Attachment I The Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Scientific Committee Twelfth Regular Session Bali, Republic of Indonesia 3-11 August 2016 WCPFC Background 1. The WCPFC has established a tissue bank of biological samples collected from pelagic species in the WCPO for the purposes of studies to advance fisheries management in the WCPO. The bank contains otoliths, fin spines, gonads, muscle, stomach and blood from tuna, billfish and other pelagic species. 2. The purpose of this document is to specify the rules for scientific researchers to access these samples for the purpose of scientific study. 3. For projects approved and funded by the WCPFC, nominated researchers who have identified their need to access the WCPFC tissue bank to undertake the project do not have to follow the selection and approval process set out in paragraph 10 below. However, all the other access protocols will apply to such access. 4. In the planning stages of a project, applications by researchers to access the web-data tool for data describing the WCPFC tissue bank’s samples should be sought from the WCPFC Scientific Services Provider. The Scientific Services Provider will only supply such a log-in to allow the project’s researchers appropriate access and for a limited period of time. Rules and Procedures 5. Applications to access samples from the tissue bank should be addressed to the Executive Director, WCPFC Secretariat, sent to the Assistant Science Manager () and must include: WCPFC Scientific Committee Project Name, Project Number, Objectives, or recommendation if applicable Specification of the samples to be withdrawn from the bank (number, type, species, size of sample and proportion of available sample to be used, any location/sex/date limits, etc.) The methods for processing and analyses of the samples (in particular whether the method will destroy part or all of a sample, and what sample record will be retained, e.g. sectioned otolith slides) Past contributions to the tissue bank by the researcher or CCM Intended collaborations with other researchers or institutions Timeline for the study and intended outcomes.
Attachment I The Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Scientific Committee Twelfth Regular Session Bali, Republic of Indonesia 3-11 August 2016 WCPFC Background 1. The WCPFC has established a tissue bank of biological samples collected from pelagic species in the WCPO for the purposes of studies to advance fisheries management in the WCPO. The bank contains otoliths, fin spines, gonads, muscle, stomach and blood from tuna, billfish and other pelagic species. 2. The purpose of this document is to specify the rules for scientific researchers to access these samples for the purpose of scientific study. 3. For projects approved and funded by the WCPFC, nominated researchers who have identified their need to access the WCPFC tissue bank to undertake the project do not have to follow the selection and approval process set out in paragraph 10 below. However, all the other access protocols will apply to such access. 4. In the planning stages of a project, applications by researchers to access the web-data tool for describing the WCPFC tissue bank’s samples should be sought from the WCPFC Scientific Services Provider. The Scientific Services Provider will only supply such a log-in to allow the project’s researchers appropriate access and for a limited period of time. Rules and Procedures 5. Applications to access samples from the tissue bank should be addressed to the Executive Director, WCPFC Secretariat, sent to the Assistant Science Manager () and must include: WCPFC Scientific Committee Project Name, Project Number, Objectives, or recommendation if applicable Specification of the samples to be withdrawn from the bank (number, type, species, size of sample and proportion of available sample to be used, any location/sex/date limits, etc.) The methods for processing and analyses of the samples (in particular whether the method will destroy part or all of a sample, and what sample record will be retained, e.g. sectioned otolith slides) Past contributions to the tissue bank by the researcher or CCM Intended collaborations with other researchers or institutions Timeline for the study and intended outcomes. data
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