Table 1 Characteristics of 21 global tuna fisheries and their performance outcomes by triple bottom line and by sector
From: The fishery performance indicators for global tuna fisheries
Fishery characteristics | