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Strategizing for Tuna’s Future at IATTC Meeting
Common Oceans and Partners Progress Future Fisheries Management
The Common Oceans Tuna Project hosted a side event during the annual meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in Panama, spotlighting global progress in the adoption of harvest strategies by Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs).
ICYMI
Report Highlights Global Strategies for Recovering Tuna FADs
Galápagos Workshop Report Offers Roadmap for Effective FAD Retrieval Programs Across Oceans
ISSF has released a new report detailing outcomes from the First International Workshop on Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Recovery, held in the Galápagos Islands in May 2024. Organized in collaboration with TUNACONS and WWF Ecuador, the workshop brought together 63 experts from across the global tuna supply chain to identify practical solutions for recovering lost and abandoned FADs before they can harm marine ecosystems.
The newly published report provides the first-ever global framework for designing and implementing FAD Recovery Programs (FRPs)—both at sea and along coastlines. It outlines science-based strategies, stakeholder collaboration models, financing approaches, and policy recommendations for tuna RFMOs.
Featured Resource
RFMO Best Practices Snapshot — Observer Requirements
This “snapshot” identifies best practices in observer requirements, and then shows each RFMO’s progress in implementing those practices.
ISSF in the News
IATTC reduces length of purse seine fishing closure, makes mixed progress on FADs
Seafood Source
OPINION: Mixed outcomes at IATTC 2025 – progress for tropical tunas, misses on harvest strategies
World Fishing & Aquaculture
Vigo tuna conference day one recap: Spanish sector confronts trade policy, harsh fishery management
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