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ICCAT REPORT 2012-2013 (I)
PEW ENVIRONMENT GROUP
Nickson, Amanda
Pew Environment Group, 901 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20004, United States
Tel: +1 202 540 6528; +1202 674 9829, E-Mail: anickson@pewtrusts.org
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GEF PROJECT CONSULTANT
Scott, Gerald P.
NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, Florida 3314, United States
Tel: +1 305 361 4596, Fax: +1 305 361 4219, E-Mail: gerry.scott@noaa.gov
SCRS CHAIRMAN
Santiago Burrutxaga, Josu
Head of Tuna Research Area, AZTI-Tecnalia Txatxarramendi z/g, 48395 Sukarrieta (Bizkaia), Spain
Tel: +34 94 6574000 (Ext. 497); 664303631, Fax: +34 94 6572555, E-Mail: jsantiago@azti.es; flarrauri@azti.es
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ICCAT SECRETARIAT
C/ Corazón de María, 8 - 6 Planta, 28002 Madrid, Spain
Tel: + 34 91 416 5600, Fax: +34 91 415 2612, E-Mail: info@iccat.int
Meski, Driss
Pallarés, Pilar
Ortiz, Mauricio
Moreno, Juan Antonio
Cheatle, Jenny
Ochoa de Michelena, Carmen
De Andrés, Marisa
Fiz, Jesús
Gallego Sanz, Juan Luis
García Piña, Cristóbal
García Rodríguez, Felicidad
Martín, África
Parrilla Moruno, Alberto Thais
Peña, Esther
Peyre, Christine
Seidita, Philomena
ICCAT Interpreters
Baena Jiménez, Eva
Faillace, Linda
Liberas, Christine
Linaae, Cristina
Meunier, Isabelle
Tedjini Roemmele, Claire
Issues for Discussion at the Working Group on the Future of ICCAT
(Submitted by Norway)
Appendix 3 to ANNEX 4.2
In response to ICCAT Circular #5000/2011, requesting CPCs to indicate which issues they intend to work on in
2012 in the framework of the Working Group on the Future of ICCAT, Norway informed by letter of 19
December 2011 that we would like to address the following issues:
• Application of Ecosystem Considerations and reference to the Precautionary Approach in the ICCAT
Convention
• Amendments to the Objection Procedures and application of Provisions on Transparency in the decisionmaking
process.
According to Resolution 11-25, Annex 1 paragraph 3, CPCs should, at least 45 days in advance of the meeting of
the WGFI, submit to the Secretariat proposals addressing:
• Objectives and desired outcomes of a proposed initiative to address a particular priority issue;
• Mechanisms envisaged for the proposed initiative (modifying Basic Texts, decisions of the Commission
or both),
• Potential legal, management and policy implications associated with the proposal; and
• Possible drafting suggestions for eventual amendments to Basic Texts or for decisions of the
Commission, as appropriate.
In line with this, Norway would propose the following:
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