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ICCAT REPORT 2008-2009 (I)Appendix 1168AGENDA OF THESTANDING COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH & STATISTICS (SCRS)1. Opening of the meeting2. Adoption of Agenda and arrangements for the meeting3. Introduction of Contracting Party delegations4. Introduction and admission of observers5. Admission of scientific documents6. Report of Secretariat activities in research and statistics7. Review of national fisheries and research programs8. Executive Summaries on species:YFT-Yellowfin, BET-Bigeye, SKJ-Skipjack, ALB-Albacore, BFT-Bluefin, BIL-Billfishes, SWO-Atl.Swordfish, SWO-Med. Swordfish, SBF-Southern Bluefin, SMT-Small Tunas, SHK-Sharks9. Report of inter-sessional meetings9.1 Working Group on Stock Assessment Methods9.2 Inter-sessional Meeting of Mediterranean Swordfish9.3 Inter-sessional Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Ecosystems9.4 World Symposium for the Study into the Stock Fluctuation of Northern Bluefin Tunas (Thunnusthynnus and Thunnus orientalis) including historic periods9.5 GFCM-ICCAT Joint Small Tunas Working Group9.6 Sailfish Data Preparatory Meeting9.7 Bluefin Stock Assessment Session9.8 Yellowfin and Skipjack Stock Assessments Session9.9 Sharks Stock Assessment Session10. Report of Special research programs10.1 Bluefin Year Program (BYP)10.2 Enhanced Research Program for Billfish10.3 Requests for funding possibilities11. Report of the Sub-Committee on Statistics12. Report of the Sub-Committee on Ecosystems13. Consideration of plans for future activities13.1 Annual Work Plans13.2 Inter-sessional meetings proposed for 200913.2 Date and place of the next meeting of the SCRS14. General recommendations to the Commission15. Responses to Commission’s requests15.1 Calls for an evaluation of data deficiencies at ICCAT with emphasis on how such deficiencies mayaffect management advice [Rec. 05-09]15.2 Consideration of information on Fishing Capacity [Res. 06-19] and Capacity WG requests15.3 Consideration of information on seabirds by-catch reduction [Rec. 07-07]15.4 Review of information on farmed bluefin tuna growth rates [Rec. 06-07]15.5 Other considerations about the ability to monitor the eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Recovery Plan15.6 Strategies to increase the yield per recruit and MSY of bigeye tuna by reducing mortality on smallbigeye tuna16. Other matters16.1 Scientific implications of Performance Review16.2 IUCN Ecolabeling – scientific/technological requirements for this activity document16.3 Species ID posters – sharks and small tunas16.4 Needed improvement in Secretariat support for SCRS requirements to fulfill Commission requests16.5 Profile for the By-Catch Coordinator position16.6 Others17. Adoption of report and closure