14th SC 2026 » SPRFMO

Location:

Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

Venue:

Hotel Føroyar

Dates:

5 September to 12 September 2026

Final Report

The fourteenth meeting of the SPRFMO Scientific Committee (SC14) took place in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, from 7 to 12 September 2026, with scheduled pre-SC workshops/sessions that took place on 5 and 6 September. The Chairperson of the meeting was is Dr Ricardo Oliveros-Ramos (PER). The venue of the meeting was the Hotel Føroyar.

The SC14-Report is now available (12 October 2026). The report available above includes the annexes and is 328 pages long; for convenience, the standalone report (64 pages, no annexes) is available for download too, and the annexes are posted individually below.

Annex Number	Annex title
1	Compilation of SC Recommendations, Advice and Requests to the Commission
2	List of Participants
3	SC14 Meeting Agenda
4	SC14 Meeting Schedule
5	SC14 List of Documents
6	Annual Report Summaries and Questions and Answers
7	SC Multiannual Workplan 2027-2029
8	Consolidated Guidelines for the Work of the SPRFMO Scientific Committee
9	Response to PR2IWG Regarding Implementation Timeline
10	Data Working Group - Scientific Data needs questionnaire
11	Developing Exceptional Circumstances for JM MSE
12	Jack Mackerel Summary Advice
13	Jack Mackerel Technical Annex (available at a later date)
14	Shark Handling and Release Protocol for SPRFMO Bottom Fisheries
15	Jumbo Flying Squid Stock Assessment Models: Agreed Diagnostics and Evaluation Criteria
16	Jumbo Flying Squid Management Strategy Evaluation planning
17	Updated ToR for the Squid Assessment Simulation Task Team (ASTT)
18	2025-2026 SPRFMO Southeastern Pacific Ecosystem Status Report
19	SGNTT Pre-SC and Session Summary for the SC14 Report
20	Evaluation of Information for the Salas y Gomez y Nazca Ridges Area
21	Proposed Objectives for Evaluating the Proposal for Possible Measures in the SGN area
22	Updated ToR for the Salas y Gomez and Nazca Task Team (SGNTT)
23	Statements

Pre-SC activities took place as follows:

5 September 2026 - SGNTT pre-SC session (in person - Faroe Islands)
5 September 2026 - SQWG pre-SC preparatory session (in person - Faroe Islands)
6 September 2026 - DWWG pre-SC Exploratory Toothfish Fisheries Workshop (in person - Faroe Islands)

The documents addressed and discussed by the Scientific Committee at the meeting are listed below.

Reference	Document title
SC14-Doc01	Provisional SC14 Meeting Agenda
SC14-Doc02	Annotated SC14 Agenda
SC14-Doc03_rev1	SC14 List of Documents (rev1, 12 Sept)
SC14-Doc04_rev3	SC14 Meeting schedule (rev3, 12 Sep)
SC14-Doc05	2027-2029 Multi Annual Workplan
SC14-Doc06	2026 intersessional SC web meetings
SC14-Doc07	Secretariat's Science related activities
SC14-Doc08_rev1	Scientific Support Fund (rev1, 27 Aug)
SC14-Doc09	Call for interest to organise forthcoming SC meetings
SC14-Doc10	A summary of current SPRFMO bycatch records (Including species of concern)
SC14-Doc11	Datasets held by the Secretariat
SC14-Doc12	Consolidated SC Framework and Guidelines for submission of Document
SC14-Doc13	Report of the PR2IWG to the SC
SC14-Doc14	Report of the Data Working Group to the SC
SC14-Doc15	Annual Report Australia
SC14-Doc16	Annual Report Belize
SC14-Doc17	Annual Report Chile - Jack Mackerel
SC14-Doc18	Annual Report Chile - Squid
SC14-Doc19	Annual Report China
SC14-Doc20	Annual Report Cook Islands
SC14-Doc21	Annual Report Cuba
SC14-Doc22	Annual Report European Union
SC14-Doc23	Annual Report Faroe Islands
SC14-Doc24	Annual Report Korea
SC14-Doc25	Annual Report New Zealand
SC14-Doc26	Annual Report Panama
SC14-Doc27	Annual Report Peru - SPRFMO Area
SC14-Doc28	Annual Report Peru - ANJ
SC14-Doc29	Annual Report Russian Federation
SC14-Doc30	Annual Report Chinese Taipei
SC14-Doc31	Annual Report United States
SC14-Doc32	Annual Report Vanuatu
SC14-Doc33	Annual Report Liberia
SC14-Doc34	Annual Report Curaçao

