date:May 30, 2012
iance Committee both worked through extensive agendas that included a number of Australian proposals; including the implementation of minimum data standards and measures to conserve whale sharks and cetaceans. The IOTC outcomes included measures on:
implementation of the precautionary approach;
recording of catch and effort by fishing vessels in the IOTC area of competence;
conservation of marine turtles;
reducing the incidental bycatch of seabirds in longline fisheries a manag