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ISSF 2016-08: Advances in the Use of Entanglement-Reducing Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices in Tuna Purse Seiners
April 28, 2016 | Dr. Jefferson Murua, David Itano, Martin Hall, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Victor Restrepo
ISSF 2016-03: Unique Vessel Identifiers. Application to vessels less than 24 metres, 100GT or 100GRT
February 11, 2016 | Ana Justel-Rubio, Claire van der Geest
ISSF 2015-10: Global Comparison of Post Release Survival of Silky Sharks Caught by Tropical Tuna Purse Seiners
July 22, 2015 | J. Filmalter, Dr. Melanie Hutchinson, F. Poisson, W. Eddy, R. Brill, D. Bernal, David Itano, Jeff Muir, A.-L. Vernet, K. Holland, Dr. Laurent Dagorn
ISSF 2015-12: Report of the 2015 ISSF Workshop on Non-Entangling FADs
March 24, 2015 | ISSF
ISSF 2015-08: Harmonization of Longline Bycatch Data in Tuna RFMOs
February 26, 2015 | ISSF