The Indian Ocean Fishery Commission held its eleventh session on February 17, 1999 at FAO Headquarters in Rome. The Commission expressed satisfaction with the steps taken by the subsidiary bodies to strengthen their structures and functions and concluded that with these changes, there was no justification for the existence of the Commission. The Commission agreed unanimously to recommend to the FAO Council to abolish the Indian Ocean Fishery Commission.--Publisher's description.

The Committee reviewed the activities of the Council during the intersessional period. It also discussed a proposal for the amendment of the GFCM Agreement prepared by the Secretariat and considered the document on strategies and mechanisms for fisheries management in the Mediterranean, and presented by the Secretariat.