Compliance Committee (CoC)

Mandate

• review compliance with conservation and management measures adopted by the Commission and make such recommendations to the Commission as may be necessary to ensure their effectiveness;
• review the implementation of measures of monitoring, control, surveillance, and enforcement adopted by the Commission as may be necessary to ensure their effectiveness;
• define, develop and make recommendations to the Commission concerning the phased development and implementation of the GFCM Control and Inspection scheme;
• monitor, review and analyze information pertaining to the activities of Non-Contracting Parties and their vessels which undermine the objectives of the Agreement including, in particular, IUU fishing, and recommend actions to be taken by the Commission to discourage such activities;
• perform such other tasks as directed by the Commission.

Title	Name	Country	Election date	e-mail
Chairperson	Mr Mohamed Saleh Smati	Algeria	January 2007
1st Vice-Chairperson	Mr Patrick Van Klaveren	Monaco	January 2007
2nd Vice-Chairperson	Mr Krassimir Kostov	Bulgaria	January 2007