Tuna RFMO Papers
ISSF scientists, collaborating researchers, and members of our Scientific Advisory Committee submit papers to tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) on a variety of topics.
The names of ISSF staff who have co-authored the tuna RFMO papers below are in bold. This page shows papers submitted in the past two years. Contact us to inquire about older ISSF tuna RFMO papers.
You also may want to peruse our list of peer-reviewed articles published in scientific journals.
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INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION
2023
Sobradillo, B., Boyra, G. Uranga, U., Moreno, G. (2023). TS measurements of ex-situ yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and frequency-response discrimination for tropical tuna species.
Uranga, J., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Lennert-Cody, C.E., Quincoces, I., Granado, I., Maunder, M.N., Ovando, D., Aires-da-Silva, A., Merino, G., Murua, H., Santiago, J. (2023). Tropical tuna biomass indicators from echosounder buoys in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Moreno G., Lopez J., Escalle L., Lynch J., Roman, M., Scutt Phillips J., Swimmer Y., Murua, H., Royer S.J., Murua, J., Hutchinson, M., Aires-da-Silva, A., Restrepo, V. (2023). Guidelines to reduce the impact of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices on Sea Turtles.
Moreno, G., Zudaire, I., Uranga, J., Grande, M., Salvador, J., Murua, J., Salgado, A., Murua, H., Santiago, J., Restrepo, V. (2023). The Jelly-FAD: new results on its performance. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Ad hoc Working group on FADs. La Jolla, California, 12-13 May 2023.
Moreno, G., Crochet, T., Murua, H., Restrepo, V. (2023). A novel FAD tracking device tested in the Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Ad hoc Working group on FADs. La Jolla, California, 12-13 May 2023.
Royer, S.J., Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips J., Lynch J., Lopez J., Swimmer Y., Murua H., Restrepo V., Moreno, G. 2023. Predicted origins of drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) into environmentally sensitive habitats of Hawai’i using backwards simulated drift trajectories. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Ad hoc Working group on FADs. La Jolla, California, 12-13 May 2023.
Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips, J., Lopez, J., Lynch, J.M., Murua, H., Royer, S.J., Swimmer, Y., Murua, J., Sen Gupta, A., Restrepo V., Moreno, G. (2023). Modeling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) trajectories arriving at essential oceanic and coastal habitats for leatherback and hawksbill turtles in the Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Working group on ecosystem and bycatch. La Jolla, California, 11-12 May 2023.
Murua, J., Ferarios, J.M., Lopez, J., Moreno, G., Roman, M., Grande, M., Murua, H., Hutchinson, M., Altamirano, E., Restrepo, V., Santiago, J. (2023). Testing bycatch release devices for vulnerable elasmobranch species in tropical tuna purse seiners of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Working group on ecosystem and bycatch. La Jolla, California, 11-12 May 2023.
Waldo, J.L., Altamirano, E., Croll, D.A., Palacios, M.D., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Lopez, J., Moreno, G., Rojas-Perea, S., Cronin, M.R. (2023). Exploring helicopter-vessel communication for mobulid bycatch avoidance in tropical tuna fisheries. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Working group on ecosystem and bycatch. La Jolla, California, 11-12 May 2023.
Moreno, G., Cronin, M., Murua, J., Murua, H., Ferarios, J.M., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Swimmer, Y., Restrepo, V. (2023). Progress in addressing key research to inform Mobulid ray conservation in the Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Working group on ecosystem and bycatch.
2022
Zudaire, I., Moreno, G., Murua, J., Murua, H., Tolotti, MT, Roman, M., Hall, M., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Merino, G., Escalle, L., Hamer, P., Basurko, OC, Capello, M., Dagorn, L., Ramos, ML, Abascal, FJ, Báez, JC, Pascual-Alayón, PJ, Déniz, S. and Santiago, J. (2022). BiodegradableDFADs: current status and prospects.
Uranga, J., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Lennert-Cody, C.E., Quincoces, I., Granado, I., Maunder, M.N., Aires-da-Silva, A., Merino, G., Murua, H. and Santiago, J. (2022). Tropical tuna biomass indicators from echosounder buoys in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Ortuño Crespo, G., Griffiths, S., Murua, H., Österblom, H. and Lopez, J. (2022). Reducing shark bycatch in tuna fisheries: adaptive spatio-temporal management options for the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Moreno, G., Salvador, J., Zudaire, I., Murua, J., Uranga, J., Murua, H., Grande, M. and Restrepo, V. (2022). The jellyfad: a paradigm shift in bio-fad design.
Escalle L., Scutt Phillips J., Moreno G., Lopez J., Lynch J., Murua H., Aires-da-Silva A., Royer S.J., Hampton J., Swimmer Y., Wallace, B., Corniuk R., Mcwhirter A. and Restrepo V. (2022). Modeling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) trajectories arriving at essential habitats for sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
Moreno G., Escalle L., Lopez J., Lynch J., Scutt Phillips J., Royer S.J., Aires-da-Silva A., Swimmer Y., Hampton J., Corniuk R., Mcwhirter A., Restrepo V. and Murua, H. (2022). Definition of guidelines to reduce the impact of lost and abandoned Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) on Sea Turtles.
