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PI 2.4.3 Information (I)

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Collective Best Practices for Well-Managed FAD Fisheries Guide (PDF)

Best practices for Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) fisheries collaboratively developed by the NGO Tuna Forum

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Fishery Improvement Projects website

Platform with information on the progress of some tuna fishery improvement projects.

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Fisheryprogress.org Website and Resources

Platform with information on the progress of global fishery improvement projects, as well as resources for FIPs and buyers.

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ISSF 2018-16: A Pre-Assessment of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Fisheries Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria: Principle 2

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ISSF 2020-10: Recommended Best Practices for Tuna Longline Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification

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ISSF 2020-11: Recommended Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification, with Emphasis on FADs

This document summarizes recommended best practices for tropical tuna FAD fisheries, linked to MSC Performance Indicators.

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ISSF 2020-15: Information and monitoring best practices for tropical tuna purse seine fisheries relative to the MSC standard

This paper describes best-practice monitoring activities for each MSC PI based on data needs, as well as to identify data monitoring systems, sources, and technology that can be used to collect this information.

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ISSF 2022-02: ISSF responsible fishing guidelines for tuna longline fisheries

Key recommendations and best practices, useful for improving scores against the MSC standard or to address common weaknesses in FIP Action Plans

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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.

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ISSF Conservation Measure 1.2: RFMO Participation

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ISSF Glossary

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Marine Stewardship Council Guidance for Using the MSC Benchmarking and Tracking Tool (BMT) (PDF)

Tool to benchmark and track fisheries as they progress towards sustainability and MSC certification

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Purse Seine FIPs Best Practices checklist

Checklist of actions that Purse Seine FIPs can perform to achieve high-level best practices with the objective of achieving MSC certification.

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RFMO Best Practices Papers - ISSF 2022-06: RFMO Vessel Monitoring Systems: A Comparative Analysis to Identify Best Practices

Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse SeineVessel Monitoring SystemsFIP Actions, PreassessmentTechnical Reports0
RFMO Position Statements

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Review of Purse Seine Logbooks Used in the ICCAT Area and Recommendations for a Harmonised Form (PDF)

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Vessels in Other Sustainability Initiatives (VOSI) FIP

Fishing vessels can register on this public vessel list to show they are operating in Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified fisheries, participating in Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs), or both.

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What Does Well-Managed FAD Use Look Like within a Tropical Purse Seine Fishery? (PDF)

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Who Determines Sustainability? (PDF)

Publication on history and status of fishery certifications (including MSC) and FIPs

Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse SeineGeneralPreassessmentNON-ISSF Tools0