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PI 3.1.1 Legal and/or Customary Framework

Tool	Gear Type	Topic	Use	Resource Type	Featured
Tool	Gear Type	Topic	Use	Resource Type	Featured
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
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 2011-11A: 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	1
ISSF 2014-13: Report of the 2014 ISSF Capacity Transfer Workshop [cm_tooltip_parse][/cm_tooltip_parse]	Purse Seine	Capacity	FIP Actions	Other Workshops	1
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 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 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
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
RFMO information pages [cm_tooltip_parse] Tuna RFMOs overview: convention objectives, decision-making, members (and their participation in UNFSA/PSMA), etc. [/cm_tooltip_parse]	Gillnet, Longline, Pole and Line, Purse Seine	General	FIP Actions, Preassessment	RFMO Info	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
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