Researchers Study Behavior of Fish & Sharks for Breakthrough in Bycatch Prevention
#BycatchProject cruises again In world’s most productive tuna fishing grounds
New resolution refines approach to commitments
ISSF participating companies will begin to meet several important sustainability commitments.
Back in Ghana for a Workshop with Skippers
Fishers also display their non-entangling FADs, adopting a best practice
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission: Poised for Progress
A joint blog from ISSF & WWF’s Smart Fishing Initiative
Are Indian Ocean fishing nations living up to their obligations?
new report offers analysis of compliance with conservation and management measures
Should we stop eating yellowfin tuna?
A review of most recent science finds stocks are not in trouble.
Tools for improved management by tuna RFMOs
Expert workshop offers recommendations for making improvements
Open letter in response to alleged IUU activity
ISSF widens its review of allegations
Tagging yellowfin in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Kurt Schaefer and Dan Fuller of the IATTC share images from their recent cruise.
The challenge of allocating a region’s tuna catch
Traditional history-based allocation doesn’t meet needs of developing nations.
Transparency & monitoring top of mind in Boston
Industry in search of ways to verify compliance with conservation commitments.
Enforcement & compliance key to sustainable fishery strategies
It’s critical that RFMOs make an actual investment in a compliance structure
assessing global tuna stocks using the MSC standard
An introduction to the report ‘An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria’
gambling on yellowfin extinction is a fool’s bet
company invites gamblers to wager on demise of commercial tuna
a hungry world needs sustainable tuna
according to the World Bank, there are nearly 1 billion hungry people worldwide
unique vessel tracking numbers part of doing business
database available to help industry identify vessels with UVI
if it floats & attracts fish – manage it
Anchored and drifting FADs need better management, and industry can make improvements right now
sustainability from the fisher’s perspective
We spoke with Wes Erikson from British Columbia for a fisherman’s perspective on sustainability and how attitudes can easily shift.
Discussing tuna-dolphin fishing
An attempt to examine the scientific findings about fishing vessel interaction with dolphins.
Closing out the year with 7 skippers’ workshops
working with skippers on best practices to avoid bycatch