ICCAT has the authority to adopt compulsory decisions (recommendations) for the conservation and management of the fisheries under its purview, which are binding for the Contracting Parties.
Tá an t-údarás ag ICCAT cinntí éigeantacha (moltaí) a ghlacadh maidir le caomhnú agus bainistiú iascaigh atá faoina chúram, agus tá na cinntí sin ceangailteach ar na Páirtithe Conarthacha.