IOTF - International Obesity Task Force;

In a cross-section study on physical characteristics and movement of children and adolescents, based on population data (Strel, Kovač, Jurak, 2004) in the period from 1983 to 2003, adequate body weight, overweight and obesity were determined using ITM according to IOTF standards, the proportion of fat mass and of the skinfold thickness of the upper arm.

Timeliness of data submission to IOTC

Register of vessels authorised to fish in the IOTC area

Size data should be provided for all gears and for all species covered by IOTC.

The raising factors used, corresponding to the logbook coverage, should be given routinely to IOTC.

Member States shall without delay send this information to the Commission, which shall send it to IOTC.

It is essential that all fishery data be available to the IOTC Secretariat in due time to allow monitoring of stocks and analysis of the data.

catch and effort data of the longline fisheries should be provided to the IOTC by 5° grid area and month strata, preferably in numbers and in weight.

For a better understanding by IOTC of changing patterns in effective fishing effort by fleets operating in its area of competence, more information has to be obtained.

catch data in nominal catch weight and effort data in fishing days (purse seine, baitboat, troll, drift nets) should be provided to IOTC by 1° grid area and month strata.

More detailed size data, for instance size by individual samples, should also be made available to IOTC when requested by specific working groups, but under strict rules of confidentiality.

ICCAT at its 17th meeting in 2001 and its 13th special meeting in 2002 and IOTC at its 6th and 7th regular meetings in 2001 and 2002 recommended new control measures for certain stocks of highly migratory species.

operating under their flag, (ii) assisting purse seine vessels operating under their flag, or (iii) licensed to operate in their exclusive economic zones, and that have been present in the IOTC area of competence.

Since the activities of supply vessels and the use of fish aggregating devices (FAD) are an integral part of the fishing effort of the purse seine fleet, the following information should be routinely submitted to IOTC:

Member States shall transmit the following statistical data in electronic form, with electronic access for the Commission, to the IOTC Secretariat, in accordance with the procedures for submission of statistics referred to in Annex V:

Considering that size data are of key importance for most tuna stock assessment, length data, including the total number of fish measured, should be routinely submitted to the IOTC on a 5° grid area and month basis, by gear and fishing mode (e.g. free/log schools for the purse seiners).

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (hereinafter referred to as ICCAT) has adopted a number of recommendations and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (hereinafter referred to as IOTC) has adopted a number of resolutions creating control and surveillance obligations, which have been transposed in Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001(2).

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) adopted a number of recommendations on technical measures, which were transposed into Community law by Council Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 of 14 May 2001 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species(2).

iotetric acid

iotranic acid

iotroxic acid

iotalamic acid

iotrizoic acid

sodium iotalamate (125 I)

(b) the IOTC specimen shown at Annex XIV for bigeye tuna.

(*) IOTC, B.P. 1011, Port de peche, Victoria, Seychelles.

HALF-YEARLY REPORT ON THE IOTC BIGEYE TUNA RE-EXPORT LICENCE

HALF-YEARLY REPORT ON THE IOTC BIGEYE TUNA STATISTICAL DOCUMENT

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE VALIDATION OF IOTC STATISTICAL DOCUMENTS

(b) the statistical document programme for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) adopted by the "IOTC".

(5) The IOTC has adopted a resolution establishing a statistical document programme for bigeye tuna.

According to the IOTC Resolution, only the re-exporting country/entity/fishing entity can issue this certificate.

The Annexes hereto may be amended in accordance with the ICCAT and the IOTC conservation measures which become binding on the Community and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12(2).

This Agreement constitutes a framework for strengthening international cooperation for the purpose of conserving and making rational use of Indian Ocean tuna and related species through the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, hereinafter called the "IOTC" and the adoption by the latter of resolutions on conservation and management in the area of competence of the IOTC which become binding on the contracting parties.

According to the IOTC Resolution, only the flag State of the vessel that harvested the bigeye tuna in the shipment or, if the vessel is operating under a charter arrangement, the exporting State can issue this document.