Moreno, G., Murua, J., Cronin, M., Murua, H., Ferarios, JM., Lezama, N., Swimmer, Y. and Restrepo, V.(2022). Addressing key research to inform Mobula rays conservation in the Pacific Ocean.
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INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS
2023
Maunder, M. and Hoyle, S. (2023). Tuna Stock Assessment Good Practices Workshop. ICCAT Presentation SCRS_P_2023_059.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Ortuño, G., Andonegi, E. Grande, M. and Murua, H. (2023) Terms of Reference for the development of decision support tool for providing integrated bycatch management advise to decision-makers. ICCAT document SCRS/2023/068.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Ortuño, G., Andonegi, E. and Murua, H. (2023) Terms of Reference for the development of a pilot product to test the utility of ICCAT ecoregions for delivering advise-products to decision-makers. ICCAT document SCRS/2023/067.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Andonegi, E., Murua, H., Corrales, X., Lopetegui-Eguren, L., Arrizabalaga, H., Ruiz Gondra, J., Sabarros, P.S., Ramos Alonso, M.L., Baez, J.C., Alvarez, D., Kell, L., Die, D. and Hanke, A. (2023) Terms of Reference for the Tropical Atlantic Ecoregion Case Study.Juan-Jorda, M.J., Domingo, A., Di Natale, A., Inrh, B., Luckhurst, B., Brown, C., Die, D., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Diaz, G., Murua, H., Bell, J., Stobberup, K., Kell, L., Schirripa, M., Daisuke, O., Obregon, P., Lehodey, P., Sabarros, P.S., Scott, R., Wanless, R., Tsuji, S., Jimenez, S., Corrales, X. and Hanke, A. (2023) REPORT OF THE 2nd MEETING OF THE SUB-GROUP ON THE ECOSYSTEM REPORT CARD. ICCAT document SCRS/2023/065.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Domingo, A., Di Natale, A., Inrh, B., Luckhurst, B., Brown, C., Die, D., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Diaz, G., Murua, H., Bell, J., Stobberup, K., Kell, L., Schirripa, M., Daisuke, O., Obregon, P., Lehodey, P., Sabarros, P.S., Scott, R., Wanless, R., Tsuji, S., Jimenez, S., Corrales, X. and Hanke, A. (2023) REPORT OF THE 2nd MEETING OF THE SUB-GROUP ON THE ECOSYSTEM REPORT CARD. ICCAT document SCRS/2023/065.
2022
Restrepo, V., Murua, H. and Justel-Rubio, A. (2022) Estimate of the capacity of large-scale purse seiners fishing for tropical tunas in the Atlantic Ocean in 2022.
Juan-Jordá, M.J., Nieblas, A.E., Hanke, A., Sachiko, T., Andonegi, E., Di Natale, A., Kell, L., Diaz, G., Alvarez Berastegui, D., Brown, C., Die, D., Arrizabalaga, H., Yates, O., Gianuca, D., Niemeyer Fiedler, F., Luckhurst, B., Coelho, R., Zador, S., Dickey-Collas, M., Pepin, P. and Murua, H. (2022). Report of the ICCAT workshop on the identification of regions in the ICCAT convention area for supporting the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Murua, H., Diaz, G., Obregon, P., Kell, L., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Eider, A., Coelho, R., Sachiko, T., Ochi, D., Domingo, A., Die, D., Yates, O., Tai, I., Bell, J., Tugores, P., Hanke, A. (2022). Report of the 1st meeting of the sub-group on the Ecosystem Report Card.
Murua, J., Ferarios, J.M., Grande, M., Onandia, I., Moreno, G., Murua, H. and Santiago, J. (2022). Developing bycatch reduction devices in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries to improve elasmobranch release survival.
Nieblas, A.E., Murua, H. and Juan-Jordá, M.J. (2022). Pre-workshop analysis in preparation for the 2022 ICCAT Ecoregion Workshop: “Identification of regions in the ICCAT convention area for supporting the implementation of ecosystem based fisheries management.”
Santiago, J., Uranga, J., Quincoces, I., Grande, M., Murua, H., Merino, G., Zudaire, I., Urtizberea, A. and Boyra, G. (2022). Index of abundance of skipjack tuna in the Atlantic Ocean derived from echosounder buoys (2010-2020).
Nieblas, A.E., Murua, H., De Bruyn, P., Chassot, E., Fiorellato, F. and Juan-Jordá, M.J. (2022). Pre workshop analysis in preparation for the 2022 IOTC Ecoregions Workshop: “Identification of regions in the IOTC convention area to inform the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.”
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INDIAN OCEAN TUNA COMMISSION
2023
Murua, H. (2023) Summary of the 3rd Session of the IOTC Ad-hoc Working Group on the Development of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards (WGEMS). IOTC–2023–WPDCS–24rev1.
Moreno, G., Zudaire, I., Uranga, J., Grande, M., Salvador, J., Murua, J., Salgado, A., Murua, H., Santiago, J. and Restrepo, V. (2023). The Jelly-FAD: New results on its performance.
Moreno G., Lopez J., Escalle L., Lynch J., Roman, M., Scutt Phillips J., Swimmer Y., Murua, H., Royer S.J., Murua, J., Hutchinson, M., Aires-da-Silva A. and Restrepo V. (2023). Guidelines to reduce the impact of drifting fish aggregating devices on sea turtles.
