Aligned Guidance for Well-Managed FAD Fisheries

Citation
NGO Tuna Forum (2021) Aligned Guidance for Well-Managed FAD Fisheries. In: IOTC - 2nd ad hoc Working Group on FADs. IOTC-2021-WGFAD02-INF17, Online
Abstract

Leading NGOs focused on global tuna stock sustainability agree that fishing on fish aggregating devices (FADs) requires improved management, monitoring, compliance and transparency. The following practices and recommendations are designed to inform and guide tuna RFMOs, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fisheries with conditions, and commercial processing and harvesting sectors across the supply chain in developing and/or reforming regulations, policies and regimes to ensure FAD fishing is effectively managed. The groups endorsing this document believe these practices can and must be implemented now* and will result in substantial benefits to tuna stocks and their ecosystems.