Joint Advocacy Letters

ISSF convenes a diverse group of stakeholders — NGOs, vessel owners, retailers, tuna processors and more — to make sustainability recommendations to tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs).

Here are recent advocacy letters that have resulted from that collaborative work.

Joint Advocacy Letters tagged with Supply Vessel

Image	Title	Date	Author(s)	Language	RFMO(s)	Tag(s)	Category	Company	Report Type	Activity Year
Image	Title	Date	Author(s)	Language	RFMO(s)	Tag(s)	Category	Company	Report Type	Activity Year
	2020 IOTC Déclaration de Position (French)	October 12, 2020	ISSF	French	IOTC	Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IOTC, MCS, Supply Vessel, Tuna	Position Statements, Translated	N/A	Final	October 12, 2020
	2020 IOTC Position Statement	October 8, 2020	ISSF	English	IOTC	Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IOTC, MCS, Supply Vessel, Tuna	Position Statements	N/A	Final	October 8, 2020
	2021 IOTC Déclaration de Position (French) (for June 2021 Meeting)	April 29, 2021		French	IOTC	Bycatch, Compliance, Electronic Monitoring & Reporting, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IOTC, MCS, Observer Coverage, Port State Measures, Sharks, Supply Vessel, Transshipment, Tuna, Vessel Monitoring System	Position Statements, Translated	N/A	Final	April 29, 2021
	2021 IOTC Position Statement (for June 2021 Meeting)	April 26, 2021		English	IOTC	Bycatch, Compliance, Electronic Monitoring & Reporting, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IOTC, MCS, Observer Coverage, Port State Measures, Sharks, Supply Vessel, Transshipment, Tuna, Vessel Monitoring System	Position Statements	N/A	Final	April 26, 2021
	2022 IOTC Déclaration de Position (French)	April 8, 2022		French	IOTC	Bycatch, Bycatch Mitigation, Compliance, Electronic Monitoring & Reporting, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IOTC, Observer Coverage, Sharks, Supply Vessel, Transshipment, Tuna	Position Statements, Translated	N/A	Final	April 8, 2022
	2022 IOTC Position Statement	April 8, 2022		English	IOTC	Bycatch, Bycatch Mitigation, Compliance, Electronic Monitoring & Reporting, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IOTC, Observer Coverage, Sharks, Supply Vessel, Transshipment, Tuna	Position Statements	N/A	Final	April 8, 2022
	ISSF 2019 Position Statements	February 15, 2021		English, French, Spanish	IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC	Bycatch, Capacity Management, Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, MCS, RFMOs, Sharks, Supply Vessel, Tuna, WCPFC	Position Statements	N/A	Final	February 15, 2021
	ISSF 2022-12: Survey of the Treatment of Support/Supply/Tender Vessels in Tuna RFMOs*	May 19, 2022	Holly Koehler, Dr. Gala Moreno	English	N/A	Best Practices, CCSBT, FADs, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, RFMOs, Supply Vessel, WCPFC	Best Practices Reports, Scientific Reports, Technical Reports	N/A	Technical Report	May 19, 2022
	ISSF ProActive Vessel Register (PVR): Audit Policy Document & Standard Operating Procedures for Supply & Tender Vessels (September 2022)	September 13, 2022		English	N/A	Compliance, ProActive Vessel Register, Supply Vessel	Audit Process	N/A	Final	September 13, 2022
	ProActive Vessel Register (PVR) Growth by Vessel Type, 2012-2022	January 24, 2023		English	N/A	Handline, Longline, Pole and Line, ProActive Vessel Register, Purse Seine, Supply Vessel	Infographics	N/A	Final	January 24, 2023
	RFMO Best Practice Performance	June 1, 2022		English	CCSBT, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC	Best Practices, CCSBT, Compliance, FADs, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, IUU, Observer Coverage, RFMOs, Supply Vessel, Transshipment, Vessel Lists, Vessel Monitoring System, WCPFC	RFMO Best Practices Snapshots	N/A	Final	June 1, 2022
	RFMO Best Practices Snapshot — 2022: Treatment of Supply & Tender Vessels by RFMO	May 19, 2022		English	N/A	Best Practices, CCSBT, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, RFMOs, Supply Vessel, WCPFC	RFMO Best Practices Snapshots	N/A	Snapshot	May 19, 2022