Sobradillo, B., Boyra, G., Uranga, J. and Moreno, G. (2023). Target strength measurements of ex-situ yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and frequency-response discrimination for tropical tuna species.
Murua, H., Santiago, J., Moreno, G., Grande, M. and Restrepo, V. (2023) A review of fisheries closures in tropical tuna RFMOs.
Fraile, I., Luque, P., Campana, S., Farley, J., Krusic-Golub, K., Clear, N., Eveson, P., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Zudaire, I., Murua, H. and Merino, G. (2023). Age validation of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Indian Ocean using post-peak bomb radiocarbon chronologies.
Farley, J., Krusic-Golub, K., Eveson, P., Luque, P., Fraile, I., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Zudaire, I., Romanov, E., Shahid, U., Abdul Razzaque, S., Parker, D., Clear, N., Murua, H., Marsac, F. and Merino, G. (2023). Updating the estimation of age and growth of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Indian Ocean using otoliths.
Artetxe-Arrate, I., Fraile, I., Lastra-Luque, P., Farley, J., Urtizberea, A., Shahid, U., Razzaque, S., Clear, N., Marsac, F., Murua, H., Merino, G. and Zudaire, I. (2023) Otolith stable isotopes suggest limited east to west connectivity of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Indian Ocean.
Díaz-Arce, N., Arrizabalaga, H., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Davies, C.R., Grewe, P., Fraile, I., Marsac, F., Merino, G., Murua, H., Farley, J. and Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, N. (2023). Bigeye (Thunnus obesus) tuna connectivity in the Indian Ocean based on genome wide genetic markers.
ISSF (2023). ISSF Workshop on Different Approaches to Limit the Number of FADs in the Oceans.
2022
Hampton, J., Leape, G., Nickson, A., Restrepo, V., Santiago, J., Agnew, D., Amande, J., Banks, R., Brownjohn, M., Chassot, E., Clarke, R., Davies, T., Die, D., Gaertner, D., Galland, G., Gershman, D., Goujon, M., Hall, M., Herrera, M., Holland, K., Itano, D., Kawamoto, T., Brian, K., Maufroy, A., Moreno, G., Murua, H., Murua, J., Pilling, G., Schaefer, K., Phillips, J.S. and Taquet, M. (2022) What does well managed FAD use look within a tropical purse seine fishery?
Capello, M., Merino, G., Tolotti, M., Murua, H. and Dagorn, L. (2022) Developing a science-based framework for the management of drifting Fishing Aggregating Devices.
Moreno, G., Salvador, J., Zudaire, I., Murua, J., Uranga, J., Murua, H., Grande, M. and Restrepo, V. (2022). The Jelly-FAD A Paradigm Shift in Biodegradable FAD design.
Zudaire, I., Moreno, G., Murua, J., Murua, H., Tolotti, M.T., Roman, M., Hall, M., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Merino, G., Escalle, L., Hamer, P., Basurko, O.C., Capello, M., Dagorn, L., Ramos, M.L., Abascal, F.J., Báez, J.C., Pascual-Alayón, P.J., Déniz, S. and Santiago, J. (2022) Status of biodegradable FADs development.
Zudaire, I., Moreno, G., Murua, J., Murua, H., Tolotti, M.T., Roman, M., Hall, M., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Merino, G., Escalle, L., Hamer, P., Basurko, O.C., Capello, M., Dagorn, L., Ramos, M.L., Abascal, F.J., Báez, J.C., Pascual-Alayón, P.J., Déniz, S. and Santiago, J. (2022) Status of biodegradable FADs development.
Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips, J., Moreno, G., Lopez, J., Lynch, J., Murua, H., Aires-da-Silva, A., Royer, S.J., Hampton, J., Swimmer, Y., Wallace, B., Corniuk, R., Mcwhirter, A. and Restrepo, V. (2022). Modelling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) trajectories arriving at essential habitats for sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
Romanov E., et al. (2022). An update on the recent development of IOTC BTH PRM Project.
Seret, B., Abascal, F.J., Amande, J., Ariz, J., Bach, P., Chavance, P., Coelho, R., Korta, M., Poisson, F., Santos, M.N. and Murua, H. (2022). Biological information for most commonly shark and ray species.
Nieblas, A.E., Murua, H., de Bruyn, P., Chassot, E., Fiorellato, F. and Juan-Jordá, M.J. (2022). Pre-workshop analysis in preparation for the 2022 IOTC Ecoregions Workshop: Identification of regions in the IOTC convention area to inform the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
Juan-Jordá, M.J., Nieblas, A.E., Murua, H., Chassot, E., de Bruyn, P., Hayes, D., Marsac, F., Shahid, U., Thoya, P., Tsuji, S., Andonegi, E., Green, M., Kitakado, T., Nelson, L., Khan, M., Ramos Alonso, L., Moss, J., Lopetegui, L., Hoque, Z., Pierre, L. and Sheikh, A. (2022). 2nd IOTC Ecoregion Workshop: identification of regions in the IOTC convention area to inform the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
Grande, M., Onandia, I., Galaz, J.M., Uranga, J., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Murua, J., Ruiz, J., Arregui, I., Murua, H. and Santiago, J. (2022) Assessment on accidentally captured silky shark post-release survival in the Indian Ocean tuna purse seine fishery.
