This tool matches ISSF resources to Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Performance Indicators (PIs), and it’s designed for fishery improvement projects (FIPs) that need to make progress on specific PIs — including to close conditions for MSC fishery certification. Some resources also are suitable for tuna fisheries seeking to be pre-assessed against the MSC standard.

In the graphic below, you have two ways to access the resources:

As a complete, alphabetical list, by clicking the green link under “MSC Fisheries Standard”
Within each MSC Principle and Performance Indicator. Click the plus symbol (+) to expand a PI, and follow the green “View ISSF FIP Resources” link. You’ll see a list of ISSF online resources and/or technical services that support a fishery’s efforts to improve performance on that PI.

In a resource list, we feature our most important resources, in yellow, at the top. For a customized view of other resources in a list, you can filter each column (e.g., “Resource Type”) — including to find ones useful for preassessment, during a FIP, or both. Use the buttons above the Search box (at top right) to print or share information via email or social networks.

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MSC Fisheries Standard

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Principle 1

Sustainable fish stocks

Fisheries must operate in a way that allows fishing to continue indefinitely, without over exploiting the resources.

Outcome

MSC Performance Indicators 1.1.1–1.1.2

PI 1.1.1 Stock Status

The stock is at a level which maintains high productivity and has a low probability of recruitment overfishing.

Tool	Gear Type	Topic	Use	Resource Type	Featured
Tool	Gear Type	Topic	Use	Resource Type	Featured
A Preliminary Analysis of the Relationship Between the Number of FAD Deployments and the Number of FAD Sets for the EPO Purse-Seine Fishery (PDF)	Purse Seine	FADs	Preassessment	Other Papers	0
Behaviour and Vulnerability of Target and Non-Target Species at Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in the Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fishery Determined by Acoustic Telemetry	Purse Seine	Acoustics	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
Cannery Data Reports Provision of cannery data information as a source of operational data for RFMOs. ISSF participating companies provide this type of data following ISSF CM 2.2.	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Operational Data	FIP Actions	Operational Data	0
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	Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
Fisheryprogress.org Website and Resources	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions, Preassessment	NON-ISSF Tools	0
How Far Are We from Discriminating Tuna Species at FADs? At the link, see p. 35 in Doc. No. j-FAD_07/2017.	Purse Seine	Acoustics	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
ICCAT North Atlantic Albacore Management Strategy Evaluation Process (PDF)	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Management Strategy Evaluation	Preassessment	NON-ISSF Tools	0
ISSF 2011-02: Report of the 2011 ISSF Stock Assessment Workshop. Stock-Recruitment Relationships and Juvenile and Small Tuna Mortality.	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Stock Status	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Other Workshops	0
ISSF 2012-10: Report of the 2012 Stock Assessment Workshop. Understanding Purse Seine CPUE	Purse Seine	Stock Status	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Other Workshops	0
ISSF 2013-03: Report of the 2013 Stock Assessment Workshop. Harvest Control Rules and Reference Points for Tuna RFMOs	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Stock Status	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Other Workshops	0
ISSF 2014-14: Report of the 2014 Meeting of the Indian Ocean Skipjack MSE Advisory Committee	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Management Strategy Evaluation	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Technical Reports	0
ISSF 2015-06: Report of the 2015 Stock Assessment Workshop. Characterizing Uncertainty in Stock Assessment	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Stock Status	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Other Workshops	0
ISSF 2018-05: Recommended Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification, with Emphasis on FADs	Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions	Technical Reports	0
ISSF 2018-15: 2018 ISSF Stock Assessment Workshop: Review of Current t-RFMO Practice in Stock Status Determinations	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Stock Status	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Other Workshops	0
ISSF 2018-18: Reporting and Transparency of Catch and/or Effort Quotas in Tuna RFMOS: A Survey Paper	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Allocation, Capacity	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Technical Reports	0
ISSF 2018-22: Recommended Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Longline Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification	Longline	General	FIP Actions	Technical Reports	0
ISSF 2019-11: Recommended Best Practices for FAD management in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries This report provides practical examples that fleets could adopt as their FAD management policies	Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Technical Reports	1
ISSF Conservation Measure 1.2: RFMO Participation	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Compliance	FIP Actions, Preassessment	ISSF Conservation Measures	0
ISSF Conservation Measure 2.4: Supply Chain Transparency, Audit, Reporting and Purchase Requirements	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions, Preassessment	ISSF Conservation Measures	0
ISSF Glossary	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Glossary	0
Improving communication: the key to more effective MSE processes (PDF)	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Management Strategy Evaluation	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
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	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions, Preassessment	NON-ISSF Tools	0
Options for Managing FAD Impacts on Target Tuna Stocks (PDF)	Purse Seine	FADs	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
Potential Use of Cannery Receipt Data for the Scientific Work of the WCPFC (PDF)	Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Operational Data	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
RFMO Position Statements	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Advocacy	FIP Actions	Advocacy	0
Report of the Expert Consultation Workshop on Management Strategy Evaluation (PDF)	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Management Strategy Evaluation	Preassessment	Other Papers	0
Review of Purse Seine Logbooks Used in the ICCAT Area and Recommendations for a Harmonised Form (PDF)	Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
Status of the Stocks report + Interactive tool	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	Stock Status	Preassessment	Technical Reports	1
Target strength of skipjack tuna (Katsuwanus pelamis) associated with fish aggregating devices (FADs)	Purse Seine	Acoustics	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
Towards Acoustic Discrimination of Tuna Species at FADs: Measuring Acoustic Properties of Yellowfin Tuna (PDF)	Purse Seine	Acoustics	FIP Actions	Other Papers	0
What Does Well-Managed FAD Use Look Like within a Tropical Purse Seine Fishery? (PDF)	Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions, Preassessment	Other Papers	0
Who Determines Sustainability? (PDF) Publication on history and status of fishery certifications (including MSC) and FIPs	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	General	Preassessment	NON-ISSF Tools	0

MSC Fisheries Standard

Principle 1

Sustainable fish stocks

Outcome

PI 1.1.1 Stock Status

PI 1.1.2 Stock Rebuilding

Harvest Strategy (Management)

PI 1.2.1 Harvest Strategy

PI 1.2.2 Harvest Control Rules & Tools

PI 1.2.3 Information / Monitoring

PI 1.2.4 Assessment of Stock Status

Principle 2

Minimizing environmental impacts

Primary Species

PI 2.1.1 Outcome (O)

PI 2.1.2 Management (M)

PI 2.1.3 Information (I)

Secondary Species

PI 2.2.1 Outcome (O)

PI 2.2.2 Management (M)

PI 2.2.3 Information (I)

ETP Species

PI 2.3.1 Outcome (O)

PI 2.3.2 Management (M)

PI 2.3.3 Information (I)

Habitats

PI 2.4.1 Outcome (O)

PI 2.4.2 Management (M)

PI 2.4.3 Information (I)

Ecosystem

PI 2.5.1 Outcome (O)

PI 2.5.2 Management (M)

PI 2.5.3 Information (I)

Principle 3

Effective management

Governance and Policy

PI 3.1.1 Legal and/or Customary Framework

PI 3.1.2 Consultation Roles & Responsibilities

PI 3.1.3 Long Term Objectives

Fishery Specific Management System

PI 3.2.1 Fishery Specific Objectives

PI 3.2.2 Decision Making Processes

PI 3.2.3 Compliance & Enforcement

PI 3.2.4 Monitoring & Management Performance Evaluation