The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) released a briefing Thursday on best practices for reducing bycatch in tuna longline fisheries.
The report focuses on ways that longline fisheries can substantially reduce catching non-target species and offers industry guidance on ways to insist that such practices are adopted when sourcing tuna.
The briefing was developed to illustrate examples of longline fisheries that have already adopted best practices and to encourage industry to press for these measures to be employed when sourcing tuna.
It describes how gear design, fishing methods, and species occurrence can influence the amount of bycatch.
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