| Tool | Gear Type | Topic | Use | Resource Type | Featured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tool | Gear Type | Topic | Use | Resource Type | Featured |
| A Preliminary Analysis of the Relationship Between the Number of FAD Deployments and the Number of FAD Sets for the EPO Purse-Seine Fishery (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | FADs | Preassessment | Other Papers | 0 |
| Acoustic Discrimination Technology to Support Selective Fishing (infographic) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Infographics | 0 |
| Acoustic Discrimination Timeline: Research and Publications (infographic) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Infographics | 0 |
| Behavior of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and bigeye (T. obsesus) tunas associated with drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) in the Indian Ocean, assessed through acoustic telemetry [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| Behaviour and Vulnerability of Target and Non-Target Species at Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in the Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fishery Determined by Acoustic Telemetry [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| Characterization, Communication, and Management of Uncertainty in Tuna Fisheries [cm_tooltip_parse] This paper reviews the similarities and differences among tuna RFMOs stock assessments, and provides recommendations (p.12) [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Stock Status | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Other Papers | 0 |
| Collective Best Practices for Well-Managed FAD Fisheries Guide (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse] Best practices for Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) fisheries collaboratively developed by the NGO Tuna Forum [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| Fishery Improvement Projects website [cm_tooltip_parse] Platform with information on the progress of some tuna fishery improvement projects. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | NON-ISSF Tools | 0 |
| Fisheryprogress.org Website and Resources [cm_tooltip_parse] Platform with information on the progress of global fishery improvement projects, as well as resources for FIPs and buyers. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | NON-ISSF Tools | 0 |
| How Far Are We from Discriminating Tuna Species at FADs? [cm_tooltip_parse] At the link, see p. 35 in Doc. No. j-FAD_07/2017. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| ICCAT North Atlantic Albacore Management Strategy Evaluation Process (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Management Strategy Evaluation | Preassessment | NON-ISSF Tools | 1 |
| ISSF 2010-02: Bellagio Framework For Sustainable Tuna Fisheries. Bellagio Conference, May 2010 [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Allocation | Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2011-02: Report of the 2011 ISSF Stock Assessment Workshop. Stock-Recruitment Relationships and Juvenile and Small Tuna Mortality. [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Stock Status | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Other Workshops | 0 |
| ISSF 2011-11A: Allocation of Rights in the International Environmental Context. Napa Conference, Feb 2011 [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Allocation | Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2011-13: Allocation of Property Rights in Global Tuna Fisheries. Cordoba Conference, Sep 2011 [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Allocation, Capacity | Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2012-10: Report of the 2012 Stock Assessment Workshop. Understanding Purse Seine CPUE [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Stock Status | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Other Workshops | 0 |
| ISSF 2013-03: Report of the 2013 Stock Assessment Workshop. Harvest Control Rules and Reference Points for Tuna RFMOs [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Stock Status | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Other Workshops | 0 |
| ISSF 2014-13: Report of the 2014 ISSF Capacity Transfer Workshop [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Capacity | FIP Actions | Other Workshops | 0 |
| ISSF 2014-14: Report of the 2014 Meeting of the Indian Ocean Skipjack MSE Advisory Committee [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Management Strategy Evaluation | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2015-06: Report of the 2015 Stock Assessment Workshop. Characterizing Uncertainty in Stock Assessment [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Stock Status | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Other Workshops | 0 |
| ISSF 2017-01: Computing a Global Rate of Non-Target Species Catch (Bycatch) in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Bycatch all | Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2018-15: 2018 ISSF Stock Assessment Workshop: Review of Current t-RFMO Practice in Stock Status Determinations [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Stock Status | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Other Workshops | 0 |
| ISSF 2018-18: Reporting and Transparency of Catch and/or Effort Quotas in Tuna RFMOS: A Survey Paper [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Allocation, Capacity | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2020-10: Recommended Best Practices for Tuna Longline Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Longline | General | FIP Actions | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2020-11: Recommended Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries in Transition to MSC Certification, with Emphasis on FADs [cm_tooltip_parse] This document summarizes recommended best practices for tropical tuna FAD fisheries, linked to MSC Performance Indicators. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2020-15: Information and monitoring best practices for tropical tuna purse seine fisheries relative to the MSC standard [cm_tooltip_parse] This paper describes best-practice monitoring activities for each MSC PI based on data needs, as well as to identify data monitoring systems, sources, and technology that can be used to collect this information. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2022-02: ISSF responsible fishing guidelines for tuna longline fisheries [cm_tooltip_parse] Key recommendations and best practices, useful for improving scores against the MSC standard or to address common weaknesses in FIP Action Plans [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2023-02: An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria (Principle 1 and Principle 3) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | General | Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF 2023-10: Recommended Best Practices for FAD Management in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries (Update to 2019-11) [cm_tooltip_parse] This report provides practical examples that fleets could adopt as their FAD management policies. It is an update of ISSF Technical Report 2019-11. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| ISSF Conservation Measure 1.2: RFMO Participation [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Compliance | FIP Actions, Preassessment | ISSF Conservation Measures | 0 |
