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Welcome to the IOTC website

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to manage tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. Its objective is to promote cooperation among its Members with a view to ensuring, through appropriate management, the conservation and optimum utilisation of stocks and encouraging sustainable development of fisheries based on such stocks.

Highlights

	The working party on tropical tunas will meet in Bangkok, Thailand from 23 - 31 October
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	The working party on ecosystems and bycatch will meet in Bangkok, Thailand from 20 - 22 October
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	The working party on methods will meet in Bangkok, Thailand on 25 October
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	The working party on temperate tunas will meet in Bangkok, Thailand on 1st November
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	The working party on neritic tunas will meet in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman from 15th to 17th November 2008
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	The report on the working party on billfish is now available
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	Calendar of IOTC technical meetings in 2008 is now available
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quick links

	Vessel record Consult the Record of vessels authorized to fish in the IOTC area.			Validation of IOTC statistical documents A database of Institutions and Persons authorized to validate IOTC statistical documents.
	IUU List Consult the list of IUU vessels.			Working Parties Information on all the IOTC Working Parties.
	Meetings List of scheduled and past meetings.			Resolutions Browse or search the resolutions adopted by IOTC.
	Documents Browse and download documents published by IOTC.			The RTTP-IO tagging website The Regional Tuna Tagging Project of the Indian Ocean (RTTP-IO) has launched it's official website.
	Guide to IOTC data reporting requirements A guide to assist members and cooperating parties meet their reporting requirements is now available. .

Most documents are in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF 5) : get the free Acrobat Reader here.

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last updated : October 2, 2008 / © IOTC 2001-2004