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12th SPRFMO SC Meeting (SC12)

Location:
Lima, Peru
Venue:
Hotel Jose Antonio Deluxe
Dates:
30 September to 5 October 2024
Chairperson:
Dr Ricardo Oliveros-Ramos

The twelfth meeting of the SPRFMO Scientific Committee (SC12) was held in Lima, Peru, from 30 September to 5 October 2024. The SC12 proceedings were live streamed, which allowed an audience-only service to registered delegates. The venue for the SC meeting was the Hotel Jose Antonio Deluxe, Lima, Peru.

Note: the SC12 Report without annexes was published on 8 November 2024; a revised version was published on 18 November, which includes all the available annexes. 

Pre-SC Activities included: 

  • The Jack Mackerel Connectivity Workshop, SCW15 held on 26 and 27 September 2024
  • The Squid Assessment Simulation Workshop, SCW16 held on 27 and 28 September 2024 
  • A meeting of the Squid Working Group (stock assessment) held on 29 September 2024

The following documents were addressed and discussed by the Scientific Committee at the meeting:

Reference Document Title
SC12-Doc01 Provisional SC12 Meeting Agenda
SC12-Doc02 Annotated SC12 Agenda 
SC12‑Doc03_rev2 SC12 List of Documents
SC12-Doc04 SC12 Meeting schedule
SC12-Doc05 2024 Multiannual Workplan
SC12-Doc06 2024 intersessional SC web meetings
SC12-Doc07 Secretariat's Science related activities
SC12-Doc08 Status of the SC (scientific support) fund 
SC12-Doc09 Call for interest to organise forthcoming SC meetings
SC12-Doc10 A summary of current SPRFMO bycatch records (including species of concern)
SC12-Doc11 Proposed guidelines for the work and structure of the SC
SC12-Doc12_rev1 Data Working Group status and work 
SC12-Doc13 Observer programme accreditation process and progress
SC12-Doc14 Annual Report - Belize
SC12-Doc15 Annual Report - Curaçao
SC12-Doc16 Annual Report - Russian Federation
SC12-Doc17 Annual Report - Panama
SC12-Doc18 Annual Report - Korea
SC12-Doc19 Annual Report - United States of America
SC12-Doc20 Annual Report - Faroe Islands
SC12-Doc21 Annual Report - Australia
SC12-Doc22 Annual Report - Chinese Taipei
SC12-Doc23 Annual Report - New Zealand
SC12-Doc24 Annual Report - China (Squid)
SC12-Doc25 Annual Report - China (Observer implementation)
SC12-Doc26 Annual Report - Chile  (Jack mackerel)
SC12-Doc27 Annual Report - Chile (Squid)
SC12-Doc28 Annual Report - Peru (SPRFMO Area)
SC12-Doc29 Annual Report - Peru (ANJ)
SC12-Doc30 Annual Report - Vanuatu
SC12-Doc31_rev1 Annual Report - Cook Islands
SC12-Doc32 Annual Report - Ecuador (Jack mackerel ANJ)
SC12-Doc33 Annual Report - Ecuador (Squid ANJ)
SC12-Doc34 Annual Report - European Union
SC12-Doc35 Report of the Working Group on Electronic Monitoring Standards (WGEMS)
SC12-Doc36 Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: the need for protection, with a minimum impact on fisheries (CHL)
SC12-Doc37 Nazca Ridge Report: Geology, Chemistry and Biophysical Coupling Components (PER)
Reference Document title
SC12-JM01 Spatio-temporal dynamics of the jack mackerel fishery off south-central Chile in 2024 (CHL)
SC12-JM02 PFA self-sampling report on CJM fishing (EU)
SC12-JM03 CJM Catch history and predicted 2023 catches (incl. Annex 1) (SEC)
SC12-JM04 Jack mackerel CPUE index and acoustic biomass in the south-central Chile (CHL)
SC12-JM05 Hydroacoustic assessment of Jack Mackerel in the North of Chile in 2024 (CHL)
SC12-JM06 Update on CPUE standardization for the Chilean jack mackerel fishery in central-southern Chile using spatio-temporal Bayesian models (CHL)
SC12-JM07 Incorporating a creep factor into the Chile Jack Mackerel CPUE index standardization (CHL)
SC12-JM08 The Joint Jack Mackerel (JJM) model: A user guide Imarpe’s proposal (PER)
SC12-JM09 Terms of Reference for the age jack mackerel workshop (CHL)
SC12-JM10 Increase options in the Jack Mackerel Risk Table (CHL)
SC12-JM11_rev1 Conditioning of Operating Models and development of Management Procedures for the SPRFMO JM stock (JMWG-MSE)
Reference Document Title
SC12‑DW01_rev2 New Zealand Fisheries Operation Plan for a new Toothfish fishery (NZL)