Murua, H., Bromhead, D., Fiorellato, F. and Chassot, E. (2022). Electronic Monitoring related terms and definitions.
Murua, H., Fiorellato, F., Ruiz, J, Chassot, E. and Restrepo, V. (2022). Minimum standards for designing and implementing Electronic Monitoring systems in Indian Ocean tuna fisheries.
Merino, G., Urtizberea, A., Fu, D., Winker, H., Cardinale, M., Lauretta, M.V., Murua, H., Kitakado, T., Arrizabalaga, H., Scott, R., Pilling, G., Minte-Vera, C., Xui, H., Laborda, A., Erauskin-Extraminiana, M., Uriarte, A. and Santiago, J. (2022). Analysis of recruitment deviates of tropical tuna stock assessments.
Zudaire, I., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Farley, J., Murua, H., Kukul, D., Vidot, A., Abdul Razzaque, S., Ahusan, M., Romanov, E., Eveson, P., Clear, N., Luque, P., Fraile, I., Bodin, N., Chassot, E., Govinden, R., Ebrahim, A., Shahid, U., Marsac, F. and Merino, G. (2022). A preliminary report on Estimates of fecundity, age at maturity, sex ratios, spawning season, and spawning fraction for bigeye tuna to be provided to the Working Party on Tropical Tunas.
Zudaire, I., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Farley, J., Murua, H., Kukul, D., Vidot, A., Abdul Razzaque, S., Ahusan, M., Romanov, E., Eveson, P., Clear, N., Luque, P., Fraile, I., Bodin, N., Chassot, E., Govinden, R., Ebrahim, A., Shahid, U., Marsac, F. and Merino, G. (2022). A preliminary report on Estimates of fecundity, age at maturity, sex ratios, spawning season, and spawning fraction for skipjack tuna to be provided to the Working Party on Tropical Tunas.
Zudaire, I., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Farley, J., Murua, H., Kukul, D., Vidot, A., Abdul Razzaque, S., Ahusan, M., Romanov, E., Eveson, P., Clear, N., Luque, P., Fraile, I., Bodin, N., Chassot, E., Govinden, R., Ebrahim, A., Shahid, U., Marsac, F. and Merino, G. (2022). A preliminary report on Estimates of fecundity, age at maturity, sex ratios, spawning season, and spawning fraction for yellowfin tuna to be provided to the Working Party on Tropical Tunas.
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WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC FISHERIES COMMISSION
2023
Escalle, L., Moreno, G., Wichman, J., David, D., Hamer, P. (2023). Report of Project 110: Non-entangling and biodegradable FAD trial in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.
Cronin, M., Watson, J.T., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Moreno, G., Murua, H., Nisi, A.C., Price, C., Taylor, N.G., Croll, D.A. (2023). Evaluating publicly available reported shark and ray catch data in industrial fisheries: A global review to inform assessment and conservation.
Moreno, G., Zudaire, I., Uranga, J., Grande, M., Salvador, J., Murua, J., Salgado, A., Murua, H., Santiago, J., Restrepo, V. (2023). The Jelly-FAD: New results on its performance.
Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips, J., Lopez, J., Lynch, J.M., Murua, H., Royer, S.J., Swimmer, Y., Murua, J., Sen Gupta, A., Restrepo, V., Moreno, G. (2023). Modelling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) trajectories arriving at essential oceanic and coastal habitats for leatherback and hawksbill turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
Moreno, G., Cronin, M., Murua, J., Murua, H., Ferarios, J.M., Onandia, I., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Swimmer, Y., Restrepo, V. (2023). Progress in addressing key research to inform Mobulid ray conservation in the Pacific Ocean.
Moreno, G., Crochet, T., Murua, H., Restrepo, V. (2023). A novel FAD tracking device tested in the Pacific Ocean.
Sobradillo, B., Boyra, G., Uranga, J., Moreno, G. (2023). Target strength measurements of ex-situ yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and frequency-response discrimination for tropical tuna species.
ISSF (2023). ISSF Workshop on Different Approaches to Limit the Number of FADs in the Oceans.
2022
Moreno, G., Salvador, J., Zudaire, I., Murua, J., Pelegri, J., Uranga, J., Murua, H., Grande, M. and Restrepo, V. (2022). The Jelly-FAD A Paradigm Shift in Biodegradable FAD design.
Moreno, G., Murua, J., Cronin, M., Murua, H., Ferarios, JM., Lezama, N., Swimmer, Y. and Restrepo, V.(2022). Addressing key research to inform Mobula rays conservation in the Pacific Ocean.
Cronin, M., Croll, D.A., Hall, M.A., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Lopez, N., Murua, H., Murua, J., Restrepo, V., Rojas-Perea, S., Stewart, J.D., Waldo, J.L. and Moreno, G. (2022). Harnessing Stakeholder Knowledge for the Collaborative Development of Mobulid Bycatch Mitigation Strategies in Tuna Fisheries.
Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips, J., Moreno, G., Lopez, J., Lynch, J., Murua, H., Aires-da-Silva, A., Royer, S.J., Hampton, J., Swimmer, Y., Wallace, B. and Restrepo, V. (2022). Modelling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) trajectories arriving at essential habitats for sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
Escalle, L., Moreno, G., Hare, S. and Hamer, P. (2022). Report of Project 110: Non-entangling and biodegradable FAD trial in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.
