Report of the Permanent Working Group on Tuna Tracking. Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxx, from the United States, Chairman of the Working Group, presented his report, noting that the group reviewed the Document TT-40-04, “Review of the Implementation of the Dolphin Safe Certification System”, for which there were no comments or recommendations for the IRP.
Report of the Permanent Working Group on Tuna Tracking. The chair of the working group, Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, of Panama, presented his report (Appendix 2). The working group had substantial discussions, but had no recommendations for the IRP.
Report of the Permanent Working Group on Tuna Tracking. Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, who chaired the working group, presented his report. The group recommended to the Panel that it review the information sent by governments on actions taken regarding cases of forged Tuna Tracking Forms (TTFs). However, the group agreed that such cases should be treated as exceptional, in view of their low frequency, and that it was therefore not necessary to draw up guidelines for addressing them. Mexico clarified that, even if no guidelines were required for such cases, this did not mean that they should not be addressed.
Report of the Permanent Working Group on Tuna Tracking. Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxx, in his capacity as Chair of the Working Group, presented his report noting that the Working Group recommended the IRP to close the pending special cases of apparent TTF forgery included in the group’s report, as well as to update Table 1 of the working document regarding TTFs received by Parties, particularly in terms of the clarification presented by Mexico. There were no comments on the report.
Report of the Permanent Working Group on Tuna Tracking. Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxx, who chaired the Working Group, presented his report. He expressed that there were no specific recommendations for the IRP; however, an issue was discussed concerning the reduction of TTF submissions, which should be improved by maintaining the standards that have already been achieved.
Report of the Permanent Working Group on Tuna Tracking. Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxx, Chair of the Working Group, presented his report. He expressed that there were no specific recommendations for the IRP, the minutes were approved, and no other business was discussed.
Report of the Permanent Working Group on Tuna Tracking. Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, who had assumed the chairmanship of the Working Group in the absence of its Chair, Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxx, presented his report (see Annex 2) and noted the recommendation adopted by the Group to remind the Parties that the TTFs should be submitted to the Secretariat no later than 10 days after the end of fishing operations.
Report of the Permanent Working Group on Tuna Tracking. Ing. Xxxx Xxxxxx, of Ecuador, who chaired the working group, presented his report. The European Union and Nicaragua requested that, in order to avoid any confusion, the Secretariat modify the table summariz- ing the situation regarding the Tuna Tracking Forms (TTFs) in order to reflect the total number of TTFs received to date, while distinguishing those received by the required 15-day deadline.
