13th Meeting of the Parties (MoP13)

The 13th Annual Meeting of the Parties (MoP13), will take place at the Savoy Seychelles Resort and Spa, Beau Vallon, Mahé Island, Seychelles.

Key Dates and Deadlines:

  • Thursday 7 May 2026
    • Application for CNCP status
    • Application for NGO Observer status
  • Tuesday 12 May 2026
    Applications for financial assistance
  • Sunday 17 May 2026
    Request for inclusion of supplementary items to the Provisional Agenda
  • Wednesday 27 May 2026
    Submission of Proposals and Working Papers
  • Monday 22 June 2026
    Submission of Information and any Other Papers

All meeting logistic information is provided in Circular-SIOFA-2026-05. We invite delegates to complete and submit the registration forms to the Secretariat by the 1st of June 2026 for logistics purposes.
For participants that experience login issues or have any request regarding login, please contact the Secretariat (secretariat@siofa.org)

Meeting Date
Monday, July 6, 2026 to Friday, July 10, 2026
Meeting Category
MOP
Meeting Type
Meeting of the Parties
Location
Beau Vallon, Seychelles

Documents

General
Name Last updated
MoP-13-ADM-01 Registration Form
MoP-13-ADM-02 Template for Meeting Documents
MoP-13-ADM-03 Provisional Agenda
Proposal/Working
Name Last updated
MoP-13 All Working Papers
MoP-13-01 Report on the Secretariat Activities
MoP-13-02 SIOFA Financial Report [CLOSED SESSION]
MoP-13-03 Draft Budget 2027 and 2028-2029 Forecast [CLOSED SESSION]
MoP-13-04 Current SIOFA IUU Vessel List
MoP-13-05 Report and Recommendations of the 11th Annual Meeting of the SIOFA Scientific Committee
MoP-13-06 SIOFA Performance Review Recommendations
MoP-13-07 Review of the options to facilitate and address the capacity building need of CCP developing States including Article 13
MoP-13-08 Review of the status of Cooperating Non-Contracting Parties (CNCPs)
MoP-13-09 Review of Recommendations from the Final SIOFA Compliance Reports (fSCR) adopted by the Meeting of the Parties
MoP-13-10 Update of Workplan & Progress Toward Operationalization of the SIOFA VMS
MoP-13-11 Potential Amendments to SIOFA CMMs and the Standards, Specifications and Procedures (SSPs) for the SIOFA VMS
MoP-13-12 SIOFA Meeting Document Framework
MoP-13-13 Data and security audits implementation 2026 update [RESTRICTED]
MoP-13-14 Draft SIOFA ISSP [RESTRICTED]
MoP-13-15 Developments related to the Agreement under the UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
MoP-13-16 Provisional SIOFA IUU vessel list (pSCR) [RESTRICTED]
MoP-13-17 Report and Recommendations of CC10
MoP-13-18 Provisional SIOFA compliance report [RESTRICTED]
MoP-13-19 China Proposal for a New CMM for Fishery Independent Research Cruise
MoP-13-20 China Proposal to amend CMM 10 (2023) Monitoring
MoP-13-21 Cook Islands proposal for a new CMM for a SIOFA Allocation Framework
MoP-13-22 Australia Proposal to amend CMM 15(2025) Management of Demersal Stocks
MoP-13-23 Japan Proposal to amend CMM 17(2025) New and Exploratory Fisheries
MoP-13-24 Mauritius Proposal to amend CMM 11(2020) Compliance Monitoring Scheme
MoP-13-25 Mauritius Proposal to amend CMM 17(2025) New and Exploratory Fisheries
MoP-13-26 EU Proposal to amend CMM 15(2025) Management of Demersal Stocks
MoP-13-27 EU Proposal for a New CMM for Research Cruise by Research Vessel
MoP-13-28 EU proposal for a New CMM for Scientific Research by Fishing Vessel
MoP-13-29 MUS Proposal for an alternate method to collect data required by paragraph 12 of CMM 02 (2025) on Data Standards in order to exclude Mauritius semi-industrial fishery to embark observers
MoP-13-30 Draft Plan on the research cruise of China for 2026-2027 survey year
MoP-13-31 Proposal for a MoP Decision on the Practical Operationalisation of Article 13 of the SIOFA Agreement