2023
Murua, H. (2023) Summary of the 3rd Session of the IOTC Ad-hoc Working Group on the Development of Electronic Monitoring Programme Standards (WGEMS). IOTC–2023–WPDCS–24rev1.
Moreno, G., Zudaire, I., Uranga, J., Grande, M., Salvador, J., Murua, J., Salgado, A., Murua, H., Santiago, J. and Restrepo, V. (2023). The Jelly-FAD: New results on its performance.
Moreno G., Lopez J., Escalle L., Lynch J., Roman, M., Scutt Phillips J., Swimmer Y., Murua, H., Royer S.J., Murua, J., Hutchinson, M., Aires-da-Silva A. and Restrepo V. (2023). Guidelines to reduce the impact of drifting fish aggregating devices on sea turtles.
Sobradillo, B., Boyra, G., Uranga, J. and Moreno, G. (2023). Target strength measurements of ex-situ yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and frequency-response discrimination for tropical tuna species.
Murua, H., Santiago, J., Moreno, G., Grande, M. and Restrepo, V. (2023) A review of fisheries closures in tropical tuna RFMOs.
Fraile, I., Luque, P., Campana, S., Farley, J., Krusic-Golub, K., Clear, N., Eveson, P., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Zudaire, I., Murua, H. and Merino, G. (2023). Age validation of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Indian Ocean using post-peak bomb radiocarbon chronologies.
Farley, J., Krusic-Golub, K., Eveson, P., Luque, P., Fraile, I., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Zudaire, I., Romanov, E., Shahid, U., Abdul Razzaque, S., Parker, D., Clear, N., Murua, H., Marsac, F. and Merino, G. (2023). Updating the estimation of age and growth of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Indian Ocean using otoliths.
Artetxe-Arrate, I., Fraile, I., Lastra-Luque, P., Farley, J., Urtizberea, A., Shahid, U., Razzaque, S., Clear, N., Marsac, F., Murua, H., Merino, G. and Zudaire, I. (2023) Otolith stable isotopes suggest limited east to west connectivity of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Indian Ocean.
Díaz-Arce, N., Arrizabalaga, H., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Davies, C.R., Grewe, P., Fraile, I., Marsac, F., Merino, G., Murua, H., Farley, J. and Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, N. (2023). Bigeye (Thunnus obesus) tuna connectivity in the Indian Ocean based on genome wide genetic markers.
ISSF (2023). ISSF Workshop on Different Approaches to Limit the Number of FADs in the Oceans.
2022
Hampton, J., Leape, G., Nickson, A., Restrepo, V., Santiago, J., Agnew, D., Amande, J., Banks, R., Brownjohn, M., Chassot, E., Clarke, R., Davies, T., Die, D., Gaertner, D., Galland, G., Gershman, D., Goujon, M., Hall, M., Herrera, M., Holland, K., Itano, D., Kawamoto, T., Brian, K., Maufroy, A., Moreno, G., Murua, H., Murua, J., Pilling, G., Schaefer, K., Phillips, J.S. and Taquet, M. (2022) What does well managed FAD use look within a tropical purse seine fishery?
Capello, M., Merino, G., Tolotti, M., Murua, H. and Dagorn, L. (2022) Developing a science-based framework for the management of drifting Fishing Aggregating Devices.
Moreno, G., Salvador, J., Zudaire, I., Murua, J., Uranga, J., Murua, H., Grande, M. and Restrepo, V. (2022). The Jelly-FAD A Paradigm Shift in Biodegradable FAD design.
Zudaire, I., Moreno, G., Murua, J., Murua, H., Tolotti, M.T., Roman, M., Hall, M., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Merino, G., Escalle, L., Hamer, P., Basurko, O.C., Capello, M., Dagorn, L., Ramos, M.L., Abascal, F.J., Báez, J.C., Pascual-Alayón, P.J., Déniz, S. and Santiago, J. (2022) Status of biodegradable FADs development.
Zudaire, I., Moreno, G., Murua, J., Murua, H., Tolotti, M.T., Roman, M., Hall, M., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Merino, G., Escalle, L., Hamer, P., Basurko, O.C., Capello, M., Dagorn, L., Ramos, M.L., Abascal, F.J., Báez, J.C., Pascual-Alayón, P.J., Déniz, S. and Santiago, J. (2022) Status of biodegradable FADs development.
Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips, J., Moreno, G., Lopez, J., Lynch, J., Murua, H., Aires-da-Silva, A., Royer, S.J., Hampton, J., Swimmer, Y., Wallace, B., Corniuk, R., Mcwhirter, A. and Restrepo, V. (2022). Modelling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) trajectories arriving at essential habitats for sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
Romanov E., et al. (2022). An update on the recent development of IOTC BTH PRM Project.
Seret, B., Abascal, F.J., Amande, J., Ariz, J., Bach, P., Chavance, P., Coelho, R., Korta, M., Poisson, F., Santos, M.N. and Murua, H. (2022). Biological information for most commonly shark and ray species.
