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10th Scientific Committee Meeting

    Location
    Nagoya, Japan
    Short Name
    SC10
    Date
    -
    Registration Due
    Meeting Papers Due
    Meeting Information File
    NPFC-2025-SC10-MIP01(Rev1) Meeting Information.docx
    1. Opening of the Meeting
     
    1.1 Welcome address and introductions
     
    1.2 Appointment of rapporteur
     
    1.3 Meeting arrangements
    2. Adoption of agenda
    3. Provision of advice to the Commission
     
    3.1 Structure and content of the SC reports
     
     
    3.1.1 Summary of stock assessments
     
     
    3.1.2 Species status templates
     
     
    3.1.3 Species summary documents
     
    3.2 SC workflow and meetings
     
     
    3.2.1 Review of SC workflow
     
     
    3.2.2 Meeting schedule for SC and its subsidiary groups
     
     
    3.2.3 Review of guidelines for SC SWGs
     
    3.3 Standards of ‘best available science’ (PR Recommendation 3.4.1)
     
    3.4 Frequency of benchmark and annual stock assessments
     
    3.5 Fisheries-dependent and fisheries-independent indicators of trend for stocks without NPFC stock assessments
     
    3.6 Process for selection of external experts and contract renewal
     
    3.7 Independent reviews of scientific advice (PR Recommendation 3.4.2.)
     
    3.8 Advice on science-based management options for operationalizing the precautionary approach (PR Recommendation 4.1.2)
     
     
    3.8.1 Summary of NPFC workshop on “Science-based management options available for operationalizing the precautionary approach as outlined in the Convention for NPFC priority species”
     
     
    3.8.2 Science-based management options for NPFC
    4. Review of stock assessments, reports, and recommendations from the Technical Working Group on Chub Mackerel Stock Assessment (TWG CMSA) and the Small Scientific Committees (SSC BF-ME, SSC NFS, and SSC PS)
     
    4.1 Technical Working Group on Chub Mackerel Stock Assessment
     
     
    4.1.1 Summary of TWG CMSA activities, tasks, and recommendations
     
     
    4.1.2 Summary of CM stock assessment
     
    4.2 Small Scientific Committee on Bottom Fish and Marine Ecosystems
     
     
    4.2.1 Summary of SSC BF-ME activities, tasks, and recommendations
     
     
    4.2.2 Summary of stock assessments for bottom fish
     
    4.3 Small Scientific Committee on Neon Flying Squid
     
     
    4.3.1 Summary of SSC NFS activities, tasks, and recommendations
     
     
    4.3.2 Summary of NFS stock assessment
     
    4.4 Small Scientific Committee on Pacific Saury
     
     
    4.4.1 Summary of SSC PS activities, tasks, and recommendations
     
     
    4.4.2 Summary of PS stock assessment
    5. Update from the Joint SC-TCC-COM Small Working Group on Management Strategy Evaluation for Pacific Saury (SWG MSE PS)
    6. Summary of progress on the remaining three priority species
     
    6.1 Blue mackerel (BM)
     
     
    6.1.1 Review of tasks and recommendations
     
     
    6.1.2 Observation of domestic stock assessment
     
     
    6.1.3 Review of species summary
     
    6.2 Japanese flying squid (JFS)
     
     
    6.2.1 Review of tasks and recommendations
     
     
    6.2.2 Observation of domestic stock assessment
     
     
    6.2.3 Review of species summary
     
    6.3 Japanese sardine (JS)
     
     
    6.3.1 Review of tasks and recommendations
     
     
    6.3.2 Observation of domestic stock assessment
     
     
    6.3.3 Review of species summary
     
     
    6.3.4 Potential establishment of a new formal SC subsidiary body to focus on collaborative NPFC stock assessment of JS
    7. Climate change effects on NPFC’s priority species and associated ecosystems
     
    7.1 Tools for incorporating climate change considerations into scientific advice
     
    7.2 Current knowledge
     
    7.3 Ongoing research activities
     
     
    7.3.1 PICES’ Basin-scale Events to Coastal Impacts (BECI) project
     
    7.4 Detailed work plan to produce climate-resilient scientific advice
     
    7.5 Research priorities and potential scientific projects
    8. Data Collection and Management
     
    8.1 Data Management System
     
     
    8.1.1 Update for NPFC
     
     
    8.1.2 Data inventory update
     
     
    8.1.3 Data submission deadlines for stock assessment analyses
     
     
    8.1.4 SWG Data
     
     
     
    8.1.4.1 Establishment of a new database to manage and archive scientific data
     
     
     
    8.1.4.2 Review of the proposed CMM on Minimum Standards for NPFC Data
     
     
     
    8.1.4.3 Potential renewal of term for SWG Data
     
    8.2 NPFC Data Sharing and Data Security Protocol
     
     
    8.2.1 Revision of Regulations for Management of Scientific Data and Information
     
    8.3 Data needs, data gaps and strategies to fill gaps
     
     
    8.3.1 Information about species belonging to same ecosystem or dependent/associated with target stocks
    9. Potential roles of a regional observer program
     
