Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch

The Fifth Meeting of the Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB) was opened on 12 October 2009 in Mombasa, Kenya, by the acting chair Dr Charles Anderson, who was elected to chair the meeting in the absence of the Chairperson Mr Riaz Aumeeruddy, who had tendered an apology. Dr Anderson welcomed the participants (Appendix I), the agenda for the Meeting was adopted as presented in Appendix II, and rapporteurs were appointed. The list of documents presented to the meeting is given in Appendix III.