Resolution on Conservation of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks caught in association with fisheries in the Antigua Convention Area (C-11-10).

This Resolution of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) pursuant to Article VII, paragraph 1 (f) of the Antigua Convention, requires Members and Cooperating non-Members (CPCs) to prohibit retaining onboard, transhipping, landing, storing, selling, or offering for sale any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks in the fisheries covered by the Antigua Convention. CPCs shall also require vessels flying their flag to promptly release unharmed, to the extent practicable, whitetip sharks when brought alongside the vessel and shall record inter alia, through the observer programs, the number of discards and releases of oceanic whitetip sharks with indication of status (dead or alive) and report it to IATTC.