Staff activities and research work plan

At its 8th meeting in May 2017, the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) made the following recommendation to the Commission:
“The SAC recommends that the scientific staff prepare a strategic science plan for the 2018-2022 period, which includes clear objectives, specific priorities, strategies, actions, responsibilities, and resources, including a tentative budget.”
In accordance with this recommendation, the staff has developed a Strategic Science Plan (SSP), which establishes research goals, activities, and priorities for the 2019-2023 period. In the plan, the staff’s activities are classified into seven main areas, called Themes:
1. Data collection
2. Life-history studies for scientific support of management
3. Sustainable fisheries
4. Ecological impacts of fishing: assessment and mitigation
5. Interactions among the environment, ecosystem, and fisheries
6. Knowledge transfer and capacity building
7. Scientific excellence
Each Theme is divided into goals and objectives (Goals), and the work that will be carried out to achieve a particular goal or objective within the plan’s five-year window is called a Target. Not specified in the SSP is the staff’s concrete work plan, and the current and planned activities (called Projects) that will achieve these strategic goals; they are elaborated in this document...