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Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) (NFI-733)
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Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) |
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NFI-733 |
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Sessions and documents |
View documents of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
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Legal Framework |
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Category |
Cat. 1 |
Purpose |
To promote cooperation with a view to ensuring, through appropriate management, the conservation of optimum utilization of tuna and tuna-like species, to keep under review the conditions and trends of the stocks and to gather, analyse and disseminate scientific information, catch and effort statistics and other data relevant to the conservation and managagement of the stocks and to fisheries based on the stocks; to encourage, recommend and coordinate research and development activities in respect of the stock and fisheries, including activities connected with transfer of technology, training and enhacement; to adopt conservation measures to ensure the conservation of stocks and to promote the objective of their optimum utilization; to keep under review the economic and social aspects of the fisheries based on the stocks, bearing in mind, in particular, the interests of developing coastal states. |
Secretary |
Mr Christopher O’Brien |
Membership |
Open to Members and Associate Members of FAO, or by a two-thirds majority of its Members, any other States that are not Members of FAO, but are Members of the United Nations, or of any of its Specialized Agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, that are coastal Members or Associate Members situated wholly or partly within the Area; Members or Associate Members whose vessels engage in fishing in the Area for stocks covered by this Agreement; or regional economic integration organizations of which any State referred to above is a member and to which that Member has transferred competence over matters within the purview of this Agreement. |
Chairperson |
Mr Ahmed Mohammed Al-Mazroui (Oman) |
Number of Members |
31 |
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List of Members |
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- China
- Comoros
- Eritrea
- European Union (Member Organization)
- France
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Philippines
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- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Thailand
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United Republic of Tanzania
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Languages |
English and French |
Document symbol |
IOTC |
Frequency of Sessions |
Normally one session per year |
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Contact information/email |
[email protected] |
Web site |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
First Session |
December 1996 |
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