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ISSF 2019-13: Towards Biodegradable FADs: Evaluating the Lifetime of Biodegradable Ropes in Controlled Conditions
December 17, 2019 | Dr. Gala Moreno, M. Shiham Adam, Dr. Victor Restrepo
ISSF 2019-08: Report of the International Workshop on Mitigating Environmental Impacts of Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries
April 24, 2019 | Dr. Victor Restrepo, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Jefferson Murua, Fabien Forget, Ana Justel-Rubio
Presentations from International Workshop on Mitigating Environmental Impacts of Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries (2019)
April 24, 2019 | Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Jefferson Murua, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, Dr. Victor Restrepo, Ana Justel-Rubio
ISSF 2018-20: Compendium of at-Sea Bycatch Mitigation Research Activities as of September 2018*
October 2, 2018 | Dr. Victor Restrepo, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, Dr. Gala Moreno, K. Schaefer, Fabien Forget, Igor Sancristobal, David Itano, Dr. Melanie Hutchinson
ISSF 2018-19B: Taller para la Reduccion del Impacto de la Estructura de los Dispositivos Concentradores de Peces en el Ecosistema
September 14, 2018 | Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Jefferson Murua, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, Martin Hall, Dr. Josu Santiago, Ernesto Altamirano, Nagore Cuevas, Maitane Grande, Isadora Moniz, Igor Sancristobal, Uriarte, Iker Zudaire, Dr. Victor Restrepo
ISSF 2018-19A: Workshop for the Reduction of the Impact of Fish Aggregating Devices’ Structure on the Ecosystem
September 14, 2018 | Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Jefferson Murua, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, Martin Hall, Ernesto Altamirano, Nagore Cuevas, Maitane Grande, Isadora Moniz, Igor Sancristobal, Dr. Josu Santiago, Uriarte, Iker Zudaire, Dr. Victor Restrepo
ISSF 2018-18: Reporting and Transparency of Catch and/or Effort Quotas in Tuna RFMOS: A Survey Paper
July 12, 2018 | Holly Koehler, Dr. Victor Restrepo
ISSF 2018-16: A Pre-Assessment of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Fisheries Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria: Principle 2
May 22, 2018 | Paul A.H. Medley, Tristan Southall, Jodi Bostrom, Erika Zollett, Gudrun Guadian
ISSF 2018-16: MSC Principle 2 Pre-assessment Report Materials
May 21, 2018 | ISSF