Nieblas, A.E., Murua, H., de Bruyn, P., Chassot, E., Fiorellato, F. and Juan-Jordá, M.J. (2022). Pre-workshop analysis in preparation for the 2022 IOTC Ecoregions Workshop: Identification of regions in the IOTC convention area to inform the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
Juan-Jordá, M.J., Nieblas, A.E., Murua, H., Chassot, E., de Bruyn, P., Hayes, D., Marsac, F., Shahid, U., Thoya, P., Tsuji, S., Andonegi, E., Green, M., Kitakado, T., Nelson, L., Khan, M., Ramos Alonso, L., Moss, J., Lopetegui, L., Hoque, Z., Pierre, L. and Sheikh, A. (2022). 2nd IOTC Ecoregion Workshop: identification of regions in the IOTC convention area to inform the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
Grande, M., Onandia, I., Galaz, J.M., Uranga, J., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Murua, J., Ruiz, J., Arregui, I., Murua, H. and Santiago, J. (2022) Assessment on accidentally captured silky shark post-release survival in the Indian Ocean tuna purse seine fishery.
Murua, H., Bromhead, D., Fiorellato, F. and Chassot, E. (2022). Electronic Monitoring related terms and definitions.
Murua, H., Fiorellato, F., Ruiz, J, Chassot, E. and Restrepo, V. (2022). Minimum standards for designing and implementing Electronic Monitoring systems in Indian Ocean tuna fisheries.
Merino, G., Urtizberea, A., Fu, D., Winker, H., Cardinale, M., Lauretta, M.V., Murua, H., Kitakado, T., Arrizabalaga, H., Scott, R., Pilling, G., Minte-Vera, C., Xui, H., Laborda, A., Erauskin-Extraminiana, M., Uriarte, A. and Santiago, J. (2022). Analysis of recruitment deviates of tropical tuna stock assessments.
Zudaire, I., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Farley, J., Murua, H., Kukul, D., Vidot, A., Abdul Razzaque, S., Ahusan, M., Romanov, E., Eveson, P., Clear, N., Luque, P., Fraile, I., Bodin, N., Chassot, E., Govinden, R., Ebrahim, A., Shahid, U., Marsac, F. and Merino, G. (2022). A preliminary report on Estimates of fecundity, age at maturity, sex ratios, spawning season, and spawning fraction for bigeye tuna to be provided to the Working Party on Tropical Tunas.
Zudaire, I., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Farley, J., Murua, H., Kukul, D., Vidot, A., Abdul Razzaque, S., Ahusan, M., Romanov, E., Eveson, P., Clear, N., Luque, P., Fraile, I., Bodin, N., Chassot, E., Govinden, R., Ebrahim, A., Shahid, U., Marsac, F. and Merino, G. (2022). A preliminary report on Estimates of fecundity, age at maturity, sex ratios, spawning season, and spawning fraction for skipjack tuna to be provided to the Working Party on Tropical Tunas.
Zudaire, I., Artetxe-Arrate, I., Farley, J., Murua, H., Kukul, D., Vidot, A., Abdul Razzaque, S., Ahusan, M., Romanov, E., Eveson, P., Clear, N., Luque, P., Fraile, I., Bodin, N., Chassot, E., Govinden, R., Ebrahim, A., Shahid, U., Marsac, F. and Merino, G. (2022). A preliminary report on Estimates of fecundity, age at maturity, sex ratios, spawning season, and spawning fraction for yellowfin tuna to be provided to the Working Party on Tropical Tunas.
2023
Sobradillo, B., Boyra, G. Uranga, U., Moreno, G. (2023). TS measurements of ex-situ yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and frequency-response discrimination for tropical tuna species.
Uranga, J., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Lennert-Cody, C.E., Quincoces, I., Granado, I., Maunder, M.N., Ovando, D., Aires-da-Silva, A., Merino, G., Murua, H., Santiago, J. (2023). Tropical tuna biomass indicators from echosounder buoys in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Moreno G., Lopez J., Escalle L., Lynch J., Roman, M., Scutt Phillips J., Swimmer Y., Murua, H., Royer S.J., Murua, J., Hutchinson, M., Aires-da-Silva, A., Restrepo, V. (2023). Guidelines to reduce the impact of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices on Sea Turtles.
Moreno, G., Zudaire, I., Uranga, J., Grande, M., Salvador, J., Murua, J., Salgado, A., Murua, H., Santiago, J., Restrepo, V. (2023). The Jelly-FAD: new results on its performance. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Ad hoc Working group on FADs. La Jolla, California, 12-13 May 2023.
Moreno, G., Crochet, T., Murua, H., Restrepo, V. (2023). A novel FAD tracking device tested in the Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Ad hoc Working group on FADs. La Jolla, California, 12-13 May 2023.
Royer, S.J., Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips J., Lynch J., Lopez J., Swimmer Y., Murua H., Restrepo V., Moreno, G. 2023. Predicted origins of drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) into environmentally sensitive habitats of Hawai’i using backwards simulated drift trajectories. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Ad hoc Working group on FADs. La Jolla, California, 12-13 May 2023.
Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips, J., Lopez, J., Lynch, J.M., Murua, H., Royer, S.J., Swimmer, Y., Murua, J., Sen Gupta, A., Restrepo V., Moreno, G. (2023). Modeling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) trajectories arriving at essential oceanic and coastal habitats for leatherback and hawksbill turtles in the Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Working group on ecosystem and bycatch. La Jolla, California, 11-12 May 2023.
