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Number of Tuna Transshipments by Year (2014-2021)

Date Added: September 14, 2022
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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.”