Schedule of harvest strategy-related meetings at the tuna-RFMOs. Last updated March 14, 2022. Click the tRFMO to navigate towards each tRFMO’s respective meeting page.
| Date | tRFMO | Meeting |
|---|---|---|
| 14-16 February | ICCAT | Informal meeting of the BFT MSE Technical Working Group |
| 16-18 February | IOTC | Working Party on the Implementation of Conservation and Management Measures |
| 1-4 March | ICCAT | Intersessional Meeting of Panel 2 (including BFT MSE on March 4 only) |
| 7-10 March | IOTC | MSE Task Force |
| 14-17 March | IOTC | Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria (TCAC) 1st meeting |
| 21 Mar – 1 April | ICCAT | Atlantic Swordfish Data Preparatory Meeting (including N-SWO MSE) |
| 18-26 April | ICCAT | Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Data Preparatory Meeting |
| 3-6 May | ICCAT | Meeting of the BFT MSE Technical Working Group |
| 9-May | ICCAT | Second Intersessional Meeting of Panel 2 on Bluefin Tuna MSE |
| 13-14 May | IOTC | Technical Committee on Mangement Procedures (TCMP) |
| 16-20 May | IOTC | Annual meeting |
| 16-20 May | IATTC | 13th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee |
| 16-28 May | ICCAT | Meeting of the Sharks Species Group |
| 19-20 May | ICCAT | Meeting of the Tropical Tunas MSE Technical Group |
| 23-27 May | ICCAT | Skipjack Stock Assessment Meeting |
| 30 May – 3 June | IOTC | Working Party on Tropical Tunas – data preparation (WPTT-DP) |
| 20-24 June | CCSBT | 12th Operating Model and Management Procedure Technical Meeting |
| 22-23 June | ICES | Annual Meeting between ICES, Advisory Councils and other Observers (MIACO) |
| 20-29 June | ICCAT | Atlantic Swordfish Stock Assessment Meeting |
| 30 June – 1 July | ICCAT | Intersessional Meeting of Panel 1 |
| 4-8 July | IOTC | Working Party on Neritic Tunas (WPNT) |
| 4-12 July | ICCAT | Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Stock Assessment Meeting |
| 25-29 July | IOTC | Working Party on Temperate Tunas (WPTmT) |
| 10-18 August | WCPFC | Scientific Committee |
| 15-26 August | IATTC | Annual Meeting of the IATTC and AIDCP |
| 19-22 August | WCPFC | Science-Management Dialogue Group |
| 29 August – 3 September | CCSBT | 27th Meeting of the Extended Scientific Committee |
| 5-9 September | ICCAT | Meeting of the BFT MSE Technical Working Group |
| 12-15 September | IOTC | Working Party on Billish (WPB) |
| 19-24 September | ICCAT | SCRS Species Group Meetings |
| 26 September – 3 October | ICCAT | ICCAT SCRS Plenary |
| 10-13 October | IOTC | Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria (TCAC) 2nd meeting |
| 10-13 October | CCSBT | 29th Annual Meeting of the CCSBT |
| 14-Oct | ICCAT | 3rd Intersessional Meeting of Panel 2 on BFT MSE |
| 19-21 October | IOTC | Working Party on Methods (WPM) |
| 24-29 October | IOTC | Working Party on Tropical Tunas (WPTT) |
| 13-Nov | ICCAT | Intersessional Meeting of Panel 4 |
| 14-21 November | ICCAT | ICCAT Annual Meeting |
| 30 November – 2 December | IOTC | Working Party on Data Collection and Statistics (WPDCS) |
| 5-9 December | IOTC | Scientific Committee |
| TBD December | WCPFC | WCPFC Annual Meeting |
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