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Kobe III (the 3rd Joint Meeting of the Tuna RFMOs) will be held from 11-15 July 2011 in La Jolla, California, USA, and will bring together the five Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations.  The Albatross and Petrel Agreement has been invited to attend as an Observer by the Kobe III organizers and it is expected it will be represented at the meeting.

It is intended that the conference will be preceded by the first meeting (over one day) of the Joint Technical Bycatch Working Group, whose Terms of Reference were developed at the Kobe II Bycatch Workshop.  It is intended that this meeting will consist of two to three technical experts from each Tuna RFMO, as well as invited observers from interested and involved organizations such as ACAP.

See www.regonline.com/kobe3 for more information.

For information on the Kobe II Bycatch Workshop held in Brisbane, Australia in June 2010 and to access its final report click here.  See also http://www.acap.aq/latest-news/tuna-commissions-kobe-ii-workshop-and-cms-scientific-council-feedback-on-recent-discussions-on-seabird-bycatch.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 3 February 2011