Panellist Presentation

Segment 1. Importance and role of performance reviews

 

Importance and role of performance reviews

Thursday AM

Panellist

Topic

Ms. Judith Swan, International consultant on fisheries law, policy and institutions

Importance and role of Performance Reviews in improving the Conservation and Management of Straddling Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

Presentation

Mr. Dmitry Gonchar, Principal Legal Officer, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS)

Historical evolution of RFMO/A performance review processes

Presentation

Mr. Piero Mannini, Senior Fishery Liaison Officer and Secretary of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network (RSN), Food and Agriculture Organization of the 51³Ô¹Ï (FAO)

The principle characteristics of performance review processes: differences and commonalities

Presentation

 

Segment 2.  Structure and conduct of performance reviews: experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

 

Segment 2: Structure and conduct of performance reviews: experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Thursday 3PM - 5PM

Panellist

 

Topic

 

Mr. Sebastian Rodriguez, Executive Secretary of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO)

 

Experience of SPRFMO in the structure and conduct of performance reviews: experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Presentation

Mr. Fred Kingston, Executive Secretary, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)

 

Experience of NAFO in the structure and conduct of performance reviews: experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Presentation

Ms. Alexa Cole, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce (NOAA)

Experience of an RFMO contracting State party in the structure and conduct of performance reviews: experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Presentation

Ms. Bárbara Boëchat de Almeida, Second Secretary

Permanent Mission of Brazil to the 51³Ô¹Ï

Structure and conduct of performance reviews: experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Presentation

Mr. Alexandre Rodriguez, Executive Secretary, Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC)

The EU fisheries stakeholders´ perspective on the present and future role of RFMOs in the international ocean governance: views from the LDAC

Presentation

 

Segment 3. Recommendations of and mechanisms for follow-up to performance reviews:  experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Segment 3: Recommendations of and mechanisms for follow-up to performance reviews: 

experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Thursday 5 – 6pm; Friday 10 AM to 11 AM

Panellist

 

Topic

 

Mr. Guillermo Compean, Director, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)

IATTC experience in conducting performance reviews

Presentation

Mr. Stefaan Depypere, First Vice-Chair, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)

RFMO perspective on further enhancing the effectiveness of performance review through the resumed Review Conference and the Agreement and other intergovernmental processes

Presentation

Mr. Gerald Leape, Principal Officer/International Government Relations, Pew Charitable Trusts

Recommendations of and mechanism for follow-up to performance reviews: an NGO perspective on experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Presentation

Ms. Holly Koehler, Vice President for Policy and Outreach, International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)

Recommendations of and mechanism for follow-up to performance reviews: an NGO perspective on experiences, best practices, challenges and opportunities

Presentation

Mr. Javier Garat, Secretario-General de Cepesca (Confederación Española de Pesca), and President International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA)

Industry perspective

Presentation

Mr. Darius Campbell, Executive Secretary, North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)

Non-tuna RFMO perspective

Presentation

 

Segment 4. Further enhancing the effectiveness of performance reviews through the resumed Review Conference on the Agreement and other intergovernmental processes

 

Segment 4: Further enhancing the effectiveness of performance reviews through the resumed Review Conference on the Agreement and other intergovernmental processes

Friday 11 AM to 1 PM

Panellist

 

Topic

 

Mr. Robert Day, Director of the International Fisheries Management and Bilateral Relations Bureau, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Canada’s perspective on further enhancing the effectiveness of performance reviews thought the resumed Review Conference on the Agreement and other intergovernmental processes

Presentation

Ms. H.P.R. Hewapathirana, Director Fishing Operations, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation and Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development

Perspective of an RFMO developing contracting party

Presentation

Mr. Feleti P Teo, Executive Director, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)

Perspectives of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) on potential areas where enhancements to performance reviews of RFMOs could be made

Presentation

Ms. Kristina Gjerde, High Seas Policy Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Three ways the new instrument for marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction could further enhance the effectiveness of RFMO performance reviews - the IUCN perspective

Presentation