14th SC 2026 » SPRFMO

Location:

Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

Venue:

Hotel Føroyar

Dates:

5 September to 12 September 2026

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. Information for delegates, such as visa requirements, was provided in the Information for Delegates section.

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)

Meeting documents submitted for consideration of the SC were due as follows:

9 July 2026 - Request for inlcusion of supplementary items into the SC14 agenda
9 July 2026 - Full Proposed Exploratory Fisheries Operation Plan
8 August 2026 - Annual Reports to the SC
8 August 2026 - Submission of any other meeting documents

SC related links useful links (now obsolete) were:

2019 Protocol for papers to be submitted to the Scientific Committee
2019 Guidelines for Annual National Reports
2024 Framework for the Scientific Committee and its Working Groups and Task Teams

The meeting documents that were 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	SC14 List of Documents
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_rev1	Overview of Exploratory Fisheries (rev1, 27Aug)	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	Chondrichthyan handling and release protocol for bottom fishing operations in SPRFMO Convention Area	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	Catch and Effort History of Jumbo Flying Squid	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