ISSF & Fishery Improvement Projects To assist tuna Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs), including those focused on Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) fishery certification, ISSF offers many resources. Our resources for fishery improvement projects include two categories of support: Technical services, such as consultations, workshops, and customized recommendations, including…
Featured Blog ISSF’s Holly Koehler writes in her blog 3 Ways Fisheries Managers Can Pivot on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance, “Fisheries management leaders should recognize the gaps in data that will inevitably follow suspensions of human observer requirements and adjust policies and strategies to start…
Featured Story BLOG: Research Insights to Help Protect Sharks and Mobulid Rays in Tuna Fisheries “At-sea cruises provide good stepping stones for further work and remind us that improving fishing practices is an iterative process.” In a blog for ISSF, Dr. Melanie Hutchison, a participant…
Featured Report A comprehensive ISSF technical report summarizes activities carried out by ISSF with the support of the U.N. FAO GEF Common Oceans Tuna Project and other donors to reduce the impact of the structure of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) on the ecosystem and move towards the global use of biodegradable FADs. These…
Featured Content ISSF’s Holly Koehler writes in her new blog 3 Ways Fisheries Managers Can Pivot on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance, “Fisheries management leaders should recognize the gaps in data that will inevitably follow suspensions of human observer requirements and adjust policies and strategies to…
With the global pandemic impacting the work of human fisheries observers, electronic monitoring (EM) in global tuna fisheries is in the spotlight more than ever. Here are three ways fisheries managers can act to fully embrace EM today, while enabling a long and successful future…
Featured Webinars ISSF President Susan Jackson wrote in the Foundation’s 2019 annual report Commitment and Collaboration, “The ISSF team has long appreciated that solving environmental problems means reaching across continents in the spirit of goodwill to share scientific information and resources, learn from each other’s…
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) announced today that Dr. Vishwanie Maharaj, the lead for tunas and other multilateral fisheries at World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US), is appointed to its Environmental Stakeholder Committee (ESC). “Dr. Maharaj is a strong addition to our already deep bench of…
ISSF Releases 2020 Snapshot of Large-Scale Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fishing Fleets
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated its Large-Scale Tuna Purse Seine Fishing Fleets report as of June 2020. The total number of purse seine vessels, calculated based on data from the five tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs), has decreased from 1,843 in…
SAPMER Joins World’s Leading Seafood Companies Working to Make Tuna Fisheries More Sustainable
SAPMER is the latest seafood company to join in the conservation efforts of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). ISSF participating companies work with the Foundation to advocate for sustainable tuna fishery management and encourage the adoption of responsible fishing practices. “SAPMER‘s decision to become an…