RFMO Best Practices Snapshots

Our “snapshots” identify best practices that Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) should follow to manage tuna fisheries sustainably.

In detailed tables, the snapshots compare tuna RFMO progress in implementing the practices.

For a high-level comparison across the five RFMOs, see our Tuna RFMO Best Practice Performance “scorecard” below. We also publish companion “best-practices reports” on these topics and “RFMO progress” infographics.

RFMO Best Practices Snapshot — 2021: Observer Requirements

Date Added: March 1, 2021
Authors: ISSF
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Tags: Best Practices, CCSBT, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, Observer Coverage, Observer Programs, RFMOs, WCPFC
Language: English
Featured: False
Report Type: Snapshot

Description

Note: The information in this snapshot is current for 2022. The RFMOs have not made changes to observer program requirements since the snapshot was published in 2021.

This “snapshot” identifies best practices in observer requirements, and then shows each RFMO’s progress in implementing those practices. The snapshot was updated in March 2021.

See our related report, ISSF 2021-05: Survey of Human Observer Programs for Purse Seine Vessels and a Set of Best Practices.*