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The thirteenth meeting of the SPRFMO Scientific Committee (SC13) took place from 8 to 13 September 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand at the premises of the Ministry for Primary Industries. The Chairperson of the SC, Dr Ricardo Oliveros-Ramos (PER), led the meeting.
The held pre-SC activities included
The SC13 report was published on 16 October 2025. Annex 11 Jack Mackerel Technical Annex will be uploaded to this page as soon as it is available.
The following documents were addressed and discussed by the Scientific Committee at the meeting:
| Reference | Document title |
| SC13-Doc01 | Provisional SC13 Meeting Agenda |
| SC13-Doc02_rev1 | Annotated SC13 Agenda |
| SC13-Doc03_rev4 | SC13 List of Documents (rev4, 7 Sept) |
| SC13-Doc04_rev3 | SC13 Meeting schedule (rev3, 7 Sept) |
| SC13-Doc05 | 2026 Multi Annual Work Plan |
| SC13-Doc06 | 2025 intersessional SC web meetings |
| SC13-Doc07 | Secretariat's Science related activities |
| SC13-Doc08_rev1 | Status of the Scientific Support Fund (late) (rev1, 4 Sept) |
| SC13-Doc09 | Call for interest to organise forthcoming SC meetings |
| SC13-Doc10_rev1 | A summary of current SPRFMO bycatch records (Including species of concern) (rev1, 7 Sept) |
| SC13-Doc11 | Data Management Update and Data Working Group |
| SC13-Doc11.1 | Datasets held by the Secretariat |
| SC12-Doc12 | withdrawn |
| SC13-Doc13 | Proposed Scientific Committee Protocol for Data Access under the SPRFMO CMM on Data Standards (CMM 02-2025) |
| SC13-Doc14 | Report of the Intersessional Working Group on the Recommendations from the Second SPRFMO Performance Review (PR2IWG) to the SC |
| SC13-Doc15 | Report of the Working Group on Electronic Monitoring Standards (WGEMS) to the SC |
| SC13-Doc16 | Annual report - Australia |
| SC13-Doc17 | Annual report - Belize |
| SC13-Doc18 | Annual report - Chile (jack mackerel) |
| SC13-Doc19 | Annual report - Chile (squid) |
| SC13-Doc20 | Annual report - China (squid) |
| SC13-Doc21 | Annual report - Cook Islands |
| SC13-Doc22 | Annual report - Curaçao |
| SC13-Doc23 | Annual report - European Union |
| SC13-Doc24 | Annual report - Korea |
| SC13-Doc25 | Annual report - Liberia |
| SC13-Doc26 | Annual report - New Zealand |
| SC13-Doc27 | Annual report - Panama |
| SC13-Doc28 | Annual report - Peru (SPRFMO Area) |
| SC13-Doc29 | Annual report - Peru (ANJ) |
| SC13-Doc30 | Annual report - Russia |
| SC13-Doc31 | Annual report - Chinese Taipei |
| SC13-Doc32 | Annual report - United States |
| SC13-Doc33 | Annual report - Vanuatu |
| SC13-Doc34 | Annual report - Cuba (late) |
| SC13-Doc35 | Annual report - Faroe Islands (late) |
| SC13-Doc36 | Annual report - Ecuador (late) |
| Reference | Document title | Delegation |
| SC13-JM01_rev2 | CJM catch history and predicted 2025 catches (incl. Annex 1) | SEC |
| SC13-JM02 | Update on CPUE standardization for the Chilean jack mackerel fishery in central-southern Chile using spatio-temporal Bayesian models |
CHL |
| SC13-JM03 | Spatio-temporal dynamics of the jack mackerel fishery off south-central Chile in 2025 | CHL |
| SC13-JM04 | Jack Mackerel CPUE index and acoustic biomass in the south-central Chile up to 2025 | CHL |
| SC13-JM05 | Spatial distribution and biomass estimate of Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) off south-central Chile based on acoustic records from fishing vessels, year 2025. |