| ISSF Conservation Measure 3.7: Transactions with Vessels or Companies with Vessel-Based FAD Management Policies [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | FADs | FIP Actions, Preassessment | ISSF Conservation Measures | 0 |
| ISSF Conservation Measure 6.1: Transaction Ban for Large-Scale Purse-Seine Vessels not Actively Fishing for Tuna as of December 31, 2012 [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Capacity | FIP Actions, Preassessment | ISSF Conservation Measures | 0 |
| ISSF Glossary [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Glossary | 0 |
| Improving communication: the key to more effective MSE processes (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Management Strategy Evaluation | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| Longline FIPs Best Practices checklist [cm_tooltip_parse] Checklist of actions that Longline FIPs can perform to achieve high-level best practices with the objective of achieving MSC certification. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Longline | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Checklist | 0 |
| Marine Stewardship Council Guidance for Using the MSC Benchmarking and Tracking Tool (BMT) (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse] Tool to benchmark and track fisheries as they progress towards sustainability and MSC certification [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | NON-ISSF Tools | 0 |
| OnBoard SPC App [cm_tooltip_parse] Electronic fishing logsheet and e-reporting for the WCPFC area. This app allow longline vessels to connect and send data to Tufman 2 Database. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Longline | General | FIP Actions | NON-ISSF Tools | 0 |
| Options for Managing FAD Impacts on Target Tuna Stocks (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | FADs | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| Potential Use of Cannery Receipt Data for the Scientific Work of the WCPFC (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Operational Data | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| Purse Seine FIPs Best Practices checklist [cm_tooltip_parse] Checklist of actions that Purse Seine FIPs can perform to achieve high-level best practices with the objective of achieving MSC certification. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Checklist | 0 |
| RFMO Position Statements [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Advocacy | FIP Actions | Advocacy | 0 |
| Report of the Expert Consultation Workshop on Management Strategy Evaluation (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Management Strategy Evaluation | Preassessment | Other Papers | 0 |
| Research proposal: an evaluation of data from ISSF-affiliated canneries for use in tuna fisheries management (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse] Ongoing assessment of the usage of cannery sales data as a complementary dataset in support of tuna fisheries management. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Operational Data | FIP Actions | Operational Data | 0 |
| Review of Purse Seine Logbooks Used in the ICCAT Area and Recommendations for a Harmonised Form (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| Side Events on Harvest Strategies, Harvest Control Rules, Management Strategy Evaluations, or Other Topics [cm_tooltip_parse] Fisheries improvement stakeholders have an opportunity to organize side events in collaboration with ISSF on a topic relevant to FIPs (e.g, harvest strategies, harvest control rules, management strategy evaluations, or other topics). Use the FIP Support Form to contact us. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Side Events | FIP Actions | Advocacy | 0 |
| Status of the Stocks report + Interactive tool [cm_tooltip_parse] Includes new “Catch Trends” tab to visualize and/ or download catch data by fishing method since 1950 [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Stock Status | Preassessment | Technical Reports | 0 |
| Target strength of skipjack tuna (Katsuwanus pelamis) associated with fish aggregating devices (FADs) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| The Journey: IOTC Skipjack Harvest Control Rules (Infographic) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Management Strategy Evaluation | Preassessment | Infographics | 1 |
| Towards Acoustic Discrimination of Tuna Species at FADs: Measuring Acoustic Properties of Yellowfin Tuna (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | Acoustics | FIP Actions | Other Papers | 0 |
| Tuna Management Workshops (ABNJ Common Oceans) [cm_tooltip_parse] Workshop on tuna fisheries management (harvest strategies, harvest control rules, managements strategy evaluation) [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Stock Status | FIP Actions | Other Workshops | 1 |
| Vessels in Other Sustainability Initiatives (VOSI) FIP [cm_tooltip_parse] Fishing vessels can register on this public vessel list to show they are operating in Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified fisheries, participating in Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs), or both. [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions | VOSI | 0 |
| WCPFC Harvest Strategy and Reference Points [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | Management Strategy Evaluation | Preassessment | NON-ISSF Tools | 0 |
| What Does Well-Managed FAD Use Look Like within a Tropical Purse Seine Fishery? (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse] | Purse Seine | General | FIP Actions, Preassessment | Other Papers | 0 |
| Who Determines Sustainability? (PDF) [cm_tooltip_parse] Publication on history and status of fishery certifications (including MSC) and FIPs [/cm_tooltip_parse] | Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine | General | Preassessment | NON-ISSF Tools | 0 |
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