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3.2 Large-Scale Pelagic Driftnets Prohibition

Initially Adopted

  • May 18, 2010

Gear Type(s)

All Gear Types
This measure also applies to the PVR
Conservation Measure 3.2
Participating Company Compliance
June 2025, 24 Companies
100%
Full
Conformance

Large-scale pelagic driftnets are an unselective method of fishing that results in substantial catches of many non-target species. ISSF supports the Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly 44/225, 45/197 and 46/215 concerning large-scale pelagic driftnet fishing and its impact on the living marine resources of the world’s oceans and seas, including enclosed and semi-enclosed seas.

Therefore, processors, traders, importers, transporters, marketers and others involved in the seafood industry shall refrain from transactions in tuna caught by large-scale pelagic driftnets, regardless of the geographic area in which the tuna were caught by such driftnets.

3.1 Sharks

3.1(a) Shark-Finning Policy

3.1(b) Prohibition of Transactions with Shark-Finning Vessels

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3.1(c) Prohibition of Transactions with Companies without a Public Policy Prohibiting Shark Finning

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3.3 Full Retention of Tunas

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3.4 Skipper Best Practices

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3.6 Transactions with Vessels Implementing Best Practices for Sharks, Sea Turtles and Seabirds

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3.7 Transactions with Vessels or Companies with Vessel-Based FAD Management Policies

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