CHL |
| SC13-JM06 | Hydroacoustic Assessment of Jack Mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) off Northern and Central Chile | CHL |
| SC13-JM07 | A genomic tool for monitoring genetic diversity in Trachurus murphyi | CHL |
| SC13-JM08 | Comparison of EU self-sampling and observer data with the objective to supplement observer data for non-observed quarters |
EU |
| SC13-JM09 | Report of the JMWG Management Strategy Evaluation Technical Workshop (SCW15) (late) | JMWG |
| SC13-JM10_rev1 | CPUE standardization for the offshore fleet fishing for Jack mackerel in the SPRFMO Area (late) | EU |
| Reference | Document title | Delegation |
| SC13-DW01_rev2 | Ecuador Fisheries Operation Plan for a new toothfish fishery | ECU |
| SC13-DW02 | Australia's report on its exploratory toothfish fishery CMM 14f-2024 | AUS |
| SC13-DW03 | Updated SPRFMO ecological risk assessment for teleosts and deepwater chondrichthyans | AUS |
| SC13-DW04 | Proposal to hold toothfish workshop at SC14 | AUS |
| SC13-DW05 | Korea's report on its exploratory toothfish fishery CMM 14h-2025 | KOR |
| SC13-DW06 | European Union report on its exploratory toothfish fishery CMM 14e-2024 | EU |
| SC13-DW07 | New Zealand's final report on its exploratory toothfish fishery CMM 14a-2022 | NZL |
| SC13-DW08 | Proposals to align CMM 09 Seabirds and CMM 02 Data Standards with ACAP Best Practice Advice |
NZL/PER/CHL/ACAP |
| SC13-DW09 | New Zealand 2024 VME Encounter Review | NZL |
| SC13-DW10 | Validation of the South Pacific VME Bioregionalisation | NZL |
| SC13-DW11 | Revision of SPRFMO Bottom Fishing Impact Assessment Standard | NZL |
| SC13-DW11.1 | Revised BFIAS for SPRFMO | NZL |
| Reference | Document title | Delegation |
| SC13-SQ01 | Update of squid datasets held by the Secretariat | SEC |
| SC13-SQ02 | Satellite tagging of jumbo squid in Chile preliminary results in two sectors | CHL |
| SC13-SQ03 | Reference genome of the jumbo squid as a tool for low-coverage genome sequencing (lcWGS) | CHL |
| SC13-SQ04 | Genetic diversity analysis of different phenotypic populations of jumbo squid | CHN |
| SC13-SQ05 | Genetic diversity and population structure of jumbo flying squid with genomic SNPs in the Chilean coast |
CHL |
| SC13-SQ06 | Update of the Stochastic Production model in Continuous Time (SPiCT) applied to Dosidicus gigas in the FAO area 87 |
CHL |
| SC13-SQ07 | Assessment of jumbo squid in Southeast Pacific Ocean based on state-space biomass dynamics model and impacts of ENSO |
CHN |
| SC13-SQ08_rev1 | January–July 2025 fishing season for squid (Dosidicus gigas) in Chilean waters (rev1, 6 Sep) | CHL |
| Reference | Document title | Delegation |
| SC13-Eco01 | Report of the Species Distribution Metadata Task Team (late) | SDMTT |
| SC13-Eco02 | Habitat conditions associated with the Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) fishery in central-southern Chile, 2012-2025 |
CHL |
| SC13-Eco03 | Habitat of jack mackerel and other species of the Peruvian current in the Humboldt System |
PER |
| SC13-Eco04 | Eddy impacts on abundance and habitat distribution of jumbo flying squid | CHN |
| SC13-Eco05 | Abundance and biological aspects of Jack mackerel and other species of the Peru current in the Humboldt System |
PER |
