BY-CATCH Meeting Documents
Here you will find the meeting documents of past and upcoming meetings of the NAMMCO By-Catch Working Group (BYCWG). Some of these documents require a password for access. Reports are found here.
The By-Catch Working Group will hold an online meeting on May 16, 2024 from 15:00 to 18:00.
The Terms of Reference of this working group can be found within the agenda document.
Working & For Information Documents (password protected)
The By-Catch Working Group will hold an online meeting on October 6, 2023 from 14:30-17:30.
The Terms of Reference of this working group can be found within the agenda document.
The By-Catch Working Group will hold an online meeting on May 25, 2022 from 14:00-17:00.
The Terms of Reference of this working group can be found within the agenda document.
01 Draft Agenda
Working & For Information Documents (password protected)
The By-Catch Working Group held an online meeting on October 15, 2021 from 14:00-17:00.
The Terms of Reference of this working group can be found within the agenda document.
02 Draft List of Participants (Updated 13/10/2021)
03 Draft List of Documents (Updated 15/10/2021)
Working & For Information Documents (password protected) (Updated 15/10/2021)
28 May 2020, video conference
The By-catch Working Group (BYCWG) held a video conference on 28 May 2020, under the Chairmanship of Kimberley Murray (US). The meeting was open only to members of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee and invited experts.
Documents:
List of Documents (rev 140520)
Working and For Information documents (only available to participants)
31 October 2018, videoconference
The By-catch Working Group (BYCWG) held a video conference 31 October 2018, under the Chairmanship of Kimberley Murray (US) . The meeting was open only to members of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee and invited experts.
Documents:
Report from the By-catch WG meeting in May 2017
Report from the By-catch WG meeting in April 2018
The primary focus was to review the Icelandic by-catch of marine mammals, the Norwegian by-catch estimate for the ten-year period 2006-2015 and the progress of the WG recommendations from May 2017 and April 2018.
4 April 2018, videoconference
The By-Catch Working Group held a video conference 4 April 2018, under the chairmanship of Kimberley Murray (US). The meeting was open only to members of the Scientific Committee and invited participants, which were Simon Northridge (UK) and Marjorie Lyssikatos (US).
The agenda and list of participants can be found here. The report of the meeting can be found here.
The primary focus was to reexamine the estimates of by-catch rates of marine mammals in Icelandic fisheries and get an update from the Faroe Islands on progress accomplished on the recommendations formulated by the WG at its last meeting in May 2017.
2-4 May 2017, Faroes Representation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Presentations
Working Documents
01-NAMMCO-SC-BYCWG_Provisional-agenda
02rev2-NAMMCO_SC-BYCWG_Draft participants_190417
For information and working documents (limited to WG participants)