Murua, J., Ferarios, J.M., Lopez, J., Moreno, G., Roman, M., Grande, M., Murua, H., Hutchinson, M., Altamirano, E., Restrepo, V., Santiago, J. (2023). Testing bycatch release devices for vulnerable elasmobranch species in tropical tuna purse seiners of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Working group on ecosystem and bycatch. La Jolla, California, 11-12 May 2023.
Waldo, J.L., Altamirano, E., Croll, D.A., Palacios, M.D., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Lopez, J., Moreno, G., Rojas-Perea, S., Cronin, M.R. (2023). Exploring helicopter-vessel communication for mobulid bycatch avoidance in tropical tuna fisheries. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Working group on ecosystem and bycatch. La Jolla, California, 11-12 May 2023.
Moreno, G., Cronin, M., Murua, J., Murua, H., Ferarios, J.M., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Swimmer, Y., Restrepo, V. (2023). Progress in addressing key research to inform Mobulid ray conservation in the Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Working group on ecosystem and bycatch.
2022
Zudaire, I., Moreno, G., Murua, J., Murua, H., Tolotti, MT, Roman, M., Hall, M., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Merino, G., Escalle, L., Hamer, P., Basurko, OC, Capello, M., Dagorn, L., Ramos, ML, Abascal, FJ, Báez, JC, Pascual-Alayón, PJ, Déniz, S. and Santiago, J. (2022). BiodegradableDFADs: current status and prospects.
Uranga, J., Lopez, J., Grande, M., Lennert-Cody, C.E., Quincoces, I., Granado, I., Maunder, M.N., Aires-da-Silva, A., Merino, G., Murua, H. and Santiago, J. (2022). Tropical tuna biomass indicators from echosounder buoys in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Ortuño Crespo, G., Griffiths, S., Murua, H., Österblom, H. and Lopez, J. (2022). Reducing shark bycatch in tuna fisheries: adaptive spatio-temporal management options for the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Moreno, G., Salvador, J., Zudaire, I., Murua, J., Uranga, J., Murua, H., Grande, M. and Restrepo, V. (2022). The jellyfad: a paradigm shift in bio-fad design.
Escalle L., Scutt Phillips J., Moreno G., Lopez J., Lynch J., Murua H., Aires-da-Silva A., Royer S.J., Hampton J., Swimmer Y., Wallace, B., Corniuk R., Mcwhirter A. and Restrepo V. (2022). Modeling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) trajectories arriving at essential habitats for sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
Moreno G., Escalle L., Lopez J., Lynch J., Scutt Phillips J., Royer S.J., Aires-da-Silva A., Swimmer Y., Hampton J., Corniuk R., Mcwhirter A., Restrepo V. and Murua, H. (2022). Definition of guidelines to reduce the impact of lost and abandoned Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) on Sea Turtles.
Moreno, G., Murua, J., Cronin, M., Murua, H., Ferarios, JM., Lezama, N., Swimmer, Y. and Restrepo, V.(2022). Addressing key research to inform Mobula rays conservation in the Pacific Ocean.
2023
Maunder, M. and Hoyle, S. (2023). Tuna Stock Assessment Good Practices Workshop. ICCAT Presentation SCRS_P_2023_059.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Ortuño, G., Andonegi, E. Grande, M. and Murua, H. (2023) Terms of Reference for the development of decision support tool for providing integrated bycatch management advise to decision-makers. ICCAT document SCRS/2023/068.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Ortuño, G., Andonegi, E. and Murua, H. (2023) Terms of Reference for the development of a pilot product to test the utility of ICCAT ecoregions for delivering advise-products to decision-makers. ICCAT document SCRS/2023/067.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Andonegi, E., Murua, H., Corrales, X., Lopetegui-Eguren, L., Arrizabalaga, H., Ruiz Gondra, J., Sabarros, P.S., Ramos Alonso, M.L., Baez, J.C., Alvarez, D., Kell, L., Die, D. and Hanke, A. (2023) Terms of Reference for the Tropical Atlantic Ecoregion Case Study.Juan-Jorda, M.J., Domingo, A., Di Natale, A., Inrh, B., Luckhurst, B., Brown, C., Die, D., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Diaz, G., Murua, H., Bell, J., Stobberup, K., Kell, L., Schirripa, M., Daisuke, O., Obregon, P., Lehodey, P., Sabarros, P.S., Scott, R., Wanless, R., Tsuji, S., Jimenez, S., Corrales, X. and Hanke, A. (2023) REPORT OF THE 2nd MEETING OF THE SUB-GROUP ON THE ECOSYSTEM REPORT CARD. ICCAT document SCRS/2023/065.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Domingo, A., Di Natale, A., Inrh, B., Luckhurst, B., Brown, C., Die, D., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Diaz, G., Murua, H., Bell, J., Stobberup, K., Kell, L., Schirripa, M., Daisuke, O., Obregon, P., Lehodey, P., Sabarros, P.S., Scott, R., Wanless, R., Tsuji, S., Jimenez, S., Corrales, X. and Hanke, A. (2023) REPORT OF THE 2nd MEETING OF THE SUB-GROUP ON THE ECOSYSTEM REPORT CARD. ICCAT document SCRS/2023/065.
