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Team Meetings & Video Conferences

  • Status and Progress.
  • WP and Actions
  • Status and Progress.
  • Observers data.
  • Data Evaluation. Requirements and Provisions for 2019.
  • 2019 First fishing trips
    • Landing Reports update
  • WP and Actions
  • Status and Progress.
  • Meetings in Seychelles March 2019.
    • Vice President Office (VP Vincent Meriton and PS Philippe Michaud).
    • Ministry of Fisheries. (PS Jude Talma).
    • Seychelles Fishing Authority (CEO Rony Renaud and Johnny Louys).
    • Agents Hunt Deltel (Christophe Houareau and Michael King Harman).
    • Seychelles Petroleum (CEO Conrad Bonoiton).
    • WWF Indian Ocean (Umair Shahid).
    • FBOA ( Beatty Hoarau and Keith Andre).
    • IPNLF (John Burton).
    • JHL Group (Pty) Ltd. James Lasperance.
  • Received Letters of Stakeholders confirming participation and support.
  • Observers Data Evaluation.
  • Landing Reports update.
  • Condition 1 status of deliverables and update.
  • Year 2018 sets (FS and FAD breakdown).
  • Condition 7 & 8 “Direct Fishing Authorizations”. Status and update.
  • WP: Actions and updates since last conference call.
  • Discussion on Base Line Document.  
  • New letters of support received from stakeholders:
    • Hunt Deltel & Co. Ltd.
    • Thai Union Group.
    • Princes Foods.
  • Observers Data. Update for pending 2018 and first quarter 2019.
  • Type of Sets. Final data for 2018.
  • Landing Reports 2019.
  • Study and considerations about lost FADs.
  • Meetings attended
  • Meetings schedules for May. Brussels Tuna and Sea Food Exhibition.
  • Review of  the 8 Conditions. Action Plan situation to meet the scheduled deliverables by November 2019.
  • Discussions about FIP status, FAD WATCH MOA and harmonization of scorings.
  1. Targets for 2019. 6 Months Actions Considerations.
    • Working Plan status to achieve the milestones for 2019.
    • Analysis of the full document for actions scheduled as of today 15/05/2019. Complete table of actions.
    • New fields
    • Identification of problems, if any, in the proposed objectives.
  2. Data
    • Fleet data.
      • Landing Reports
      • Lost FADs
    • Data update in the working team tool.
      • Baseline Stuby on FADs
      • Summary once revised the general status
      • Letters of support from Stakeholders
    • WEB page improvement
    • Stakeholders input in the web page. Direct access for confirmed Stakeholders
    • Public input. Additional tools.
      • Other Initiatives.
        • Identify initiatives that can reinforce Echebastar's sustainability credentials
      • MSC Assessments.
        • Implications and analysis of other I.O. fisheries that decided to enter in the MSC full assessment
        • How they can affect to our certification: positively or negatively
      • FIP del Indico,
        • Sustainable Indian Ocean Tuna Initiative (SIOTI). Study of the Action Plan (updated May 2019)
  3. AOB.
  4. Next Meeting.
  5. Next Conference call
  • SIOTI: 1st Meeting of the Stakeholders Advisory Group. Paris 22nd May 2019.
    • General overview
    • SIOTI updated action Plan
    • Harmonization of SIOI (FIP) scorings with Echebastar
  • Meeting of SIOTI Executive Board. Paris 23rd May 2019
    • General overview.
    • Analysis of different positions
    • Agreement achieved for a common Position Paper for IOTC commission (Hyderabad June 2019)
  • Analysis of the resolutions adopted during the IOTC Commission Meeting (Hyderabad – India 17/21 June 2019).
  • Discussion on the Echebastar Strategic Plans according to the adoptions related to:
    • Amendments and new applicable measures for Rebuilding the Yellowfin Tun Stocks in the Indian Ocean (IOTC 18/01).
    • Amendments and new applicable procedures Fish Agregating Devices (FADs) Management Plan (IOTC 18/08).
  • WP: Actions and updates since last conference call.
  • New letters of support received from stakeholders:
    • ISSF
  • Observers Data:
    • Analysis of the last available data in 2019.
    • Concerns on the prompt availability of the data.
  • Type of Sets:
    • Updated to June 2019
  • Landing Reports:
    • Updated to June 2019
  • Review of the 8 Conditions.
  • Action Plan situation to meet the scheduled deliverables by November 2019.
  • Discussions about SIOTI FIP status. Pretended progress for July 2019.
  • New Web page format.
  • Stakeholders participation
    • Analysis and configuration of the follow up of possible inputs.
  • Decision to participate in the new assessments for OPAGAC and TUNACONS (Ecuador).
  • Next video conference: July 19th at 10:00 H CET.
  1. Present status of the Echebastar Action Plan, with the deliverables of the 8 conditions (behind target, on target, above target).
  2. Analysis of the recovery of FADs. Status of independent study commissioned to AZTI.
  3. Web page in tests. Comments.
  4. List of companies and people who have confirmed their participation as Proactive Stakeholders.
  5. Shark Project. Correspondence and situation of the data analysis of 2018.
  6. Comments on the SIOTI Action Plan (Poseidon: Tim Huntington).
  7. Other matters / topics, for discussion.
  1. Present status of the Echebastar Action Plan, with the deliverables of the 8 conditions.
  2. Observers data update.
  3. Lost FADs Study Analysis and present status (AZTI).
  4. First Surveillance Audit: November. Dates proposals.
  5. Seychelles Fisheries Act.
  6. Next meeting date in Bermeo.
  7. Other matters / topics, for discussion.
  1. Present status of the Echebastar Action Plan.
  2. Deliverables of the 8 conditions.
  3. Catch data update.
  4. Echebastar: Fishery Management – Operational Strategy 2019 – 20123. Plan publication date: intended 15 September.
  5. Compliance Progress Report publication date: Intended 15 November.
  6. Lost FADs Study Analysis and present status (AZTI). First draft date: Intended 17 September.
  7. First Surveillance Audit date: 27 November.
  8. Analysis of the new “Seychelles Fisheries Sector Policy and Strategy 2019”.
  9. Analysis of SIOTI status. Recent up grade.
  10. Next conference call date: 1 October.
  11. Next meeting date in Bermeo: 25 November.
  12. Other matters / topics, for discussion.
  1. Present status of the Echebastar Action Plan.
  2. Deliverables of the 8 conditions.
  3. Observers data update.
  4. Review of Lost FADs Study Analysis and present status of the revision (AZTI).
  5. Echebastar FAD Management Plan. Final revision for immediate launching.
  6. Type of sets per vessel. Recompilation including September trips nearly finished.
  7. Next conference call date.
  8. Other matters / topics, for discussion.
  1. Present status of the Echebastar Action Plan.
  2. Report First Annual Surveillance Audit. Draft for revision.
  3. Type of sets per vessel update. Recompilation including October trips finished.
  4. Next conference call date.
  5. Other matters / topics, for discussion.