This technical document identifies global datasets that contain regional features within the South East Pacific project pilot region, offering a high-level introduction to datasets of relevance to Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction in this location. This non-exhaustive review identifies 102 global datasets that reflect various characteristics of biodiversity within this pilot region.

The report outlines the outcomes of the Chinese National Awareness workshop held on 10 December 2016, in Fiji. The main outcomes are: to improve awareness of seabird bycatch and its mitigation; to build capacity of the national observer programme, government representatives and the fishing industry to effectively implement best practice seabird bycatch mitigation based on best practice in China.

The report outlines the outcomes of the Indonesian National Awareness workshop held in Bali on 23-24 November 2016. Main outcomes are: to improve awareness of seabird bycatch and its mitigation; to build capacity of the national observer programme, government representatives and the fishing industry to effectively implement best practice seabird bycatch mitigation based on best practice in Indonesia.

A series of two four-day workshops designed to conduct a joint-analysis of the effectiveness of sea turtle mitigation in Pacific longline fisheries were held in Honolulu, Hawaii in February and November 2016. These workshops were convened by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) with funding provided by the ABNJ (Common Oceans) Tuna project, and were attended by 38 participants from 16 countries with expertise in all three oceans, as well as invited IGOs and NGOs.

This technical paper clarifies the nature of Catch Documentation Schemes (CDS) and what they can achieve, and identifies the factors to be considered in the design of such schemes as a management and monitoring, control and surveillance tool in tuna fisheries.