Acknowledgements:

Photo Credits:

ISSF would like to thank Laurent Dagorn (IRD), David Itano (University of Hawaii) and all of the scientists and skippers that have contributed to our understanding of sustainable tuna fishing practices.

ISSF extends special thanks to the photographers who contributed images to this iBook. Many of the images were captured on ISSF research cruises and during ISSF events. Laurent Dagorn, Fabien Forget, David Itano, Jeff Muir, and Jefferson Murua.

Dagorn, L., Filmalter, JD., Forget, F., Amandè, M.J., Hall, M., Williams, P. Murua, H., Ariz, J., Chavance, P., Bez, N. (2012) Targeting bigger schools can reduce ecosystem impacts of fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. doi: 10.1139/f2012-089

Dagorn, L., Filmalter, JD., Forget, F., Amandè, M.J., Hall, M., Williams, P. Murua, H., Ariz, J., Chavance, P., Bez, N. (2012) Targeting bigger schools can reduce ecosystem impacts of fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. doi: 10.1139/f2012-089

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. (2009) Guidelines to reduce sea turtle mortality in fishing operations. Rome, FAO. 128pp.

Poisson F., Vernet A. L., Séret B., Dagorn L. (2012) Good practices to reduce the mortality of sharks and rays caught incidentally by the tropical tuna purse seiners. EU FP7 project #210496 MADE, Deliverable 7.2., 30p.

Schaefer, Kurt M. (1999) Comparative study of some morphological features of yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) and bigeye (Thunnus obesus) tunas. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Bulletin, 21 (7): 491-525.