This Resolution of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) prohibits the use of large-scale driftnets on the high seas within the IOTC area of competence. Each Contracting Party and Cooperating Non-Contracting party (CPCs) shall take all measures necessary to prohibit their fishing vessels from using large-scale driftnets while on the high seas in the IOTC area of competence.They shall take all measures necessary to prohibit their fishing vessels from using large-scale driftnets in the entire IOTC area of competence by 1 January 2022. CPCs shall include in their Annual Reports of implementation a summary of monitoring, control, and surveillance actions related to large-scale driftnet fishing in the IOTC area of competence.
2017-12-01