Tuna stocks update – positives and negatives
Eleven of the major commercial tuna stocks are clear of overfishing and maintaining stock biomass levels, while twelve continue to fail to meet criteria for the MSC Fisheries Standard. A…
Managers need to act on Indian Ocean FAD management
As IOTC delegates meet in Bangkok to discuss management of tuna fisheries in the Indian Ocean, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) - representing a group of tuna purse seiner…
86% of tuna catch from healthy stocks
Of the worldwide commercial tuna catch, 86% comes from stocks at healthy levels, according to the newest International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) – while 10% requires more robust management. The lates ISSF Status of the Stocks report shows…
The failure to build on FAD management measures that had been in place at this year’s WCPFC meeting comes as a disappointment to ISSF. Images: ISSF
Mixed bag of outcomes at WCPFC annual meeting
There are some uneven outcomes from the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Tuna Fisheries management meeting, according to ISSF representatives – welcoming progress on tuna conservation measures and observer coverage,…
Mixed outcomes at ICCAT annual session
The ICCAT session in Cairo has delivered both positive outcomes and disappointments, according to representatives of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), which has welcomed some progress for Atlantic Ocean tuna fisheries. ‘While we were…
ISSF updates tuna purse seine fleet profile
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated its Snapshot of Large-Scale Tuna Purse Seine Fishing Fleets report for June 2023. The report shows that approximately 652 vessels defined as large-scale purse-seine (LSPS) vessels…
Demanding action to close the net on illegal fishing in the Pacific
Groups working with more than 150 companies are demanding collective efforts in advance of the G7 Hiroshima Summit. Members of the coalition – the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST),…
Report shows high compliance with ISSF conservation measures
The Annual Conservation Measures & Commitments Compliance Report, released by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), indicates a 99.75% rate of compliance during 2022 by 25 participating companies with all of the 33 ISSF conservation…
Jelly FAD trials enter new phase
Taiwanese fisheries group FCF has entered the at-sea trial stage of the jelly FAD experiment in collaboration with The Pacific Community (SPC), which is the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries…
ISSF reports 85% of global tuna catch from healthy stocks
Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 85% is sourced from stocks at ‘healthy’ levels of abundance, according to the latest International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Status of the Stocks report. 11% of the total tuna catch came from overfished stocks,…