Reference	Document title	Delegation
SC14-JM01	Catch history of Trachurus murphyi (incl. Annex 1 reformatted 27 Aug)	SEC
SC14-JM02	Report of the Jack Mackerel Benchmark Workshop (SCW16)	JMWG
SC14-JM03	Report of the Jack Mackerel MSE Workshop (SCW17)	JMWG
SC14-JM04	Independent desk review of the SPRFMO Jack Mackerel Management Strategy Evaluation	JMWG-Quantifish
SC14-JM05_rev1	Guide to the Jack Mackerel MSE Papers for SC14 (rev1, 13 Aug)	JMWG
SC14-JM06	Jack Mackerel MSE: Questions and Tasks for SC14	JMWG
SC14-JM07	Jack Mackerel Management Strategy Evaluation for SC14	JMWG
SC14-JM08	Jack Mackerel MSE: Technical Information and Work Remaining	JMWG
SC14-JM09	Response to the Independent SC14 MSE Desk Review	JMWG
SC14-JM10	Standardization of commercial CPUE for Chilean jack mackerel in central-southern Chile using hierarchical Bayesian spatio-temporal models	CHL
SC14-JM11	Hydroacoustic assessment of Chilean Jack Mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) in the northern zone of Chile (2026)	CHL
SC14-JM12_rev1	Management Strategies Evaluation for the Jack Mackerel Fishery (rev1, 6 Sep)	CHL
SC14-JM13_rev1	Improving Hydroacoustic Assessment of Chilean Jack Mackerel (Trachurus murphyi): Sampling Design and Bayesian Spatial Modelling for Density Estimation (rev1, 6 Sep)	CHL
SC14-JM14	A spatio-temporal approach for standardizing acoustic survey indices of Chilean jack mackerel in Chile	CHL
SC14-JM15	Update on the Chilean Jack Mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) CPUE Index based on fishing trip database and Acoustic Biomass Estimates in Chile	CHL
SC14-JM16	Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Chilean Jack Mackerel Fishery off Central-Southern Chile During 2020–2026	CHL
SC14-JM17	Implementation of an informed creep correction into the Chile Jack Mackerel CPUE index	CHL
SC14-JM18	Jack mackerel acoustic density index in the central-north acoustic surveys, estimated using spatiotemporal models with sdmTMB	CHL
SC14-JM19	Update of Chilean jack mackerel CPUE abundance index estimated by spatiotemporal SPDE-based models using sdmTMB	CHL
SC14-JM20	PFA selfsampling report for the SPRFMO Science Committee 2026	EU
SC14-JM21	PFA SPRFMO offshore fleet CPUE standardisation 2026	EU

Reference	Document title	Delegation
SC14-DW01_rev2	Overview of Exploratory Fisheries (rev2, 10Sept)	SEC
SC14-DW02	Australia's Exploratory Fishery Application for Toothfish in the Maquarie Ridge	AUS
SC14-DW03	Cook Islands FOP Exploratory Hapuka Fishery	COK
SC14-DW04_rev1	Cook Islands FOP Exploratory Trap Fishery (rev1, 4Aug)	COK
SC14-DW05_rev1	European Union FOP Exploratory Toothfish Fishery (rev1, 10Aug)	EU
SC14-DW06	History of toothfish fisheries in SPRFMO	DWWG Chair
SC14-DW07	Potential scientific requirements to assist transition toothfish fisheries from exploratory fisheries to an established fishery	DWWG Chair
SC14-DW08_rev1	Chondrichthyan handling and release protocol for bottom fishing operations in SPRFMO Convention Area (rev1, 8Sept)	AUS
SC14-DW09	Update on the Exploratory Toothfish Fishery in the Macquarie Ridge Continuation Research Block for 2025	AUS
SC14-DW10	Second Annual report of the EU Exploratory Toothfish Fishery	EU
SC14-DW11	EU Biomass update for the Exploratory Patagonian Toothfish Exploratory Fishery George V Fracture Zone 2024-26	EU
SC14-DW12	Improved particle dispersal modelling for validation of the South Pacific VME Bioregionalisation – Progress Report	NZL
SC14-DW13	New Zealand Exploratory Toothfish Fishing in SPRFMO: Interim report for 2025	NZL
SC14-DW14	History and Progress of New Zealand’s Exploratory Fishing for Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) in the SPRFMO Convention Area, 2016–2025	NZL
SC14-DW15	Review of stock structure studies of orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus	NZL
SC14-DW16	Update of New Zealand 2024 VME Encounter Review	NZL
SC14-DW17	Validation and improvement of VME indicator taxa abundance models: Progress report	NZL
SC14-DW18	Korea's progress report on its exploratory toothfish fishery under CMM 14h-2025	KOR
SC14-DW19	Cook Islands Exploratory Fisheries for Hapuka and Lobster	COK

