18th Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (S18)

Meeting:

Commission

Meeting year:

2014

Meeting session:

18

Date:

Sun, 01/06/2014 (All day) to Thu, 05/06/2014 (All day)

Venue country/city:

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Location:

Bandaranaike Memorial International Convention Hall (BMICH), Colombo

Chairperson:

M. Daroomalingum Mauree (Maurice)

Vice-Chairperson:

Dr Ahmed Mohammed Al-Mazroui (Oman), M. Jeongseok Park (Rep. of Korea)

Summary:

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Credentials
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Meeting information documents

Title	File
Credentials for S18 / Pouvoirs pour S18
Information on 11th Session of the Compliance Committee and 11th Session of the Standing Committee on Finance and Administration and 18th Session of the Commission of Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), From 26th May to 5th June, 2014.

Documents

Reports from other meetings
Reference	Title	Available on	File
IOTC-2013-SC16-R	Report of the Sixteenth Session of the IOTC Scientific Committee	02/04/2014
IOTC-2014-CoC11-R	Report of the Eleventh Session of the Compliance Committee	31/05/2014
IOTC-2014-SCAF11-R	Report of the Eleventh Session of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance	31/05/2014

Meeting documents
Reference	Title	Available on	File
IOTC-2014-S18-01a	Provisional Agenda for the Eighteenth Session of the Commission	05/03/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-01b	Draft annotated agenda for the 18th Session of the Commission	05/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-02	Draft list of documents for the 18th Session of the Commission	22/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-03	Draft Indicative Schedule for the 18th Session of the Commission	16/04/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-05	Actions arising from the previous Session of the Commission (S17)	29/04/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-06	Proposal to Revise the IOTC Rules of Procedure, Based on the Recommendation from the Compendium Working Group	02/04/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-07 Rev_1	Update on progress regarding Resolution 09/01 – on the performance review follow–up	31/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-08	Terms of reference for the second performance review of the IOTC	24/04/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-09	Conservation and management measures requiring action by the Commission in 2014	04/04/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-10	Review of objections received under Article IX.5 of the IOTC Agreement	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-11	Proposal: Statement of the IOTC plenary on piracy in the western part of the IOTC area of competence	05/05/2014

NGO Statements
Reference	Title	Available on	File
IOTC-2014-S18-NGO01	ISSF Position Statement	22/04/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-NGO02	PEW Position Statement	14/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-NGO03	International Game Fish Association Position Statement	14/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-NGO04	WWF Position Statement	31/05/2014

CMM Proposals
Reference	Title	Available on	File
IOTC-2014-S18-PropA	On the removal of Obsolete Conservation and Management Measures (Australia)	07/04/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropB	On a scientific and management framework on the conservation of shark species and on the protection of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) caught in association with fisheries managed by IOTC (European Union – New proposal)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropC	On a scientific and management framework on the conservation of shark species and on the protection of hammerhead sharks (Family Sphyrnidae) caught in association with fisheries managed by IOTC (European Union – New proposal)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropD	On the conservation of sharks (European Union – Revision to Resolution 05/05)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropE	On the conservation of sharks (Australia – Revision to Resolution 05/05)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropF	On a ban on discards of bigeye tuna, skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna, and non-targeted species caught by purse seine vessels in the IOTC area of competence (Mauritius – Revision to Res. 13/11)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropG	For the conservation and management of tropical tunas stocks in the IOTC area of competence (Mauritius – Revision to Resolution 12/13)	05/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropH	To standardise the presentation of scientific information in the annual Scientific Committee report and in Working Party reports (European Union – New proposal)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropI	On enhancing the dialogue between fisheries scientists and managers (Maldives and Mozambique – New Proposal)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropJ	On the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) programme (UK(OT), Maldives, Mozambique, Seychelles – Revision to Resolution 06/03)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropK	Data confidentiality policy and procedures (UK(OT), Maldives, Mozambique, Seychelles – Revision to Resolution 12/02)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropL	On limiting the number of instrumented buoys per vessel to limit the number of tracked drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs) and the deployment of artificial drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs) (Mauritius – New proposal)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropM	On the implementation of a harmonized and coordinated scheme of IOTC observers (European Union – New proposal)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropN	IMO number: Concerning the IOTC record of vessels authorised to operate in the IOTC area of competence (European Union – Revision to Res. 13/02)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropO	IMO number: Concerning a record of licensed foreign vessels fishing for IOTC species in the IOTC area of competence and access agreement information (European Union – Revision to Res. 13/07)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropP	IMO number: On establishing a programme for transhipment by large-scale fishing vessels (European Union – Revision to Res. 12/05)	02/05/2014
IOTC-2014-S18-PropQ	Terms of Reference of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Working Party on Compliance (WPC) (Mozambique, UK-(OT), Maldives – New proposal)	02/05/2014

Meeting Report
Reference	Title	Available on	File
IOTC-2014-S18-R[E]	Report of the Eighteenth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission	13/06/2014