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Technical and Meeting Reports (81)
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ISSF 2018-18: Reporting and Transparency of Catch and/or Effort Quotas in Tuna RFMOS: A Survey Paper
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July 12, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-17: A Snapshot of the Large-Scale Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fishing Fleets as of June 2018*
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June 28, 2018 -
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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May 22, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-16: MSC Principle 2 Pre-assessment Report Materials
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May 21, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-14: Combatting IUU Fishing: Continual Improvement and Best Practices for IUU Listing Measures in Tuna RFMOs*
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April 30, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-13: Tuna RFMO Authorised Vessel Lists: A Comparative Analysis to Identify Best Practices*
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April 30, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-15: 2018 ISSF Stock Assessment Workshop: Review of Current t-RFMO Practice in Stock Status Determinations
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April 26, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-12: Survey of Human Observer Programs for Purse Seine Vessels and a Set of Best Practices*
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April 25, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-11: Tuna RFMO Compliance Assessment Processes: A Comparative Analysis to Identify Best Practices*
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April 25, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-10: RFMO Vessel Monitoring Systems: A Comparative Analysis to Identify Best Practices*
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April 23, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-09: Survey of the Treatment of Support/Supply/Tender Vessels in Tuna RFMOs*
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April 18, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-08: Transshipment: Strengthening Tuna RFMO Transshipment Regulations*
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April 13, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-07: Design Workshop on the Use of Biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices in Ghanaian Purse Seine and Pole and Line Tuna Fleets
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April 6, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-06: Characterizing Small and Medium Scale Tuna Purse Seine and Ring Net Vessels in Indonesia
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March 28, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-05: Recommended Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification, with Emphasis on FADs
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March 12, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-04: Minimum Standards for Electronic Monitoring in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries
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February 28, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-03: Efficiency of Electronic Monitoring on FAD-Related Activities by Supply Vessels in the Indian Ocean
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February 22, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-02: Status of the World Fisheries for Tuna. Feb. 2018*
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February 15, 2018 -
ISSF 2018-01: ISSF Skippers' Workshops Round 7*
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January 11, 2018 -
ISSF 2017-09: An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria*
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December 20, 2017 -
ISSF 2017-06: A Summary of Bycatch Issues and ISSF Mitigation Activities To Date in Purse-Seine Fisheries, with Emphasis on FADs*
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November 27, 2017 -
ISSF 2017-08: Management of Tuna Stocks and Fisheries. Nov. 2017*
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November 22, 2017 -
ISSF 2017-07: Towards Global Non-Entangling Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Use in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries Through a Participatory Approach
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November 22, 2017 -
ISSF 2017-04: Questions and Answers about FADs and Bycatch*
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August 7, 2017 -
ISSF 2017-01: Computing a Global Rate of Non-Target Species Catch (Bycatch) in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries*
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February 7, 2017 -
A Preliminary Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Fishing for Global Tuna Fisheries Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria
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February 3, 2017 -
ISSF 2016-19: An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria*
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January 23, 2017 -
ISSF 2016-18C: Atelier sur l’utilisation de Dispositifs de concentration des poissons (DCP) biodégradables
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January 16, 2017 -
ISSF 2016-18B: Taller sobre el Uso de Dispositivos Concentradores de Peces Biodegradables (DCPs)
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December 19, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-18A: Workshop on the Use of Biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs)
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December 18, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-17: Mitigation of Silky Shark Bycatch in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries
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December 9, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-13A: Compendium of ISSF At-Sea Bycatch Mitigation Research Activities as of 12/2016*
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December 7, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-16: Implementation of Pilot Projects to Explore the Market Viability of Full-Retention of Non-Tuna Species in Purse Seine Fisheries
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November 15, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-15: A Comparative Study of Annual Tuna Catches from Two Different Sources: FAO Global Capture Database vs. Tuna RFMOs Statistical Databases (2000-2014)
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October 6, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-10: A Maximum Likelihood Approach for Calculating Fish Hold Volume for Tuna Purse Seine Vessels
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June 22, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-09: Training of Costa Rican Longline Fishermen, Observers and Government Agencies on Sea Turtles Survival
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June 20, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-08: Advances in the Use of Entanglement-Reducing Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices in Tuna Purse Seiners
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April 28, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-07: Application of Electronic Monitoring Systems in Tuna Longline Fisheries. International Workshop
