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.
Shared Priorities for eastern Pacific Tuna Fisheries

An interactive look at management improvements needed in the region.
Alejandro Anganuzzi joins ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee
Expert brings nearly three decades of experience to coalition
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
ISSF Urges Indian Ocean Fishing Nations to Adopt Non-Entangling FAD Design
fIshing nations prep for annual meeting
Should we stop eating yellowfin tuna?

A review of most recent science finds stocks are not in trouble.
Reference points & rules tracked in new global tuna report
ISSF releases update on the Status of World Tuna Fisheries
Priorities for Indian Ocean tuna fisheries

explore the need for harvest control rules, FAD management & shark conservation
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
if it floats & attracts fish – manage it

Anchored and drifting FADs need better management, and industry can make improvements right now





