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    Report of the SC-CAMLR Observer (Japan) to the Fourth Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) (Yokohama, Japan, 25 to 29 March 2019)

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    Document Number:
    SC-CAMLR-38/BG/12
    Author(s):
    SC-CAMLR Observer (Japan)
    Submitted By:
    Dr Takehiro Okuda (Japan)
    Approved By:
    Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)
    Abstract

    The Fourth Meeting of the Scientific Committee (SC4) of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) was held at the National Institute of Fisheries Science, in Yokohama, Japan from 25 – 29 March 2019. 

    Takehiro Okuda (Japan) was the nominated CCAMLR Observer at the SC4 meeting and the CCAMLR Secretariat’s Science Manager attended  at the invitation of the Executive Secretary of SIOFA, Jon Lansley, as part of the ongoing development of collaboration between CCAMLR and SIOFA. The main areas of interest from a CCAMLR perspective were the discussion of SIOFA SC4 on VMEs, Patagonian toothfish catches and incidental mortality of seabirds.

    SIOFA SC4 agreed that an increased level of interaction with CCAMLR was timely given the increased interest in fishing for Patagonian toothfish in SIOFA in areas adjacent to CCAMLR fisheries with full assessments.