Non-Entangling & Biodegradable FADs Guide - International Seafood Sustainability Foundation

ISSF’s Non-Entangling & Biodegradable FADs guide for tuna fishers, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs), governments, and vessel owners shows research-based best practices in Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) design — both to avoid bycatch and reduce marine pollution.

Four tuna RFMOs already require fleets in their regions that fish with FADs to use only non-entangling designs. Some RFMOs additionally encourage fleets to build those FADs with biodegradable materials. The guide, first published in 2012 and revised in 2019 to include the biodegradable recommendation, is available in several languages.

Poster of Bycatch Best Practices (Chinese Translation)

Date Added:	August 31, 2018
Downloaded:	863 times
Tags:	Best Practices, Bycatch Mitigation, Skippers Workshops
Language:	Simplified Chinese
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Report Type:	Final

Description

The Skippers Workshop team has developed posters for purse-seine fishers. The posters show “best practices” for handling sharks, manta rays, and sea turtles that are incidentally caught. The posters are based on the best practices for bycatch-handling guidebook produced by Poisson et al. 2012.

This is a Chinese translation of a best-practices poster for purse-seine fishers used in ISSF Skippers Workshops. The poster is also available in English, French, Indonesian, Korean, and Spanish.