{"id":9042,"date":"2024-08-07T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.ngofeed.online\/blog\/?p=9042"},"modified":"2025-02-20T13:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:06:14","slug":"iotc-full-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/iotc-full-form\/","title":{"rendered":"IOTC Full Form: History, Work, Impact, Members etc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><strong>IOTC Full Form<\/strong>: The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for the management of tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean. It works to achieve this by promoting cooperation among its Contracting Parties (Members) and Cooperating Non-Contracting Parties to ensure the conservation and appropriate utilization of fish stocks and encourage the sustainable development of fisheries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#members-of-iotc\">Members of IOTC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#commission-non-contracting-parties\">Commission Non-Contracting Parties<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#structure-of-the-commission-of-iotc\">Structure of the Commission of IOTC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#subsidiary-bodies\">Subsidiary Bodies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions-fa-qs\">Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs)<\/a><ul><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"members-of-iotc\">Members of IOTC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Commission Contracting Parties:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Australia<\/td><td>Kenya<\/td><td>Seychelles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bangladesh<\/td><td>Korea<\/td><td>Somalia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>China<\/td><td>Madagascar<\/td><td>Sri Lanka<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Comoros<\/td><td>Malaysia<\/td><td>South Africa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>European Union<\/td><td>Maldives<\/td><td>Sudan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>France<\/td><td>Mauritious<\/td><td>Tanzania<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>India<\/td><td>Mozambique<\/td><td>Thailand<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Indonesia<\/td><td>Oman<\/td><td>Great Britain &amp; Northern Ireland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Iran<\/td><td>Pakistan<\/td><td>Yemen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Japan<\/td><td>Philippines<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"commission-non-contracting-parties\">Commission Non-Contracting Parties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Country<\/td><td>Acceptance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Liberia<\/td><td>2015<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"structure-of-the-commission-of-iotc\">Structure of the Commission of IOTC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Commission Contracting Parties ( Members)<\/strong>: In addition to being a full Member, States with a real interest in the Indian Ocean fisheries of tuna and tuna-like species can participate in the IOTC process as a Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP). This status is granted for one year, upon request from the State. CNCPs are not obliged to pay a financial contribution, but they do not enjoy voting rights on IOTC matters, and they are subject to the same regulations as the full Members. CNCP status is reviewed annually by the Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Commission Non-Contracting Parties<\/strong>: In addition to being a full Member, States with a real interest in the Indian Ocean fisheries of tuna and tuna-like species can participate in the IOTC process as a Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP). This status is granted for one year, upon request from the State. CNCPs are not obliged to pay a financial contribution, but they do not enjoy voting rights on IOTC matters, and they are subject to the same regulations as the full Members. CNCP status is reviewed annually by the Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sub Commissions:<\/strong> Sub-commissions can be established to offer a platform for consultation and cooperation on the management of fish stocks that are not shared by all Contracting Parties. These sub-commissions may evaluate management options and recommend suitable conservation and management measures to the Commission. However, to date, the Contracting Parties have not found it necessary to form any sub-commissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"subsidiary-bodies\">Subsidiary Bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compliance Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scientific Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standing Committee on Finance and Administer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions-fa-qs\">Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs)<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1721783377903\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is the role of IOTC?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for the management of tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1721783393403\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Is India a member of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Yes, India is a member of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1722781646868\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is the Full of IOTC?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>The full form of IOTC is Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IOTC Full Form: The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for the management of tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":10500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[598],"tags":[599,544],"class_list":["post-9042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-full-form","tag-international-ngo","tag-ngo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9042"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11683,"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9042\/revisions\/11683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngofeed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}