Reference	Document title	Delegation
SC14-SQ01_rev1	Catch and Effort History of Jumbo Flying Squid (rev1, 11Sept)	SEC
SC14-SQ02	Report of the Third Squid Workshop SCW18	SQWG
SC14-SQ03	ENSO Impacts on Jumbo Flying Squid Habitat Off Peru	CHN
SC14-SQ04	Assessment of Squid Using a environment-dependent State-Space Biomass Dynamics Model	CHN
SC14-SQ05	January-July 2026 fishing season for squid (Dosidicus gigas) in Chilean waters	CHL
SC14-SQ06	Updated Stock Assessment of Dosidicus gigas in FAO Area 87 Using the Stochastic Production Model in Continuous Time (SPiCT)	CHL
SC14-SQ07	Evaluation of DNA extraction protocols for low coverage whole genome sequencing (lcWGS) of the jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) (6 Sep)	CHL

Reference	Document title	Delegation
SC14-Eco01	Report of the Ecosystem Workshop SCW19	EWG
SC14-Eco02	Abundance of Jack Mackerel, Mackerel and Vinciguerria during 2025-26 in the Peruvian sea	PER
SC14-Eco03	Habitat Conditions of Jack mackerel and Mackerel in the Peru Current Species in the Humboldt System during 2024 to 2026	PER
SC14-Eco04	2025-2026 SPRFMO Southeastern Pacific Ecosystem Status Report	EWG

Reference	Document titke	Delegation
SC14-SGN01_rev1	Evaluation of information for the Salas y Gomez and Nazca Ridges Area (rev1, 31 Aug)	SGNTT

Reference	Document title	Delegation
SC14-Obs01	Deep Sea Fisheries (DSF) Project - Overview of activities 2022-2026 and next steps	FAO
SC14-Obs02	A probabilistic risk-analysis framework for reconciling competing stock assessments	CALAMASUR
SC14-Obs03	Priorities for SPRFMO deep-water fisheries and deep-sea ecosystems in a changing science and policy oceanscape	DSCC-ECO NZ
SC14-Obs04	RESTRICTED - Expedition Report: Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems identified from direct observations within the Central Lord Howe 2024 temporary suspension of bottom fishing VME Encounter Area	Greenpeace
SC14-Obs05	RESTRICTED - Expedition Report: Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems identified from direct observations within the Northwest Challenger Bottom Trawl Management Area	Greenpeace
SC14-Obs06	DSF Project Toothtfish Workshop Report	FAO

Reference	Document title	Delegation
SC14-Inf01	Schedule and agendas for the Pre-SC14 activities	SEC

Reference	Title
SC14-WP01	Questions and Answers regarding Annual Reports
SC14-WP02	Peru's Observations on the Report of the SQWG ASTT
SC14-WP03_rev1	Evaluation of Information for the SGN Ridges Area
SC14-WP04	Datasets held by the Secretariat (Doc11)
SC14-WP05	SC Multiannual Workplan (Doc05)
SC14-WP06	Developing Exceptional Circumstances for JM MSE
SC14-WP07	Report of the Data Working Group to the SC (Doc14)
SC14-WP08	PR2IWG Submission to SC14 - Recommendation implementation timeframes (Doc13)
SC14-WP09	Consolidated Guidelines for the Work of the SPRFMO Scientific Committee
SC14-WP10	List of Acronyms used in the SC14 Report
SC14-WP11	Data Working Group - scientific data needs questionnaire
SC14-WP12	Jumbo Flying Squid Stock Assessment Models: Agreed Diagnostics and Evaluation Criteria
SC14-WP13	Jumbo Flying Squid Management Strategy Evaluation planning
SC14-WP14	Proposed Objectives for evaluating the proposal for possible measures in the SGN area
SC14-WP15	SGNTT Pre-SC and session summary for SC14 Report
SC14-WP16	Assessment Simulation Task Team for the Jumbo Flying Squid in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean - Terms of Reference and Workplan
SC14-WP17	Updated SGNTT Terms of Reference