Matters for coordination between SC and TCC

This paper is submitted to the TCC08 meeting for information purpose and intended for coordination between SC and TCC. The SC tasked the Secretariat to inform TCC about the following matters from the 9th SC meeting held in December 2024:
(a) The SC proposed revisions to CMM 2024-05 for two new bottom fishing area closures to protect VMEs on Yuryaku Seamount (Annex A)
(b) The SC responded to the questions from the TCC Chair (Annex B).
(c) The SC will continue to discuss data needs and data gaps that could be filled by a regional observer program and inform the TCC about progress in these developments.