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April 14, 2016 -
ISSF 2016-03: Unique Vessel Identifiers. Application to vessels less than 24 metres, 100GT or 100GRT
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February 11, 2016 -
ISSF 2015-10: Global Comparison of Post Release Survival of Silky Sharks Caught by Tropical Tuna Purse Seiners
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July 22, 2015 -
ISSF 2015-06: Report of the 2015 Stock Assessment Workshop. Characterizing Uncertainty in Stock Assessment
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March 29, 2015 -
ISSF 2015-12: Report of the 2015 ISSF Workshop on Non-Entangling FADs
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March 24, 2015 -
ISSF 2015-08: Harmonization of Longline Bycatch Data in Tuna RFMOs
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February 26, 2015 -
ISSF 2015-02: Preliminary Study of the Relative Fishery Impacts on Non-Tuna Species Caught in Tuna Fisheries
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February 16, 2015 -
ISSF 2014-12: Exploration of Market Viability for the Full Retention of Non-Tuna Species in Purse Seine Fisheries
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December 9, 2014 -
ISSF 2014-14: Report of the 2014 Meeting of the Indian Ocean Skipjack MSE Advisory Committee
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October 30, 2014 -
ISSF 2014-08: Updated Guidance on Electronic Monitoring Systems for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries*
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June 5, 2014 -
ISSF 2014-06: ISSF Skipper Workshops. Collaboration between Scientists and Fishing Industry to Mitigate Bycatch
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April 16, 2014 -
ISSF 2014-13: Report of the 2014 ISSF Capacity Transfer Workshop
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April 7, 2014 -
ISSF 2014-03: Report of the ISSF Workshop on FADs as Ecological Traps
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March 13, 2014 -
ISSF 2013-08: Relationship between Gross Tonnage and Overall Length for Vessels on the ICCAT Record
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August 11, 2013 -
ISSF 2013-07: Vessel Buybacks in Purse Seine Tuna Fisheries. The Role of Auction and Financing Structures
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June 11, 2013 -
ISSF 2013-06: Fishing Capacity and Efficient Fleet Configuration in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
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April 15, 2013 -
ISSF 2013-03: Report of the 2013 Stock Assessment Workshop. Harvest Control Rules and Reference Points for Tuna RFMOs
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March 8, 2013 -
ISSF 2013-09: Sustainable Fishery Agreements: Strategies for Enforcement & Compliance. Maui Conferences, Jan 2013
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January 25, 2013 -
ISSF 2012-14: Chair's Report of the ISSF Tuna-Dolphin Workshop. California, October 2012
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October 26, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-16: Third Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Bycatch Mitigation Project. Montpellier, Oct 2012
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October 21, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-12: Harmonisation of Purse-Seine Data Collected by Tuna RFMO Observer Programmes
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October 19, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-11: Confidentiality Rules Regarding Detailed Fishing Operations
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September 12, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-09: Global Study on the Management of Tuna Baitfisheries
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August 11, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-08: Report of the 2012 ISSF Workshop to Review Spatial Closures to Manage Tuna Fisheries
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July 21, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-10: Report of the 2012 Stock Assessment Workshop. Understanding Purse Seine CPUE
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July 19, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-05: Bycatch in the Indian Ocean Gillnet Tuna Fleet. A review
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May 8, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-15: Workshop on Rights Based Management, Capacity and Buybacks in the EPO. Mexico City, 2012
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April 17, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-03: Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Tuna Fisheries. Preliminary Assessment
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March 12, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-02: Conservation Benefits of Marine Protected Areas for Pelagic Species associated with Fisheries. A review
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January 25, 2012 -
ISSF 2012-06: Fisheries Management and Job Creation in the Pacific Islands
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January 23, 2012 -
ISSF 2011-08: The Promotion of Pole-and-Line Tuna Fishing in the Pacific Islands. Oct 2011
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October 14, 2011 -
ISSF 2011-13: Allocation of Property Rights in Global Tuna Fisheries. Cordoba Conference, Sep 2011
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September 9, 2011 -
ISSF 2011-06: Managing Fishing Capacity in International Fisheries. Approaches and Practices in RFMOs. Aug 2011
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August 15, 2011 -
ISSF 2011-12A: Eastern Pacific Ocean Rights-Based Management Workshop. Guayaquil, 2011
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May 18, 2011 -
ISSF 2011-12B: Jornadas sobre la Ordenación Basada en los Derechos en el Océano Pacífico Oriental. Guayaquil, 2011
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May 18, 2011 -
ISSF 2011-02: Report of the 2011 ISSF Stock Assessment Workshop. Stock-Recruitment Relationships and Juvenile and Small Tuna Mortality.
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March 17, 2011 -
ISSF 2011-11A: Allocation of Rights in the International Environmental Context. Napa Conference, Feb 2011
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February 13, 2011 -
ISSF 2011-11B: Asignación de Derechos en el Contexto Medioambiental Internacional. Napa Conference, Feb 2011
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February 13, 2011 -
ISSF 2011-01: Stock Assessments 101. How Scientists Count Tuna
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January 1, 2011 -
ISSF 2010-02: Bellagio Framework For Sustainable Tuna Fisheries. Bellagio Conference, May 2010
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May 1, 2010 -
ISSF 2010-01: Replacing Purse Seining with Pole-and-Line Fishing in the Western Pacific. Baitfish Requirements
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January 20, 2010 -
ISSF 2009-03: Mitigation of Bycatches in Tuna Purse Seiners. Sukarrieta Meeting, Nov 2009
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November 27, 2009 -
ISSF 2009-02: Bycatch in the World’s Tuna Fisheries: Measured Data, Programs and Progress Proposal. Jun 2009
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June 1, 2009 -
ISSF 2009-01: Addressing the Issues of Fishing Capacity in the World Tuna Fleets
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January 1, 2009