| SC13-Eco06 | Updated information on stomach contents of jack mackerel Trachurus murphyi Nichols, 1920, on the Northern Humboldt Current System: biological condition and diet |
PER |
| SC13-Eco07 | When hatching fails: A bioenergetic approach to the early life stages of jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) |
PER |
| SC13-Eco08 | Ecosystem synoptic survey across main areas of the South Pacific (Background review for conducting a large-scale fisheries survey in the South Pacific Ocean) |
PER |
| SC13-Eco09 | Spatio-temporal characterization of the habitat patterns of jumbo flying squid Dosidicus gigas in the Peruvian jurisdictional waters |
PER |
| SC13-Eco10 | Proposal for an Ecosystem Status Profile Framework for the SPRFMO Scientific Committee (late) | ECOWG |
| Reference | Document titke | Delegation |
| SC13-SGN01_rev1 | Revealing the origin and transport mechanisms of organic carbon to the slope and the Nazca Ridge (rev1, 7 Sept) |
PER |
| SC13-SGN02 | Proposed protocol for evaluating SGN Ridge area(s) for enhanced levels of protection-management | CHL |
| Reference | Document title | Delegation |
| SC13-Obs01 | Addressing a conservation crisis: saving albatrosses and petrels through improved fisheries management |
ACAP |
| SC13-Obs02 | Direct observations from within the Central Lord Howe 2024 temporary suspension of bottom fishing VME encounter area |
Greenpeace |
| SC13-Obs03 | Stock assessment of jumbo flying squid | CALAMASUR |
| SC13-Obs03.1 | Letter to the SPRFMO Executive Secretary | CALAMASUR |
| SC13-Obs04 | Applications of enhanced data transparency in SPRFMO: Vessel tracking, interoperability, and other transparency tools |
GFW |
| SC13-Obs05 | Orange roughy implications for SPRFMO | DSCC-ECONZ |
| SC13-Obs06 | Populating CMM 03-2025 Annex 9 | DSCC-ECONZ |
| SC13-Obs07 | Update on the activities of the FAO Deep‐sea Fisheries Under an Ecosystem Approach Project (2022–2027) | FAO |
| SC13-Obs08 | Integrating Climate Change into Fisheries Science and Management in the SPRFMO Area | FAO |
| SC13-Obs09 | VME Protection in other relevant Organisations | DSCC-ECONZ |
| SC13-Obs10 | Cooperation for the Implementation of Decision 13-2023 on Climate Change | CPPS |
| Reference | Document title | Delegation |
| SC13-Inf01 | API-first Electronic Monitoring Data Reporting and Ingestion: Information paper on cost containment and implementation approach | SEC |
| SC13-Inf02_rev1 | Schedule and agendas for Pre-SC13 activities | SEC |
| Reference | Title |
| SC13-WP00 | Live progress of agenda discussions |
| SC13-WP01 | Questions and Answers about Annual Reports |
| SC13-WP02 | Revised Multiannual Workplan |
| SC13-WP03 | ToR for the JMWG |
| SC13-WP04 | ToR for the DWWG |
| SC13-WP05 | ToR for the SQWG |
| SC13-WP06 | ToR for the EWG |
| SC13-WP07 | ToR for the DWG |
| SC13-WP08 | Questions about the WGEMS |
| SC13-WP09 | Rapporteur assignation per session |
| SC13-WP10 | Proposed (tracked) changes to CMM 02 Data Standards |
| SC13-WP11 | List of Acronyms to be annexed to the SC13 report |
| SC13-WP12 | Proposal for an Ecosystem Status Profile Framework for the SPRFMO SC |
| SC13-WP13 | Workplan of the Climate Change |
| SC13-WP14 | Terms of Reference and Workplan - Salas y Gomez and Nazca Task Team |
| SC13-WP15 | Table of recommendations from PR2IWG |
| SC13-WP16 | Proposed SC Data Protocol Sharing |
| SC13-WP17 | SQUIDSIM Papers presented by Chile |
