Report of the NAFO Commission Ad hoc Working Group to Reflect on the Rules Governing Bycatches, Discards and Selectivity (WG-BDS) in the NAFO Regulatory Area Meeting

Abstract

1. Opening by the Chair, Temur Tairov (Russian Federation) 2. Appointment of Rapporteur 3. Adoption of Agenda 4. Discussion of the bycatch analysis performed by Scientific Council and the Secretariat 5. Action Plan in the Management and Minimization of Bycatch and Discards 6. Other Matters a. STACTIC Intersessional Meeting, May 2017 b. WG-CR/CDAG Meeting, February and May 2017 c. NAFO Working Group on Improving Efficiency of NAFO Working Group Process 7. Recommendations to forward to the Commission 8. Adoption of Report 9. Adjournmen