    9.1 Scientific objectives of an observer program
     
    9.2 Review and revision of SC responses to five TCC questions
     
    9.3 Tool for observers/fishers to distinguish between CM and BM
     
    9.4 Future intersessional work of SWG Observer Program (SWG OP)
    10. Scientific projects for 2026 and 2027
     
    10.1 Ongoing/planned projects
     
    10.2 New projects
     
     
    10.2.1 Potential project(s) for NPFC priority species
     
     
    10.2.2 Independent review of stock assessments
     
     
    10.2.3 Other potential projects – capacity building, cooperation with other organizations
     
    10.3 Review, prioritization and funding of projects
    11. Cooperation with other organizations
     
    11.1 Reports on the joint NPFC-PICES activities since the SC09 meeting, including a report from the PICES Secretariat
     
    11.2 SC representation at scientific meetings
     
     
    11.2.1 Yang Zi SC representation at PICES 2025
     
     
    11.2.2 Chris Rooper representation at PICES 2025
     
    11.3 Report on cooperation between NPFC and NPAFC
     
    11.4 FAO ABNJ Deep-sea fisheries project
     
     
    11.4.1 Report from the NPFC Representative at the FAO Workshop on Cross-Sectoral Interactions with Deep-Sea Fisheries
     
    11.5 Partnership with the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System of FAO (FIRMS)
     
    11.6 Partnership with WCPFC, SPRFMO and ISC
     
    11.7 Cooperation with other organizations
    12. SC Terms of Reference (TOR) and 2025-2029 Research Plan and Work Plan
     
    12.1 Review of the Scientific Committee TOR
     
    12.2 Five-year Research Plan
     
    12.3 Five-year Work Plan
     
    12.4 Progress on addressing NPFC PR recommendations for SC
    13. Other matters
     
    13.1 Coordination between SC and TCC
     
    13.2 Other issues
    14. Advice and recommendations to the Commission
    15. Next meetings of SC and its subsidiary bodies
     
