INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION for the CONSERVATION of ATLANTIC TUNAS COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE

This issue of the Biennial Report contains the Report of the 26th Regular Meeting of the Commission (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 18-25 November 2019) and the reports of all the meetings of the Panels, Standing Committees and Sub-Committees, as well as some of the Working Groups. [...] It also includes a summary of the activities of the Secretariat and the Annual Reports of the Contracting Parties of the Commission and Observers, relative to their activities in tuna and tuna-like fisheries in the Convention area. [...] Volume 1 includes the Proceedings of the Commission Meetings and the reports of all the associated meetings (with the exception of the Report of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics-SCRS). [...] Contracting Parties and Cooperators to the Convention 2.1 Contracting Parties In 2019, the Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed the Secretariat that the Government of the Republic of The Gambia had deposited on 11 February 2019 the instrument of accession to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. [...] He is responsible for selection and administration of staff of the Commission and overseeing execution of the main functions of the Commission, such as: Coordination of research programmes Preparation of budget estimates for review by the Commission Authorising disbursement of funds according to the Commission's budget Accounting of the Commission's funds Preparation of coordination with sister or.