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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

	Species Identification Guides


	Identification Guides for marine turtles, seabirds, sharks and rays and billfish produced by IOTC in collaboration with SPC
	Click here for Identification Guides for marine turtles, seabirds, and sharks and rays and billfish

	Meetings


	The 10th Session of the Compliance Committee will be held in Mauritius from 2-4 May 2013
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	The 10th Standing Committee on Administration and Finance will be held in Mauritius from 7-9 May 2013
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	The 17th Session of the Commission will be held in Mauritius from 6-10 May 2013
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	The 3rd Session of the Working Party on Neritic Tunas will be held in Bali, Indonesia from 2-5 July 2013.
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	[Click here] to register for IOTC meeting


	The 2013/2014 meetings calendar

Latest News

	Indian Ocean Tuna Tagging Symposium
	[Click here] to access presentations made at the Symposium held in Mauritius in October 2012

Latest Reports

	Report of the 16th Session of the Commission (April 2012)
	[Click here] for other documents of the commission meeting. [Click here] for historical reports and documents of the Commission Meetings

	Report of the 9th Session of the Compliance Committee (April 2012)
	[Click here] for other documents of the Compliance Committee. [Click here] for historical reports and documents of the Meetings

	Report of the 9th Session of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance 2012 (April 2012)
	[Click here] for other documents of the Standing committee meeting. [Click here] for historical reports and documents of the Meetings

	Report of the 15th Session of the Scientific Committee 2012 (December 2012)
	[Click here] for other documents of the Scientific Committee. [Click here] for historical reports and documents of the Meetings

	Report of the 2nd Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria (March 2013)
	[Click here] for other documents of the Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria. [Click here] for historical reports and documents of the Meetings

	Working Parties
	Report of the 2nd Session Working Party on Neritic Tunas (November 2012) Report of the 14th Session Working Party on Tropical Tunas (October 2012) Report of the 4th Session Working Party on Methods (October 2012) Report of the 8th Session Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (September 2012) Report of the 10th Session Working Party on Billfish (September 2012) Corrigendum WPB10 Report of the 4th Session Working Party on Temperate Tuna (August 2012) Report of the 8th Working Party on Data Collection and Statistics (December 2011)

	Report of the Performance Review Panel 2009

Collection of Conservation and Management Measures

	Active Conservation and Management Measures adopted by the Commission (updated 20th June 2012)

IOTC Circulars

	2013 Circulars
	01-13[E+F], 02-13[E+F], 03-13[E+F], 04-13[E+F], 05-13[E+F], 06-13[E+F], 07-13[E+F], 08-13[E+F], 09-13[E], 10-13[E+F], 11-13[E+F], 12-13[E+F], 13-13[E+F], 14-13[E+F], 15 -13[E+F], 16-13[E+F], 17-13[E+F], 18-13[E+F], 19-13[E+F], 20-13[E+F], 21-13[E+F], 22-13[E+F], 23-13[E+F], 24-13[E+F], 25-13[E+F], 26-13[E+F], 27-13[E+F],

	Older Circulars
	2012 , 2011 , 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

Quick links

	Vessel record Consult the Record of vessels authorized to fish in the IOTC area. Designated Ports Designated ports of IOTC Contracting and Co-operating Parties			Validation of IOTC statistical documents A database of Institutions and Persons authorized to validate IOTC statistical documents. Bigeye tuna statistical document summary reports Summary reports of data collected by IOTC Contracting and Co-operating Parties in relation with IOTC Resolution 01/06
	IUU List Consult the list of IUU vessels.			Indian Ocean Tuna Tagging Symposium Browse Presentations on Tuna Tagging Symposium 2012
	Meetings List of scheduled and past meetings.			Documents Browse and download documents published by IOTC.
	Working Parties Information on all the IOTC Working Parties.			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).
	Guide to IOTC data reporting requirements A guide to assist members and cooperating parties meet their reporting requirements is now available. .			Regional Observer Scheme The Regional Observer Scheme of the Indian Ocean (ROS-IO).
	Data submission forms Forms for submission of fisheries data for tuna and tuna-like species to the Secretariat			Employment Opportunities with IOTC Currently there is no vacancy at IOTC.

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last updated : March 15, 2013 / © IOTC 2001-2009