MB)
SC-02-JM-07 Application of SEAPODYM to South Pacific Jack mackerel (2.2 MB)
SC-02-JM-08 Evaluating the consequences of different assumptions on population and management structure on the sustainable exploitation of Chilean Jack mackerel
SC-02-JM-09 Harvest control rule for Jack mackerel rebuilding - A preliminary evaluation
SC-02-JM-10 Biological reference points for Chilean fisheries - the case of Jack mackerel
SC-02-JM-11_rev1 CPUE of Jack mackerel in the center-south area off Chile 1983- 2014
SC-02-JM-12 Report of the 5th Workshop on Diagnosis of the Status of the Jack mackerel Fishery in Peru (2.9 MB)
SC-02-DW Documents
SC-02-DW-01 Review of the biodiversity component of the New Zealand VME evidence process (1.3 MB)
SC-02-DW-02 SPRFMO Bottom Fishing Conservation and Management Overview
SC-02-DW-03 The estimation of initial biomass and catch limits for Orange roughy
SC-02-INF Documents
SC-02-INF-01_rev2 Document List
SC-02-INF-02 2014 July Web meeting discussion document (1 MB)
SC-02-INF-03 2014 July Web meeting notes
SC-02-INF-04 Management by seafloor feature of Deepwater Fisheries in the South Pacific
SC-02-INF-05 A reflection on the SPRFMO Bottom Fishing Conservation and Management Overview paper
SC-02-INF-06 ACAP Hook removal from Seabirds (1.2 MB)
SC-02-INF-07 Stock assessment of Jack mackerel: A non-homogenous stock and changes in catchability (1.1 MB)
SC-02-INF-08 ABNJ Deep-seas project update for SPRFMO
SC-02-INF-09 Deep-sea High Seas News (Summer 2014)
SC-02-Late papers
All late papers were accepted.
Other Useful Documents
COMM-02 Roadmap for the Scientific Committee
CMM 2.01 Conservation and Management Measure for Trachurus murphyi
CMM 2.02 Standards for the Collection, Reporting, Verification and Exchange of Data
CMM 2.03 Management of Bottom fishing in the SPRFMO Convention Area
CMM 2.04 Minimising bycatch of seabirds in the SPRFMO Convention Area
Guidelines for Annual National Reports
Current Scientific Committee Research Program