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Bycatch - Towards ecosystem-based management of tuna fisheries

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Transitioning to <strong>Bycatch</strong> Governance<br />

• Estimate and account for indirect<br />

effects <strong>of</strong> fishing mortality and<br />

unobservable losses.<br />

• Multispecies <strong>ecosystem</strong>-level<br />

models, indicators and reference<br />

points.<br />

• Balance fishing mortality across<br />

and w/in trophic levels at<br />

sustainable levels according to<br />

natural production capacities.<br />

• Marine spatial planning –<br />

integrated <strong>management</strong> <strong>of</strong> all<br />

sectors using marine resources.<br />

via EBFM<br />

Will t-RFMOs transition from the status quo <strong>of</strong> single-species stock assessments<br />

and biological reference points for a small proportion <strong>of</strong> incidental market bycatch<br />

species, and mixed progress in controlling bycatch <strong>of</strong> species and groups relatively<br />

vulnerable to overexploitation, to:

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