At its 18th Session in 2014, the Commission endorsed a set of Terms of Reference and criteria to conduct the 2nd Performance Review of the IOTC and agreed on a process to start undertaking the review in 2014. The composition of the Panel will be as follows, with the IOTC Secretariat acting as facilitator of the process:
• Chair with appropriate background
• Contracting Parties from coastal States: Maldives, Mauritius, Oman and Seychelles
• Contracting Parties from DWFN: European Union and Japan
• Science expert (To be decided by the Panel Members)
• NGOs: PEW and ISSF
• Members from other RFMO’s: WCPFC and ICCAT
Terms of Reference and criteria to conduct the 2nd performance review of the IOTC (adopted by the Commission in June 2014).
Additional background may be found at: http://iotc.org/about-iotc/performance-review
