8th Meeting of the IOTC Working Party on the Implementation of Conservation and Management Measures (WPICMM08)

The objective of the (WPICMM) is to:

a) Alleviate the technical discussions, workload and time pressures on the Compliance Committee, and permit it to focus on higher level compliance implementation strategies in its work for the Commission;
b) Enhance the technical capacity of Contracting Party (Member) and Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP) (collectively termed CPCs) to understand and implement IOTC Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs);
c) Prioritise implementation issues and develop operational standards for use by CPCs.