SC12‑DW02_rev3 Korea Fisheries Operation Plan for Toothfish (KOR)
SC12‑DW03 EU Progress and data summary report on its exploratory fishing campaign (EU)
SC12‑DW04 Australian progress report on its exploratory toothfish fishery (AUS)
SC12‑DW05 Assessment of the Challenger Plateau orange roughy stock for 2024 (NZL)
SC12‑DW06 Challenger plateau stock assessment - Explanatory note (NZL)
SC12‑DW07_rev1 A review of information to assist in defining thresholds for SIAs on VMEs (NZL)
SC12‑DW08_rev1 Recent and historical benthic VME bycatch data from midwater trawls targeting bentho-pelagic species (NZL)
SC12‑DW09_rev1 Development of an Encounter Review Standard (NZL)
SC12‑DW10 Encounter Review Standard for the SPRFMO (NZL)
SC12‑DW11_rev1 Development of a bioregionalisation for VME indicator taxa (NZL)
SC12‑DW12_rev1 Updated quantitative benthic impact assessment for New Zealand and Australian bottom fisheries (NZL)
SC12‑DW13 Interactions with species of concern in bottom fisheries 2022 - 2023 (NZL-AUS)
SC12‑DW14 Withdrawn
Reference Document Title
SC12-SQ01 Update of the Stochastic Production model in Continuous Time (SPiCT) apply to Dosidicus gigas in the FAO area 87 (CHL)
SC12-SQ02 Developing state-space biomass dynamics model to assess the jumbo flying squid in Southeast Pacific Ocean (CHN)
SC12-SQ03 Update of Squid Datasets held by the Secretariat (SEC)
SC12-SQ04 SNPs for population genomics analysis of D gigas (PER)
SC12-SQ05 Dosidicus gigas early life stages drift model off Peru-Identifying potential spawning areas (PER)
Reference Document title
SC12-HM01 Habitat conditions associated with the Trachurus murphyi fishery in central-southern Chile, 2012-2024 (CHL)
SC12-HM02 Abundance of jack mackerel and Chub mackerel in the Peruvian Current in the Humboldt System between 2020 and 2024 (PER)
SC12-HM03 Comparing random and systematic survey of Chilean Jack Mackerel biomass estimates off south-central Chile (CHL)
SC12-HM04 Spatial distribution and biomass estimate of Chilean jack mackerel off South- central Chile based on acoustic records from fishing vessels, year 2024 (CHL)
SC12-HM05 Habitat conditions of jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) and chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) and other species in the Peruvian sea between 2021 and 2024 (PER)
SC12-HM06 Symposium: State of the Art of Habitat Monitoring (HMWG Co-Chairs)
Reference Document Title
SC12‑Obs01 FAO Deep‐sea Fisheries Under an Ecosystem Approach Project (2022–2027) (FAO)
SC12‑Obs02 The Implementation of UNGA resolutions in the South Pacific deep sea (DSCC)
SC12‑Obs03 Integrating Science and Policy for recognising Seamounts as Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (DSCC)
SC12‑Obs04_rev1 Acknowledging Progress Towards Re-establishing Evidence-based Management of SPRFMO Bottom Fisheries (HSFG)
SC12‑Obs05 Ecosystem-based and habitat-specific stock assessment of the flying jumbo squid in the South-Eastern Pacific, 1969 to 2022 (CALAMASUR)
SC12‑Obs06 Implementing SPRFMO Decision 13-2023 on climate change requires a ‘paradigm shift’ (DSCC)
SC12‑Obs07 Salas y Gomez and Nazca Ridges Literature Synthesis (Pew)

Working Papers Deepwater

SC12-WP01

Questions and answers re SC12 Annual reports

SC12-WP02

Revised Scientific Committee Multiannual Workplan

SC12-WP03

CJM Connectivity Task Group Desk Study

SC12-WP04

Proposal for the workshop on reading otoliths of jack mackerel

SC12-WP05

Collaboration of CPPs for SPRFMO Decision 13-2023 on Climate Change

SC12-WP06

SQUIDSIM_1.02

SC12-WP07

SQUIDSIM Cases Results

SC12-WP08

Climate Change Task Team

SC12-WP09

NZ Minister for Oceans and Fisheries 2024 decision ORH-7A

SC12-WP10

Salas y Gomez and Nazca Task Team

SC12-WP11

Proposal for future squid pop WGS

SC12-WP12

NZ Exploratory Fishery Assessment

SC12-WP13

Korean exploratory fishing assessment

SC12-WP14

Agreed CJM otolith workshop ToR

SC12-WP15

Current status of the jumbo flying squid in Southern Pacific

SC12-WP16

Ecosystems Working Group ToR

SC12-WP17

SQ-Assessment Simulation Task Team ToR