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 Progress on Proposals on Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) (2013-2021)

Date Added: January 20, 2022
Downloaded: 133 times
RMFOs: IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC
Tags: FADs, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, RFMOs, WCPFC
Language: English
Featured: False
Report Type: Final

Description

Updated in January 2022, this infographic shows the number of tuna RFMO actions from 2013-2021 related to fish aggregating devices (FADs) that aligned with ISSF’s advocacy recommendations.

Our “RFMO Progress” infographic series conveys how these “cumulative wins” for key issues in sustainable fishing have increased over time across WCPFC, ICCAT, IATC, and IOTC.