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News

RESOLUTION 13-01: to Amend Resolution 12-03 to Establish Multi-Annual Commitments

Recognizing the need to amend Resolution 12-03 to take into account new information that has become available since

Shared Priorities for eastern Pacific Tuna Fisheries

Shared Priorities for eastern Pacific Tuna Fisheries

An interactive look at management improvements needed in the region.

Back in Ghana for a Workshop with Skippers

Back in Ghana for a Workshop with Skippers

Fishers also display their non-entangling FADs, adopting a best practice

Alejandro Anganuzzi joins ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee

Expert brings nearly three decades of experience to coalition

ISSF Urges Indian Ocean Fishing Nations to Adopt Non-Entangling FAD Design

fIshing nations prep for annual meeting

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

Priorities for Indian Ocean tuna fisheries

explore the need for harvest control rules, FAD management & shark conservation

RESOLUTION 12-03: Transshipment Exemption

At its Board meeting in January 2013, ISSF approved an exemption for tuna transshipped in archipelagic waters of Papua New Guinea.

Report reveals how global tuna stocks stack up against MSC standard

Report reveals how global tuna stocks stack up against MSC standard

analysis takes into account stock health & international management of 19 tuna stocks

Pacific tuna meeting priorities

ISSF pushes for FAD management, harvest control rules & better conservation efforts for bigeye

Improvements in management needed in the Atlantic

Read our position statement prepared for the annual ICCAT meeting in Morocco

Science workshop dives into bycatch mitigation

Science workshop dives into bycatch mitigation

event held following global symposium on ecosystem-based management of tuna fisheries

Korea’s largest tuna processor joins global sustainability coalition

Dongwon is newest ISSF Participating Company

RESOLUTION 12-03: to Amend Resolution 11-03 to Establish Multi-Annual Commitments

Recognizing the need to amend Resolution 11-03 to take into account new information that has become available since 2011.

Marketplace can now track sustainability efforts of dozens of tuna vessels

Marketplace can now track sustainability efforts of dozens of tuna vessels

Our new ProActive Vessel Register – PVR for short – is up and ready to be searched

Bycatch researchers work with fishers in Asia, South America

Bycatch researchers work with fishers in Asia, South America

Workshops share information on best ways to reduce bycatch.

Supermarkets in Spain Discuss Sustainability

Workshop focused on updating Spanish retailers on tuna sustainability efforts.

ISSF President presents during Spain Seafood Conference

Jacksons’ speech focused on the importance of science when it comes to tuna sustainability.

Workshop Focuses on Updating Retailers on Sustainable Tuna Efforts

ISSF to hold workshop in Madrid, Spain

ISSF President Delivers Remarks During Seafood Summit Briefing

“Out of all the stakeholder groups we work with, industry has the most power to get things done”

Practicing Responsible Tuna Fishing – There’s an App for That!

Practicing Responsible Tuna Fishing – There’s an App for That!

We’ve shipped some handheld technology to help vessels fish more sustainably!

Getting vessels onboard with a shark finning ban

Getting vessels onboard with a shark finning ban

Conservation measure aims to influence world’s tuna fishing vessel owners

Researcher Leads Workshop for Fishers Following Cruise of ISSF #BycatchProject

Researcher Leads Workshop for Fishers Following Cruise of ISSF #BycatchProject

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) continued its series of global workshops on bycatch in tuna fisheries, with a discussion in American Samoa this week led by University of Hawaii researcher David Itano, who recently returned to port after conducting at-sea bycatch reduction trials onboard a fishing vessel in the Pacific.

FADs Need to be Managed Based on Data, Experts Say

FADs Need to be Managed Based on Data, Experts Say

Marine experts offer a comprehensive look at the ecosystem impacts of this method, which will be published in a peer-reviewed science journal later this year.