Scientific Reports

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Scientific Reports tagged with MSC Certification

Image	Title	Date	Author(s)	Language	RFMO(s)	Tag(s)	Category	Company	Report Type	Activity Year
Image	Title	Date	Author(s)	Language	RFMO(s)	Tag(s)	Category	Company	Report Type	Activity Year
	ISSF 2023-02: An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria*	March 21, 2023	P.A.H. Medley, Jo Gascoigne	English	N/A	Albacore Tuna, Bigeye Tuna, CCSBT, Harvest Strategies, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, MSC Certification, RFMOs, science, Skipjack, Stock Status, Tuna, WCPFC, Yellowfin Tuna	Scientific Reports, Technical Reports	N/A	Technical Report	March 21, 2023
	VOSI Application Form	March 21, 2023	ISSF	English	N/A	Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification, Vessel Lists	Applications	N/A	Final	March 21, 2023
	ISSF VOSI Audit Policy	November 16, 2022		English	N/A	Compliance, Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification, Vessel Lists	Compliance	N/A	Final	November 16, 2022
	Summary of Sustainable Tuna Stocks (MSC Principle 1)	February 3, 2022	ISSF	English	N/A	MSC Certification, Stock Status, Tuna	Infographics	N/A	Final	February 3, 2022
	RFMO Performance (MSC Principle 3)	February 3, 2022	ISSF	English	N/A	MSC Certification, RFMOs	Infographics	N/A	Final	February 3, 2022
	ISSF 2022-02: ISSF Responsible Fishing Guidelines for Tuna Longline Fisheries	January 27, 2022	Juan Pedro Monteagudo, Dr. Hilario Murua, Dr. Victor Restrepo, Holly Koehler	English	N/A	Best Practices, Fisheries Improvement Projects, Longline, MSC Certification, Tuna	Best Practices Reports, Scientific Reports, Technical Reports	N/A	Technical Report	January 27, 2022
	ISSF 2020-15: Information and Monitoring Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries Relative to the MSC Standard	September 8, 2020	Dr. Hilario Murua, Ana Justel-Rubio, Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Victor Restrepo	English	N/A	Best Practices, FADs, Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification, Purse Seine	Best Practices Reports, Scientific Reports	N/A	Technical Report	September 8, 2020
	ISSF 2020-11: Recommended Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification, with an Emphasis on FADs*	March 16, 2020	Dr. Victor Restrepo, Ana Justel-Rubio, Juan Pedro Monteagudo, Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Hilario Murua	English	N/A	Best Practices, FADs, Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification, Purse Seine, Tuna	Best Practices Reports, Scientific Reports	N/A	Technical Report	March 16, 2020
	ISSF 2020-10: Recommended Best Practices for Tuna Longline Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification*	March 16, 2020	Dr. Victor Restrepo, Juan Pedro Monteagudo, Ana Justel-Rubio, Dr. Hilario Murua	English	N/A	Best Practices, Fisheries Improvement Projects, Longline, MSC Certification, Tuna	Best Practices Reports, Scientific Reports, Technical Reports	N/A	Technical Report	March 16, 2020
	FAD Use, FIPs, & the MSC Standard	September 24, 2019	ISSF	English	N/A	Best Practices, FADs, Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification, Purse Seine, Tuna	Infographics	N/A	Final	September 24, 2019
	MSC Fishery Scoring Process	July 2, 2018		English	N/A	Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification	Infographics	N/A	N/A	July 2, 2018
	MSC Fisheries Standard (Principles & Performance Indicators)	July 2, 2018		English	N/A	Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification	Infographics	N/A	N/A	July 2, 2018
	MSC Fisheries Standard (Principles)	July 2, 2018		English	N/A	Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification	Infographics	N/A	N/A	July 2, 2018
	Fishery Improvement Project Process	July 2, 2018		English	N/A	Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification	Infographics	N/A	N/A	July 2, 2018
	ISSF Resources for FIP Workplan Activity, by Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Performance Indicator	May 25, 2018		English	N/A	Fisheries Improvement Projects, MSC Certification	Infographics	N/A	Final	May 25, 2018
	ISSF 2018-16: A Pre-Assessment of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Fisheries Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria: Principle 2	May 22, 2018	Paul A.H. Medley, Tristan Southall, Jodi Bostrom, Erika Zollett, Gudrun Guadian	English	N/A	Harvest Strategies, MSC Certification, RFMOs, Stock Assessment, Tuna	Scientific Reports, Technical Reports	N/A	Technical Report	May 22, 2018
	ISSF 2018-16: MSC Principle 2 Pre-assessment Report Materials	May 21, 2018	ISSF	English	N/A	Harvest Strategies, MSC Certification, RFMOs, Stock Assessment, Tuna	Scientific Reports	N/A	Technical Report	May 21, 2018
	Sixth Tuna Management Workshop Takes Best Practices to West Africa Through Two Days of Hands-on Trainings	January 30, 2018		English	N/A	Harvest Strategies, ICCAT, MSC Certification, Tuna		N/A	N/A	January 30, 2018
	A Preliminary Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Fishing for Global Tuna Fisheries Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria	February 3, 2017	ISSF	English	N/A	Bycatch, MSC Certification	Scientific Reports	N/A	Technical Report	February 3, 2017
	Summary – An Evaluation Of The Sustainability Of Global Tuna Stocks Relative To Marine Stewardship Council Criteria	August 13, 2015		English	N/A	MSC Certification, science, Stock Status	Scientific Reports	N/A	Final	August 13, 2015
	The ISSF Analysis of Tuna Fisheries Against Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Performance Indicators (PIs)	July 28, 2015		English	N/A	MSC Certification, science, Stock Status	Scientific Reports	N/A	Final	July 28, 2015
	ISSF 2014-14: Report of the 2014 Meeting of the Indian Ocean Skipjack MSE Advisory Committee	October 30, 2014	ISSF	English	N/A	MSC Certification, Skipjack	Meeting Reports, Scientific Reports, Technical Reports	N/A	Meeting Report	October 30, 2014