2022
Restrepo, V., Murua, H. and Justel-Rubio, A. (2022) Estimate of the capacity of large-scale purse seiners fishing for tropical tunas in the Atlantic Ocean in 2022.
Juan-Jordá, M.J., Nieblas, A.E., Hanke, A., Sachiko, T., Andonegi, E., Di Natale, A., Kell, L., Diaz, G., Alvarez Berastegui, D., Brown, C., Die, D., Arrizabalaga, H., Yates, O., Gianuca, D., Niemeyer Fiedler, F., Luckhurst, B., Coelho, R., Zador, S., Dickey-Collas, M., Pepin, P. and Murua, H. (2022). Report of the ICCAT workshop on the identification of regions in the ICCAT convention area for supporting the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
Juan-Jorda, M.J., Murua, H., Diaz, G., Obregon, P., Kell, L., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Eider, A., Coelho, R., Sachiko, T., Ochi, D., Domingo, A., Die, D., Yates, O., Tai, I., Bell, J., Tugores, P., Hanke, A. (2022). Report of the 1st meeting of the sub-group on the Ecosystem Report Card.
Murua, J., Ferarios, J.M., Grande, M., Onandia, I., Moreno, G., Murua, H. and Santiago, J. (2022). Developing bycatch reduction devices in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries to improve elasmobranch release survival.
Nieblas, A.E., Murua, H. and Juan-Jordá, M.J. (2022). Pre-workshop analysis in preparation for the 2022 ICCAT Ecoregion Workshop: “Identification of regions in the ICCAT convention area for supporting the implementation of ecosystem based fisheries management.”
Santiago, J., Uranga, J., Quincoces, I., Grande, M., Murua, H., Merino, G., Zudaire, I., Urtizberea, A. and Boyra, G. (2022). Index of abundance of skipjack tuna in the Atlantic Ocean derived from echosounder buoys (2010-2020).
Nieblas, A.E., Murua, H., De Bruyn, P., Chassot, E., Fiorellato, F. and Juan-Jordá, M.J. (2022). Pre workshop analysis in preparation for the 2022 IOTC Ecoregions Workshop: “Identification of regions in the IOTC convention area to inform the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.”
2023
Escalle, L., Moreno, G., Wichman, J., David, D., Hamer, P. (2023). Report of Project 110: Non-entangling and biodegradable FAD trial in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.
Cronin, M., Watson, J.T., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Moreno, G., Murua, H., Nisi, A.C., Price, C., Taylor, N.G., Croll, D.A. (2023). Evaluating publicly available reported shark and ray catch data in industrial fisheries: A global review to inform assessment and conservation.
Moreno, G., Zudaire, I., Uranga, J., Grande, M., Salvador, J., Murua, J., Salgado, A., Murua, H., Santiago, J., Restrepo, V. (2023). The Jelly-FAD: New results on its performance.
Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips, J., Lopez, J., Lynch, J.M., Murua, H., Royer, S.J., Swimmer, Y., Murua, J., Sen Gupta, A., Restrepo, V., Moreno, G. (2023). Modelling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) trajectories arriving at essential oceanic and coastal habitats for leatherback and hawksbill turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
Moreno, G., Cronin, M., Murua, J., Murua, H., Ferarios, J.M., Onandia, I., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Swimmer, Y., Restrepo, V. (2023). Progress in addressing key research to inform Mobulid ray conservation in the Pacific Ocean.
Moreno, G., Crochet, T., Murua, H., Restrepo, V. (2023). A novel FAD tracking device tested in the Pacific Ocean.
Sobradillo, B., Boyra, G., Uranga, J., Moreno, G. (2023). Target strength measurements of ex-situ yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and frequency-response discrimination for tropical tuna species.
ISSF (2023). ISSF Workshop on Different Approaches to Limit the Number of FADs in the Oceans.
2022
Moreno, G., Salvador, J., Zudaire, I., Murua, J., Pelegri, J., Uranga, J., Murua, H., Grande, M. and Restrepo, V. (2022). The Jelly-FAD A Paradigm Shift in Biodegradable FAD design.
Moreno, G., Murua, J., Cronin, M., Murua, H., Ferarios, JM., Lezama, N., Swimmer, Y. and Restrepo, V.(2022). Addressing key research to inform Mobula rays conservation in the Pacific Ocean.
Cronin, M., Croll, D.A., Hall, M.A., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Lopez, N., Murua, H., Murua, J., Restrepo, V., Rojas-Perea, S., Stewart, J.D., Waldo, J.L. and Moreno, G. (2022). Harnessing Stakeholder Knowledge for the Collaborative Development of Mobulid Bycatch Mitigation Strategies in Tuna Fisheries.
Escalle, L., Scutt Phillips, J., Moreno, G., Lopez, J., Lynch, J., Murua, H., Aires-da-Silva, A., Royer, S.J., Hampton, J., Swimmer, Y., Wallace, B. and Restrepo, V. (2022). Modelling drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) trajectories arriving at essential habitats for sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
Escalle, L., Moreno, G., Hare, S. and Hamer, P. (2022). Report of Project 110: Non-entangling and biodegradable FAD trial in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.
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