Number of Tuna Transshipments by Year (2014-2021)
| Date Added: | September 14, 2022 |
| Downloaded: | 42 times |
| RMFOs: | IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC |
| Tags: | IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, RFMOs, Transshipment, Tuna, WCPFC |
| Language: | English |
| Featured: | True |
| Report Type: | Final |
Description
The four tropical-tuna RFMOs — the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) — prohibit purse seiners, and other vessels under certain conditions, from transshipping at sea. But at-sea transshipment overall has increased in recent years.
This infographic, which shows trends in the RFMOs’ reported transshipments from 2014-2021, appears in our Web feature, “At-Sea Transshipments in Tuna Fisheries: Why Oversight Is Essential for Sustainability.”