    15.1 Meeting schedule for 2026/2027
     
    15.2 Meeting format and location
    16. Selection of SC chairs, vice-chairs and leads
     
    16.1 SC Chair and SC Vice-Chair
     
    16.2 Chairs, Vice-Chairs, and leads of SC subsidiary bodies
    17. Press release
    18. Adoption of the Report
    19. Close of the Meeting
    No documents listed
    1.1 Welcome address and introductions
    No documents listed
    1.2 Appointment of rapporteur
    No documents listed
    1.3 Meeting arrangements
    No documents listed
    NPFC-2025-SC10-MIP02
    		Provisional Agenda NPFC-2025-SC10-MIP02 Provisional Agenda_0.pdf
    No documents listed
    3.1 Structure and content of the SC reports
    No documents listed
    3.1.1 Summary of stock assessments
    No documents listed
    3.1.2 Species status templates
    No documents listed
    3.1.3 Species summary documents
    No documents listed
    3.2 SC workflow and meetings
    No documents listed
    3.2.1 Review of SC workflow
    No documents listed
    3.2.2 Meeting schedule for SC and its subsidiary groups
    No documents listed
    3.2.3 Review of guidelines for SC SWGs
    No documents listed
    3.3 Standards of ‘best available science’ (PR Recommendation 3.4.1)
    No documents listed
    3.4 Frequency of benchmark and annual stock assessments
    No documents listed
    3.5 Fisheries-dependent and fisheries-independent indicators of trend for stocks without NPFC stock assessments
    No documents listed
    3.6 Process for selection of external experts and contract renewal
    No documents listed
    3.7 Independent reviews of scientific advice (PR Recommendation 3.4.2.)
    No documents listed
    3.8 Advice on science-based management options for operationalizing the precautionary approach (PR Recommendation 4.1.2)
    No documents listed
    3.8.1 Summary of NPFC workshop on “Science-based management options available for operationalizing the precautionary approach as outlined in the Convention for NPFC priority species”
    No documents listed
    3.8.2 Science-based management options for NPFC
    No documents listed
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    4.1 Technical Working Group on Chub Mackerel Stock Assessment
    No documents listed
    4.1.1 Summary of TWG CMSA activities, tasks, and recommendations
    No documents listed
    4.1.2 Summary of CM stock assessment
    No documents listed
    4.2 Small Scientific Committee on Bottom Fish and Marine Ecosystems
    No documents listed
    4.2.1 Summary of SSC BF-ME activities, tasks, and recommendations
    No documents listed
    4.2.2 Summary of stock assessments for bottom fish
    No documents listed
    4.3 Small Scientific Committee on Neon Flying Squid
    No documents listed
    4.3.1 Summary of SSC NFS activities, tasks, and recommendations
    No documents listed
    4.3.2 Summary of NFS stock assessment
    No documents listed
    4.4 Small Scientific Committee on Pacific Saury
    No documents listed
    4.4.1 Summary of SSC PS activities, tasks, and recommendations
    No documents listed
    4.4.2 Summary of PS stock assessment
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    6.1 Blue mackerel (BM)
    No documents listed
    6.1.1 Review of tasks and recommendations
    No documents listed
    6.1.2 Observation of domestic stock assessment
    No documents listed
    6.1.3 Review of species summary
    No documents listed
    6.2 Japanese flying squid (JFS)
    No documents listed
    6.2.1 Review of tasks and recommendations
    No documents listed
    6.2.2 Observation of domestic stock assessment
    No documents listed
    6.2.3 Review of species summary
    No documents listed
    6.3 Japanese sardine (JS)
    No documents listed
    6.3.1 Review of tasks and recommendations
    NPFC-2025-SC10-WP11
    		A literature review of studies relating environmental conditions to Japanese Sardine (Sardinops melanosticta) in the North Pacific Ocean NPFC-2025-SC10-WP11 JS and Climate Literature Review.docx
    6.3.2 Observation of domestic stock assessment
    No documents listed
    6.3.3 Review of species summary
    No documents listed
    6.3.4 Potential establishment of a new formal SC subsidiary body to focus on collaborative NPFC stock assessment of JS
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    7.1 Tools for incorporating climate change considerations into scientific advice
    NPFC-2025-SC10-OP03
    		An Overview of Recent Progress by Selected RFMOs Towards Climate-Informed Governance NPFC-2025-SC10-OP03 Climate-Informed Governance at RFMOs.pdf
    7.2 Current knowledge
    No documents listed
    7.3 Ongoing research activities
    No documents listed
    7.3.1 PICES’ Basin-scale Events to Coastal Impacts (BECI) project
    No documents listed
    7.4 Detailed work plan to produce climate-resilient scientific advice
    No documents listed
    7.5 Research priorities and potential scientific projects
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    8.1 Data Management System
    No documents listed
    8.1.1 Update for NPFC
    No documents listed
    8.1.2 Data inventory update
    No documents listed
    8.1.3 Data submission deadlines for stock assessment analyses
    No documents listed
    8.1.4 SWG Data
    No documents listed
    8.1.4.1 Establishment of a new database to manage and archive scientific data
    No documents listed
    8.1.4.2 Review of the proposed CMM on Minimum Standards for NPFC Data
    No documents listed
    8.1.4.3 Potential renewal of term for SWG Data
    No documents listed
    8.2 NPFC Data Sharing and Data Security Protocol
    No documents listed
    8.2.1 Revision of Regulations for Management of Scientific Data and Information
    No documents listed
    8.3 Data needs, data gaps and strategies to fill gaps
    No documents listed
    8.3.1 Information about species belonging to same ecosystem or dependent/associated with target stocks
    NPFC-2025-SC10-OP04
    		Ecological Objectives in Fisheries Management NPFC-2025-SC10-OP04 Ecological Objectives.pdf
    No documents listed
    9.1 Scientific objectives of an observer program
    No documents listed
    9.2 Review and revision of SC responses to five TCC questions
    No documents listed
    9.3 Tool for observers/fishers to distinguish between CM and BM
    No documents listed
    9.4 Future intersessional work of SWG Observer Program (SWG OP)
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    10.1 Ongoing/planned projects
    No documents listed
    10.2 New projects
    No documents listed
    10.2.1 Potential project(s) for NPFC priority species
    No documents listed
    10.2.2 Independent review of stock assessments
    No documents listed
    10.2.3 Other potential projects – capacity building, cooperation with other organizations
    No documents listed
    10.3 Review, prioritization and funding of projects
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    11.1 Reports on the joint NPFC-PICES activities since the SC09 meeting, including a report from the PICES Secretariat
    No documents listed
    11.2 SC representation at scientific meetings
    No documents listed
    11.2.1 Yang Zi SC representation at PICES 2025
    No documents listed
    11.2.2 Chris Rooper representation at PICES 2025
    No documents listed
    11.3 Report on cooperation between NPFC and NPAFC
    No documents listed
    11.4 FAO ABNJ Deep-sea fisheries project
    NPFC-2025-SC10-OP01
    		FAO Deep-sea Fisheries (DSF) Project – Overview of activities 2025-2026 NPFC-2025-SC10-OP01 DSF Project update.docx
    NPFC-2025-SC10-OP02
    		Review of the pelagic sharks known or likely to occur in the Convention Area of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission NPFC-2025-SC10-OP02 pelagic sharks.pdf
    11.4.1 Report from the NPFC Representative at the FAO Workshop on Cross-Sectoral Interactions with Deep-Sea Fisheries
    No documents listed
    11.5 Partnership with the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System of FAO (FIRMS)
    No documents listed
    11.6 Partnership with WCPFC, SPRFMO and ISC
    No documents listed
    11.7 Cooperation with other organizations
    No documents listed
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    12.1 Review of the Scientific Committee TOR
    No documents listed
    12.2 Five-year Research Plan
    No documents listed
    12.3 Five-year Work Plan
    No documents listed
    12.4 Progress on addressing NPFC PR recommendations for SC
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    13.1 Coordination between SC and TCC
    No documents listed
    13.2 Other issues
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    15.1 Meeting schedule for 2026/2027
    No documents listed
    15.2 Meeting format and location
    No documents listed
    No documents listed
    16.1 SC Chair and SC Vice-Chair
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    16.2 Chairs, Vice-Chairs, and leads of SC subsidiary bodies
    No documents listed
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