Review of Conservation and Management Measures relevant to ecosystems and bycatch

To encourage participants at the Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB17) to review the existing Conservation and Management Measures (CMM) relating to ecosystems and bycatch and as necessary to 1) provide recommendations to the Scientific Committee on whether modifications may be required; and 2) recommend whether other CMMs may be required. It must be noted that due to the global Covid pandemic, the 2020 Session of the Commission (S24) did not adopt any new CMMs. At the 25th Session of the Commission (S25) held in June 2021, no new CMMs relevant to WPEB were adopted.