In these reports, we share our research-based recommendations for sustainable tuna fisheries management, covering observer programs, transshipment, and many other key topics.

Best practices reports are authored by our fisheries policy experts and/or fisheries scientists. See also our companion “best practices snapshots” series and our scientific reports.

Tuna RFMO Measures Regulating Transshipment

Date Added: September 14, 2022
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RMFOs: IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, WCPFC
Tags: IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, Transshipment, Tuna, WCPFC
Language: English
Featured: True
Report Type: Final

Description

ISSF has benchmarked the transshipment measures established by 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) —  to 10 best-practice recommendations.

Our infographic rates and compares the RFMOs’ performances on those best practices. It appears in our Web feature, “At-Sea Transshipment in Tuna Fisheries: Why Oversight Is Essential for Sustainability.”

See also our related report, ISSF 2022-10: Transshipment: Strengthening Tuna RFMO Transshipment Regulations.