Terms of Reference
(as revised at the 1st Task Team meeting, 16 February 2013, Numea, New Caledonia)

1. To review the current data collection by JCOMM and others, to assess how these data meet the current needs of the ecosystem-approach to management in fisheries; as appropriate, work with other JCOMM expert teams to develop climate services for fisheries based on the available marine climate data;
   

    

   
   


2. To encourage oceanic and coastal fisheries management organizations to inform their members about the advantages of making and reporting relevant marine meteorological and ocean observations to the various WMO/IOC observation and information systems;
   

    

   
   


3. To contribute to the understanding of the effects of climate and climate variability on seasonal to decadal time scales on fisheries and marine aquaculture;
   

    

   
   


4. To contribute to the understanding of the impacts of climate change on fisheries and marine aquaculture;
   

    

   
   


5. To identify risk assessment or management evaluation tools that incorporate climate variability in order to improve the ecosystem-approach to management of fisheries;
   

    

   
   


6. To identify how weather and climate tools can inform integrated coastal zone management relevant to coastal fisheries and marine aquaculture;
   

    

   
   


7. To submit reports, including recommendations on follow-up actions, in accordance with timetables agreed by Management Committees of CAgM and JCOMM.