ISSF engages with environmental NGOs and seafood companies worldwide to advance tuna and ocean conservation initiatives. We also mobilize our diverse group of stakeholders to urge RFMOs and their member nations to address critical issues in tuna fisheries.
The ISSF team has worked with many of the world’s best-known retailers and food-service companies as they develop and implement business policies and practices to source sustainable tuna.
Our “snapshots” series assesses how RFMO measures and regulations align with sustainable fishing best practices — covering transshipment, observer coverage, and more.
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ISSF’s E News highlights conservation measures and compliance results, new reports and infographics, helpful tools and resources, and media coverage about ISSF.
Our fishing policy experts research and evaluate the sustainability and effectiveness of different fisheries management approaches — on vessel monitoring, compliance processes, and other issues — and report their findings and recommendations.
We examine tuna RFMOs’ requirements in their regions against best-practices benchmarks — comparing performance and tracking RFMO progress on adopting sustainable policies.
To spur RFMO action on areas for improvement, we disseminate detailed position statements as well as joint advocacy letters co-signed by sustainability partners.
ISSF’s science and advocacy teams also develop an annual list of recommended priority actions for RFMOs.
Peruse ISSF statements, press releases, and blogs about RFMO policy issues and decisions.
Our policy experts work closely with the NGO experts on the ISSF Environmental Stakeholder Committee (ESC).
ESC members, who serve on a volunteer basis, advise ISSF on a range of sustainability issues and concerns — including to share information on bycatch species and mitigation approaches.
In our infographics library, you’ll find original ISSF graphics on key fishing policy topics — including tuna RFMO port state measures and RFMO progress on implementing ISSF sustainable-fishing recommendations.
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