ISSF 2018-16: A Pre-Assessment of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Fisheries Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria: Principle 2 | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | MSC Principle 2 | Preassessment | Technical Reports |
ISSF 2023-10: Recommended Best Practices for FAD Management in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries (Update to 2019-11) This report provides practical examples that fleets could adopt as their FAD management policies. It is an update of ISSF Technical Report 2019-11.
| Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Technical Reports |
ISSF Skippers Workshops -- Resources and Certification | Longline, Purse Seine | Bycatch all | FIP Actions | Skippers Workshops |
A multidisciplinary approach to build new designs of biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) This paper describes new bio non-entangling FAD designs ISSF is developing ("Jelly-FAD") (Recommendations on FAD construction & trials on p. 12, photographic guide on p. 15)
| Pole and Line, Purse Seine | FADs | FIP Actions, Preassessment | FADs |
Acoustic Discrimination Technology to Support Selective Fishing (infographic) | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Infographics |
Acoustic Discrimination Timeline: Research and Publications (infographic) | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Infographics |
Addressing FAD Ecological Impacts (Infographic) This infographic explains how tuna fishers use FADs and lists four main ways that FADs affect non-target species (such as sharks and sea turtles) and ocean ecosystems.
| Purse Seine | FADs | FIP Actions | Infographics |
Banning Is Not Enough: The Complexities of Oceanic Shark Management by Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Bycatch Sharks | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Other Papers |
Behavior of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and bigeye (T. obsesus) tunas associated with drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) in the Indian Ocean, assessed through acoustic telemetry | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Other Papers |
Behaviour and Vulnerability of Target and Non-Target Species at Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in the Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fishery Determined by Acoustic Telemetry | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Other Papers |