Adopted

Resolution that agrees that the joint expert group will continue to meet once a year, and that its format will stay as a joint expert group instead of becoming more established via a working group.

ICCAT agreeing to advance plans for and to respond to biodiversity impacts notably in relation to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity. In addition, the resolution calls for the Commission to take an active role in the discussions leading up to the implementation of these instruments.

Recommendation which specifies how data should be collected, analysed, and shared using EM technology and which requires ICCAT members to increase observer coverage to 10%.

Amendments were made to strengthen ICCAT’s existing port inspections, improve reporting and evaluating the effectiveness of this measure in relation to compliance with the 5% minimum number of inspections to be carried out by CPCs.

Recommendation approving the establishment of a Standing Working Group on Catch Document Schemes.