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Image	Title	Date	Author(s)	Language	RFMO(s)	Tag(s)	Category	Company	Report Type	Activity Year
Image	Title	Date	Author(s)	Language	RFMO(s)	Tag(s)	Category	Company	Report Type	Activity Year
	ISSF 2021-01: An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria*	February 22, 2021	Giuseppe Scarcella, Jo Gascoigne, Paul A.H. Medley	English	N/A	Albacore Tuna, Bigeye Tuna, Harvest Strategies, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, MSC Certification, RFMOs, science, Skipjack, Stock Status, Tuna, WCPFC, Yellowfin Tuna	Technical and Meeting Reports, Technical Reports	N/A	Technical Report	February 22, 2021
	ISSF 2019 Position Statements	February 15, 2021	N/A	English, French, Spanish	IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC	Bycatch, Capacity Management, Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, MCS, RFMOs, Sharks, Supply Vessel, Tuna, WCPFC	Position Statements	N/A	Final	February 15, 2021
	2020 CIAT Declaración de Posición | 2020 IATTC Position Statement (Spanish)	October 30, 2020	N/A	Spanish	IATTC	Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IATTC, MCS, Tuna	Position Statements, Translated	N/A	Final	October 30, 2020
	2020 IATTC Position Statement	October 30, 2020	N/A	English	IATTC	Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IATTC, MCS, Tuna	Position Statements	N/A	Final	October 30, 2020
	2020 ICCAT Declaración de Posición | 2020 ICCAT Position Statement (Spanish)	October 28, 2020	N/A	Spanish	ICCAT	Bycatch, Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, ICCAT, MCS, Sharks, Tuna	Position Statements, Translated	N/A	Final	October 28, 2020
	2020 ICCAT Déclaration de Position | 2020 ICCAT Position Statement (French)	October 28, 2020	N/A	French	ICCAT	Bycatch, Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, ICCAT, MCS, Sharks, Tuna	Position Statements, Translated	N/A	Final	October 28, 2020
	2020 ICCAT Position Statement (English)	October 28, 2020	N/A	English	ICCAT	Bycatch, Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, ICCAT, MCS, Sharks, Tuna	Position Statements	N/A	Final	October 28, 2020
	2020 WCPFC Position Statement	October 28, 2020	N/A	English	WCPFC	Compliance, Electronic Monitoring & Reporting, FADs, Harvest Strategies, MCS, Observer Coverage, Observer Programs, Transshipment, Tuna	Position Statements	N/A	Final	October 28, 2020
	2020 IOTC Déclaration de Position (French)	October 12, 2020	ISSF	French	IOTC	Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IOTC, MCS, Supply Vessel, Tuna	Position Statements, Translated	N/A	Final	October 12, 2020
	2020 IOTC Position Statement	October 8, 2020	ISSF	English	IOTC	Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IOTC, MCS, Supply Vessel, Tuna	Position Statements	N/A	Final	October 8, 2020
	Status of Tuna Harvest Control Rule Development	June 22, 2018	N/A	English	N/A	Harvest Control Rules, Harvest Strategies, Strategic Plan, Tuna	Infographics, Strategic Plan	N/A	N/A	June 22, 2018
	ISSF 2018-16: A Pre-Assessment of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Fisheries Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria: Principle 2	May 22, 2018	Bostrom, Guadian, Medley, Southall, Zollett	English	N/A	Harvest Strategies, MSC Certification, RFMOs, Stock Assessment, Tuna	Technical and Meeting Reports, Technical Reports	N/A	Technical Report	May 22, 2018
	ISSF 2018-16: MSC Principle 2 Pre-assessment Report Materials	May 21, 2018	ISSF	English	N/A	Harvest Strategies, MSC Certification, RFMOs, Stock Assessment, Tuna	Technical and Meeting Reports	N/A	Technical Report	May 21, 2018
	Sixth Tuna Management Workshop Takes Best Practices to West Africa Through Two Days of Hands-on Trainings	January 30, 2018	N/A	English	N/A	Harvest Strategies, ICCAT, MSC Certification, Tuna		N/A	N/A	January 30, 2018
	Joint Letter to WCPFC (Nov. 27, 2017): Harvest Strategies, Non-entangling FADs, and Observer Coverage	November 30, 2017	N/A	English	WCPFC	Advocacy, Electronic Monitoring & Reporting, Harvest Control Rules, Harvest Strategies, Longline, Non-Entangling FADs, Observer Coverage, Tuna, WCPFC	Joint Advocacy, Joint Letters	N/A	Final	November 30, 2017