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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 14th session of the Commission will be held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 01 to 05 March 2010.
	[Click here] to register online

	The Working Party on Data Collection and Statistics (WPDCS), was held in Seychelles from 26th to 27th November 2009


	The 12th session of the Scientific Committee was held in Seychelles from 30th November to 4th December 2009


	The Working Parties on Ecosystems and Bycatch, Tropical Tuna, Fishing Capacity was held in Mombasa Kenya from 12th October 2009

Latest Reports

	Report of the Scientific Committee 2009 (NEW)


	Report of the 13th Session of the Commission 2009
	[Click here] for other documents of the commission meeting. [Click here] for hstorical reports and documents of the Commission Meetings

	Working Parties
	Report on the Working Party on Billfish (2009) Report on the Working Party on Tropical Tunas (2009) Report on the Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (2009) Report on the Working Party on Methods (2008) Report on the Working Party on Tagging Data Analysis (2008) Report on the Working Party on Temperate Tunas (2008) Report on the Working Party on Fishing Capacity (2009)

	Report of the Performance Review Panel 2008 is now available

Collection of Resolutions

	Collection of resolutions adopted by the Commission (2009 included)

IOTC Circulars

	2010 Circulars
	01-10[E], 02-10[E], 03-10[E+F], 04-10[E+F], 05-2010[E], 06-2010[E+F], 07-10[E], 08-10[E], 09-10[E+F], 10-10[E+F], 11-10[E+F], 12-10[E+F], 13-10[E+F],

	Older Circulars
	2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

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. .			IOTC Record of Active Vessels This spreadsheet contains the information reported by IOTC CPC's concerning IOTC Resolution 07/04 (Concerning registration and exchange of information on vessels fishing for tunas and swordfish in the IOTC Area).

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last updated : January 25, 2010 / © IOTC 2001-2009