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NOAA Fisheries will hold a public conference call and webinar to provide an update on the status of recent work by ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) Bluefin Tuna Species Group to assess the western Atlantic and eastern Atlantic/Mediterranean bluefin tuna stocks.
The operator-assisted conference call and webinar will be held on September 3, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT. (phone number 888-935-0267; verbal password: “ICCAT”; WebEx link; WebEx password: ICCAT).
Participants must dial in by phone to receive audio and log on to the WebEx to view the presentation. You must do both!!!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
The work undertaken by the Bluefin Tuna Species Group, of which some analytical work is still ongoing, is considered preliminary until adopted by the SCRS by correspondence in late September 2020. At that time, the SCRS will also develop and adopt management advice for the Commission for both stocks of bluefin tuna. While it would be premature to speculate on the conclusions of the assessment or its implications, including with respect to management advice, NOAA Fisheries scientists will provide stakeholders with an update on the preliminary results of the stock assessments at the September 3, 2020 webinar. There will be opportunity for participants to ask questions regarding the presentation on the assessment work.
The webinar is specifically an update on the stock assessment progress and not on development of U.S. positions. A Fall meeting of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT will be held after the final stock assessment results and SCRS management advice have been published to discuss additional topics related to the assessment results.
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