HONIARA – The 18th WCPFC Tuna Commission Meeting has agreed to an extension of the Compliance Monitoring Scheme Conservation and Management Measure for another two years, however more cooperation is...
tuna conservation
Tuna numbers healthy, but WCPO needs harvest controls, says ISSF
The tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) are in better shape than those of other oceans, a report just published by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation...
ISSF adds three to board of directors, says goodbye to Schumm
Republished from Undercurrent News, 12 April 2019 The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), a global coalition of scientists, the tuna industry and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has...
Stronger Rules Needed for Widely-Used Tuna Fishing Gear in Pacific Ocean
Republished from The Pew Charitable Trusts, 27 September 2018 Managers of the world’s largest tuna fishery—in the western and central Pacific Ocean—have a chance this year to improve the...
Additional FAD Management Measures Needed in International Fisheries
No tuna regional fisheries management organization has sufficient best practices in place to limit ecological impact Republished from The Pew Charitable Trusts, July 17 2018 Overview Tuna fishermen...
