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ISSF 2018-06: Characterizing Small and Medium Scale Tuna Purse Seine and Ring Net Vessels in Indonesia
March 28, 2018 | Dr. Jefferson Murua, David Itano, Anung Widodo
ISSF 2018-04: Minimum Standards for Electronic Monitoring in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries
February 28, 2018 | Dr. Victor Restrepo, Ana Justel-Rubio, Holly Koehler, Jon Ruiz
ISSF 2018-03: Efficiency of Electronic Monitoring on FAD-Related Activities by Supply Vessels in the Indian Ocean
February 22, 2018 | G. Legorburu, X. Lekube, I. Canive, J. G. Ferré, H. Delgado, Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Victor Restrepo
ISSF 2017-06: A Summary of Bycatch Issues and ISSF Mitigation Activities To Date in Purse-Seine Fisheries, with Emphasis on FADs*
November 27, 2017 | Dr. Victor Restrepo, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, David Itano, Ana Justel-Rubio, Dr. Gala Moreno
ISSF 2017-08: Management of Tuna Stocks and Fisheries. Nov. 2017*
November 22, 2017 | ISSF
ISSF 2017-07: Towards Global Non-Entangling Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Use in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries Through a Participatory Approach
November 22, 2017 | Dr. Jefferson Murua, Dr. Gala Moreno, Martin Hall, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, David Itano, Dr. Victor Restrepo
ISSF 2017-01: Computing a Global Rate of Non-Target Species Catch (Bycatch) in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries*
February 7, 2017 | Ana Justel-Rubio, Dr. Victor Restrepo
ISSF 2016-18C: Atelier sur l’utilisation de Dispositifs de concentration des poissons (DCP) biodégradables
January 16, 2017 | Dr. Gala Moreno, Dr. Victor Restrepo, Dr. Laurent Dagorn, Martin Hall, Dr. Jefferson Murua, Igor Sancristobal, Maitane Grande, Sarah Le Couls, Dr. Josu Santiago