Recommendation By ICCAT to Clarify and Supplement the Process For Seeking Capacity Building Assistance Pursuant to ICCAT Recommendation 14‐08 (16-18). Country/Territory Document type Regulation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation International relations/cooperation Data collection/reporting Monitoring Inspection Foreign fishing Abstract This Recommendation of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) seeks to enhance the process for identifying and evaluating port inspection capacity building needs and providing assistance to ensure the Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance Fund (MCS Fund), established in Recommendation 14‐08, is utilized as effectively as possible. It establishes a Port Inspection Expert Group for Capacity Building and Assistance to assist port State CPCs to identify their port inspection capacity needs and to identify existing capacity building programmes that may be able to provide assistance to developing CPCs, and to coordinate with the Secretariat to facilitate information exchange among these CPCs. Full text English Website www.iccat.int