Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System

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Objective  
The objective of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is to promote cooperation among its Members with a view to ensuring, through appropriate management, the conservation and optimum utilisation of tuna and tuna-like fishes and encouraging sustainable development of fisheries based on such stocks.
Functions  
The main functions of the IOTC are:
  • 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 management of the stocks and to fisheries based on the stocks covered by the Agreement;
  • to encourage, recommend, and coordinate research and development activities in respect of the stocks and fisheries covered by the Agreement, and such other activities as the Commission may decide appropriate, including activities connected with transfer of technology, training and enhancement, having due regard to the need to ensure the equitable participation of Members of the Commission in the fisheries and the special interests and needs of Members in the region that are developing countries;
  • to adopt on the basis of scientific evidence, conservation and management measures, to ensure the conservation of the stocks covered by the Agreement and to promote the objective of their optimum utilization throughout the Area;
  • to keep under review the economic and social aspects of the fisheries based on the stocks covered by the Agreement bearing in mind, in particular, the interests of developing coastal states.
Area of Competence  
The Indian Ocean and adjacent seas, north of the Antarctic Convergence, insofar as it is necessary to cover such seas for the purpose of conserving and managing stocks that migrate into or out of the Indian Ocean.  

IOTC zone of competence
INDIAN OCEAN TUNA COMMISSION
Species and stocks coverage  
Tuna and tuna-like species.
Legal Framework  
The Agreement for the Establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission was concluded under Article XIV of the FAO Constitution. It was approved by the FAO Council at its Hundred and Fifth Session in November 1993. The Agreement came into force upon accession of the tenth Member in March 1996. The Financial Regulations were adopted at the First Special Session of IOTC in Rome on 21-24 March 1997 and the Rules of Procedure were adopted at the Second Session held in Victoria on 22-25 September 1997.
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