R E P O R T for biennial period, 2006-07 PART I (2006) - Vol ... - Iccat

ICCAT REPORT 2006-2007 (I)
5. ICCAT inter-sessional meetings and working groups
In accordance with Commission decisions on this subject, the following meetings were held in 2006:
– Workshops on Stock Structure of Swordfish (Heraklion, Crete, Greece, March 13 to 15, 2006).
– 4th Meeting of the Working Group to Develop Integrated and Coordinated Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Management Strategies (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, April 19 to 21, 2006).
– 2nd Meeting of the Working Group to review the Statistical Monitoring Programs (Palma de Mallorca,
Spain, April 24 to 26, 2006).
– Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Tropical Species Group (Sete, France, April 24 to 28, 2006).
– 2006 Marlin Stock Assessment Session (Madrid, Spain, May 15 to 19, 2006).
– 2006 ICCAT Bluefin tuna Stock Assessment Session (Madrid, Spain, June 12 to 18, 2006).
– 2006 Data Preparatory Meeting for Atlantic Albacore (Madrid, Spain, July 3 to 6, 2006).
– 2006 ICCAT Atlantic Swordfish Stock Assessment Session (Madrid, Spain, September 4 to 8, 2006).
– Meetings of Species Groups (Madrid, Spain, September 25 to 29, 2006).
– Meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (Madrid, Spain, October 2 to 6, 2006).
In 2006, the Commission Chairman announced various Regional Workshops for the ICCAT members. In
ICCAT Circular # 451/06, the Chairman explained that the objective of these Workshops was for Contracting
Parties to share their opinions and points of view concerning any important matter related to ICCAT, as well as
the Commission’s priorities for 2006-2007 and later years. The Chairman sent €65,122 to cover the expenses for
the organization of the Workshops and travel expenses of representatives of developing Contracting Parties, as
well as the travel costs of the Secretariat.
– Workshop 1: North Africa/Northern Mediterranean (Agadir, Morocco, April 13 & 14, 2006). Participants:
Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey.
– Workshop 2, Caribbean and Latin America (San Pedro, Belize, July 11 & 12, 2006). Participants: Belize,
Brazil, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay and CARICOM.
– Workshop 3, West and Southern Africa (Accra, Ghana, September 13 & 14, 2006). Participants: Angola,
Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Republic of Guinea, Namibia, Senegal and St. Tome and Principe.
– Workshop 4. Distant Water Interests (Tokyo, Japan, September 19 & 20, 2006). Participants: Japan,
Korean and Chinese Taipei.
– Workshop 5. North Atlantic (Brussels, Belgium, October 25, 2006). Participants: Canada, EC, France (St.
Pierre & Miquelon), Norway, and the United States.
6. Meetings at which ICCAT was represented
In the framework of ICCAT’s mission, which consists of assessing the measures adopted by the Commission,
within international organizations, the Secretariat participated in several meetings and technical consultative
processes, which include regional fishery bodies (see Appendix 1, which summarizes the main topics that were
discussed at these meetings).
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– Meeting of the EUROSTAT Working Group on Fishery Statistics (Luxemburg, December 2, 2005).
– FIRMS Technical Working Group (Rome, Italy, December 5 to 8, 2005).
– 30 th Session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) (Istambul, Turkey,
January 24 to 27, 2006).
– 3 rd Meeting of the FIRMS Steering Committee (Madrid, Spain, February 13 to 15, 2006).
– Meeting of the Informal Working Group in charge of studying issues relative to the conservation and use
of marine biological diversity outside the areas of national jurisdiction (New York, United States,
February 13 to 17, 2006).
– Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Working Group on Coordination of Fishing Statistics of CWP (Madrid,
Spain, February 14 & 15, 2006).
– Preparatory Meeting of the Conference to Review the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (New York,
United States, March 20 to 24, 2006).
– Conference to Review the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (New York, United States, May 22 to
26, 2006).
– Methodological Workshop on the Management of Tuna Fishing Capacity (La Jolla, California, May 8 to
12, 2006).
– 10 th Session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (Santiago de
Compostela, Spain, May 29 to June 2, 2006).