This “snapshot” identifies best practices in compliance processes, and then shows each RFMO’s progress in implementing those practices. The snapshot was updated in May 2025.
See our related report, ISSF 2023-05: Tuna RFMO Compliance Assessment Processes: A Comparative Analysis to Identify Best Practices.*
This “snapshot” identifies best practices in observer requirements, and then shows each RFMO’s progress in implementing those practices. The snapshot was updated in May 2025.
See our related report, ISSF 2023-08: Survey of RFMO Observer Programs and a Set of Best Practices.*
This “snapshot” identifies best practices in Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) management, and then shows each RFMO’s progress in implementing those practices. The snapshot was updated in May 2025.
This “snapshot” identifies best practices in tuna RFMO transshipment regulations, and then shows each RFMO’s progress in implementing those practices. This snapshot was updated in May 2025.
See our related report, ISSF 2023-06: Transshipment: Strengthening Tuna RFMO Transshipment Regulations.*
This timeline graphic, developed in March 2025, shows 2011–2024 milestones in efforts by all tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) to develop management strategy evaluations (MSE) and precautionary management procedures (MP) for albacore, bigeye, bluefin, and skipjack tuna stocks.
This infographic identifies solutions to several potential negative impacts of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs), and then tracks four tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations’ implementation of the solutions.
It is based on the peer-reviewed research article “Benefits, concerns, and solutions of fishing for tunas with drifting fish aggregation devices,” co-authored by ISSF’s Dr. Victor Restrepo and Dr. Gala Moreno and colleagues, which was published July 2023 in Fish and Fisheries.
The infographic was updated in March 2025.
All tuna RFMOs have made progress in using electronic monitoring (EM) systems to provide on-board vessel monitoring.
RFMOs begin using data received from EM systems for scientific and/or compliance purposes approximately two years after the adoption of EM minimum standards: one year for program implementation, and an additional year for data review and submission. However, for those CPCs currently implementing an EM program, this timeline could be shortened to one year.
La ISSF preparó esta declaración de posición en junio de 2024 para su consideración en el 102º período de sesiones de la Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical (CIAT), que tendrá lugar del 2-6 de septiembre de 2024, en la Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá. La declaración cubre temas en estas categorías: procesos de cumplimiento; conservación del stock de atún; ordenación de los PCP; seguimiento, reportes y cobertura con des observadores electrónicos; estrategias de captura; mitigación de la captura incidental y protección de los tiburones; sistemas de seguimiento de barcos y medidas portuarias estatales; y capacidad.
Hay una versión en inglés disponible.
ISSF prepared this position statement in June 2024 for consideration at the 102nd session of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), which will take place September 2-6, 2024, in Panama City, Panama. The statement covers topics in these categories: compliance processes, tuna stock conservation, FAD management, electronic monitoring and reporting, observer coverage, harvest strategies, bycatch mitigation and shark protections, vessel monitoring systems, port state measures, and capacity.
A Spanish version is available.
ISSF preparó esta declaración de posición en junio de 2023 para su consideración en la 101ª sesión de la Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical (CIAT), que tendrá lugar del 7 al 11 de agosto de 2023 en Victoria, Columbia Británica, Canadá.
La declaración cubre temas en estas categorías: cumplimiento, estrategias de captura, gestión de plantados, conservación de poblaciones de atún, mitigación de captura incidental y protección de tiburones, monitoreo e informes electrónicos, cobertura de observadores, buques de suministro y licitación, sistemas de seguimiento de buques y gestión de capacidad.
Una versión en inglés está disponible.
