Effective
- July 27, 2021
Effective July 27, 2021
The July 27, 2021, amendment expanded the requirements on ISSF Skippers best-practices training to include longline vessel skippers. The available options to achieve this training have been likewise amended and are now:
- In-person ISSF workshops, including those provided by a tuna FIP and conducted by an ISSF-accredited trainer
- Online ISSF workshops
- ISSF workshop videos
- Online ISSF Skippers Guidebooks
This change is effective since July 27, 2021, for all purse-seine vessels and on December 31, 2022, for all longline vessels.
The text of the measure that you see on this page is current and complete. For details on how participating companies will be audited on this measure, see the audit protocol.
- For purse seine vessels - April 1, 2024
- For requirement to attend workshop or review materials every 3 years
Adopted
- June 7, 2011
Amended
- September 12, 2012
- April 25, 2013
- May 20, 2014
- October 20, 2015
- July 27, 2021
Amended July 27, 2021
The July 27, 2021, amendment expanded the requirements on ISSF Skippers best-practices training to include longline vessel skippers. The available options to achieve this training have been likewise amended and are now:
- In-person ISSF workshops, including those provided by a tuna FIP and conducted by an ISSF-accredited trainer
- Online ISSF workshops
- ISSF workshop videos
- Online ISSF Skippers Guidebooks
This change is effective since July 27, 2021 for all purse-seine vessels and on December 31, 2022 for all longline vessels.
The text of the measure that you see on this page is current and complete. For details on how participating companies will be audited on this measure, see the audit protocol.
- November 8, 2023
Gear Type(s)
ISSF’s goal in developing and presenting best practice information is to share the state of the art in responsible fishing operations, review the reporting requirements and other obligations to RFMOs, and inform purse seine and longline vessel skippers and other interested parties about the related ISSF Conservation Measures for the management of tuna and its larger marine ecosystem.
Processors, traders, importers, transporters, marketers and others involved in the seafood industry shall conduct transactions only with those purse seine and longline vessels whose skippers:
(a) have attended an in-person and/or online ISSF Skippers Workshop; or
(b) have attended an in-person Skippers Workshop provided by a tuna FIP and conducted by a trainer that has been accredited by ISSF to conduct these workshops; or
(c) have viewed an ISSF Skippers Workshop video online; or
(d) have reviewed the online Skippers Guidebook.
Starting April 1, 2024, participation in one of (a) to (d) above will be necessary every three years.
All of the above provide information on best practices for purse seine and longline fishery management.
RELATED CONSERVATION MEASURES
RELATED CONTENT
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Conservation Measures
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Vessel Owner Information
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Participating Company Audit Protocol
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PVR Audit Protocols
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Compliance Reports
