| Title |
Description |
| A Snapshot of the Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Large-Scale Fishing Fleets At the End of 2011 |
While this document does not provide any suggestions for how to limit, reduce or transfer capacity, it does provide some baseline data by addressing some fundamental questions: Who are the developed fishing members? What are their current capacities? How do they compare to the capacities of developing fishing members? What is the definition of large-scale purse seiners? |
| Resolution 12-02 |
Resolution by ISSF to Limit the Growth in Fishing Capacity of the Global Large-Scale Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fleet |
| Bellagio Framework for Sustainable Tuna Fisheries |
The Bellagio Conference on Sustainable Tuna Fisheries was held to develop an analysis of key issues that are vital for the management of tuna fisheries to ensure sustainable fish stocks and healthy ecosystems, which includes capacity. |
| The Cordoba Conference on the Allocation of Property Rights in Global Tuna Fisheries |
The Cordoba Conference on the Allocation of Property Rights in Global Tuna Fisheries provided an opportunity for discussion on the issue of allocation of property rights and subsequent use rights in multi-lateral tuna management programs. |
| Fishing Capacity in the World’s Tuna Fleets |
This paper identifies the factors that have made successful management of the worlds tuna resources difficult, and to suggest a variety of approaches that could help to mollify these difficulties. |
| Global Vessel Registry |
A blog about the impacts a global vessel registry would have on capacity. |
| Guayaquil Eastern Pacific Ocean Rights-Based Management Workshop |
The Guayaquil Eastern Pacific Ocean Rights-based Management Workshop was held as a forum for participants from the fishing industry and other interested stakeholders to review examples and economic cases of rights-based management (RBM) systems. |
| Make The Commitment |
A global improvement plan for better practices in tuna fisheries. Has committments regarding IUU fishing. |
| Managing Fishing Capacity in International Fisheries |
Maria C. Engler-Palma This paper reviews and summarizes the approaches and practices of five tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in managing fishing capacity. |
| Allocation of Rights in the International Environmental Context: Lessons Learned and Their Applicability to Multi-Lateral Fisheries |
The Napa Conference on Allocation was held to further develop and refine approaches to one of the three Bellagio pillars: Successful allocation of rights. |
| Property Rights in Regards to Tuna |
A Vlog from Columbia Economics Professor Scott Barrett discussing tuna property rights. |
| Resolution 11-03 |
An ISSF resolution that establishes multi-annual commitments to strengthen purse seine vessel conservation and management measures for tuna resources. This resolution includes IUU fishing. |
| Statement of Concern: Capacity |
A 2011 SOC regarding a global vessel registry. |
| Statement of Concernt: Capacity and Rights-Based Management |
A SOC addressing over capacity. |
| Status of the Stocks |
Stay up-to-date on the status of the world’s tuna stocks with our interactive chart. |
| Why Capacity Must Be Reduced |
A vlog from Dale Squires detailing over capacity issues and rights-based management. |
