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NEW: ISSF IATTC Position Statement
ISSF has published its top priorities for fisheries managers convening at the 102nd session of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), which will take place September 2-6, 2024, in Panama.
The statement leads with a call to action on improved compliance processes and also covers topics in these categories: tuna stock conservation, FAD management, electronic monitoring and reporting, observer coverage, harvest strategies, bycatch mitigation and shark protections, vessel monitoring systems, port state measures, and capacity.
A Spanish version is available.
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Tuna RFMO Requirements for Compliance Processes
In a new infographic, ISSF benchmarks tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) requirements for compliance processes against best practices. The infographic tracks priority areas for reform, indicating whether an RFMO has the priority reform in place, has a partial reform in place, or does not have a reform in place.
Peer Reviewed Article
Marine Policy: The use of corrective action frameworks in international fisheries management
Compliance frameworks are important to promoting sustainable management of shared fisheries resources through the robust and transparent assessment of the implementation of conservation measures by States that are party to international agreements. This paper provides a review of existing compliance frameworks, with a special focus on corrective actions to respond to non-compliance in regional fisheries management organisations or arrangements, as well as a selection of multilateral environmental organisations. The analysis of the surveyed schemes of corrective actions identifies common themes and practices, which can provide a foundation on which to support the development of, or refinement of existing, schemes of corrective actions by other international organisations or arrangements.
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