First Step to Reducing the Capacity to Catch Tuna
Experts examine overcapacity and discuss placing limits as the first move toward reductions.
On the Final Leg in the Western Pacific
The crew aboard the Cape Finisterre continues testing their “release panel” concept with mixed results.
Sharks of the open ocean: one and the same?
We may use the term shark universally, but there are so many different species of shark to discover!
Taking a ProActive Step Toward Sustainability
One of ISSF’s biggest projects is now under way. The ProActive Vessel Register offers incentives for vessels that are active in data collection and that follow the ISSF Make the Commitment plan.
Reaching the Next Generation of Skippers
Dr. Jefferson Murua describes a recent workshop with “skipper students” in Spain and the importance of making sustainability a focus of future vessel leaders.
Tagging Sharks in the Eastern Pacific
Corey highlights the work being done with shark species aboard the Simoun.
Earth Day on the Eastern Pacific
Corey Eddy blogs about a typical day in the life of a research scientist at-sea.
Studying life after release for sharks
Sharks get stressed too, which is why PhD student Corey Eddy has been studying the physiological response of sharks after being released from a tuna net as part of the ISSF’s #BycatchProject.