Serial No. N7278. NAFO COM Doc. 22-03

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The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Executive Secretary.
The Executive Secretary will lead the planning, coordination and administration of the IOTC Secretariat in accordance with the IOTC Agreement and the decisions of the Commission, and will be responsible for the implementation of the policies and activities of the Commission, and report thereon to the Commission

Applications close on 9 July 2022 at 23.59 hr (CEST) and only applications received through the ‘Jobs at FAO’ portal will be considered.

This issue of the Meeting Proceedings of the Commission contains the meeting reports of the Commission (COM) and the joint Commission-Scientific Council (COM-SC), including their subsidiary bodies and working groups held between 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021. This follows a NAFO cycle of meetings starting with an Annual Meeting rather than by calendar year.

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Report of the Scientific Council (in conjunction with NIPAG) Meeting, 14 September 2020

Report of the Scientific Council, 21-25 September 2020

This issue of the Meeting Proceedings of the Commission contains the meeting reports of the Commission (COM) and the joint Commission-Scientific Council (COM-SC), including their subsidiary bodies and working groups held between 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020. This follows a NAFO cycle of meetings starting with an Annual Meeting rather than by calendar year.

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This issue of the Meeting Proceedings of the Commission contains the meeting reports of the Commission (COM) and the joint Commission-Scientific Council (COM-SC), including their subsidiary bodies and working groups held between 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019. This follows a NAFO cycle of meetings starting with an Annual Meeting rather than by calendar year.

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COM Docs. 2019

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Oceanographic conditions in NAFO waters are to a large degree determined by the strength of the winter atmospheric circulation over the Northwest Atlantic, measured by the NAO Index.
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index as defined by Rogers (1984) is the difference in winter (December, January and February) sea level atmospheric pressures between the Azores and Iceland.

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