Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 87.6% of the global catch continues to be sourced from stocks at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the newest International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Status of the Stocks report. In addition, 9.6% of the total tuna catch…
ISSF’s new report ISSF 2021-09: Port State Measures in Tuna RFMOs: Benchmarking RFMO Port State Measures Against the 2009 FAO PSMA and Identifying Gaps evaluates how well the port-State measures established by tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) follow an overarching international standard enacted to…
Independent fisheries scientists in An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria — a February 2021 report commissioned by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) — found that seven out of 23 major commercial tuna stocks worldwide are…
Dec. 22, 2020: See an update about IATTC’s Dec. 22 emergency meeting. This year has tested all of us, including decision-makers at the Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) that manage commercial tuna stocks. All tuna RFMOs were forced to hold their annual meetings virtually or…
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has published its position statements in advance of three regional fisheries management organization (RFMO) meetings this fall: the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Annual Meeting, which is being conducted by correspondence; the Inter-American Tropical Tuna…
One of the biggest fish in Silicon Valley, Elon Musk, stirs up turbulence with just about everything he says. But, as I reviewed 2019’s record of progress in tuna sustainability, one of his comments came back to me, calm and clear. “I’m learning patience,” he…
After a week of intense negotiations, 800 participants took decisive action at the close of this year’s meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The Commission made important progress by acting to protect the region’s overfished bigeye tuna stock and…
In the Atlantic Ocean region, managers will soon have the opportunity to improve the sustainability of their tropical tuna fisheries. And given the inaction at last year’s meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), this year’s to-do list is especially…
Posted by Holly Koehler Science-based approaches to sustainable tuna are only effective if they are implemented. That’s why ISSF advocates to tuna RFMOs and their member nations – both directly and through the efforts of ISSF participants and stakeholders – for policies and approaches that…
By Dr. Victor Restrepo and Holly Koehler When I set off for Croatia for the recent annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), I was hopeful that fisheries managers in the Atlantic Ocean region would act decisively to improve the sustainability…
87.6% of Global Tuna Catch Continues to Come from Stocks at Healthy
3.30.2021
Of the total commercial... MORE
New ISSF Report Benchmarks Tuna RFMO Performance Against the U.N. FAO
3.18.2021
ISSF’s new report ISSF... MORE
ISSF Report: 16 Tuna Stocks Not Meeting Criteria for Marine
2.24.2021
Independent fisheries scientists in... MORE
Tuna Fisheries Management in Turbulent 2020 – The Good and the Bad
12.17.2020
Dec. 22, 2020: See... MORE
RFMO Best Practices Snapshot — 2021: FAD Management
6.10.2021
This “snapshot” identifies best... MORE
ISSF 2021-03: Transshipment: Strengthening Tuna RFMO Transshipment
5.06.2021
Transshipment, particularly at-sea transshipment,... MORE
RFMO Best Practices Snapshot — 2021: Compliance Processes
4.09.2021
This “snapshot” identifies best... MORE
ISSF 2021-10: Status of the World Fisheries for Tuna. March 2021*
3.25.2021
ISSF 2021-10: Status of... MORE
RFMO Best Practices Snapshot — 2021: Transshipment Regulation
6.02.2021
This “snapshot” identifies best... MORE
ISSF 2021-05: Survey of Human Observer Programs for Purse Seine
4.21.2021
Purse seine fisheries in... MORE
ISSF 2021-06: Tuna RFMO Compliance Assessment Processes: A
4.09.2021
Each of the five... MORE
Key Gaps and Priorities in Tuna RFMO Port State Measures
3.19.2021
This graphic compares each... MORE
