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Document: 2025 WCPFC Position Statement


ISSF prepared this position statement for consideration at the 22nd regular session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), which will take place December 1–5, 2025.

The statement covers topics in these categories: compliance processes; tuna stock conservation; fish aggregating device (FAD) management; electronic monitoring and reporting and observer coverage; transshipment regulation and port state measures; effective management procedures (harvest strategies); bycatch mitigation and shark protections; and capacity. The statement also includes ISSF’s top “asks” or requests of WCPFC.

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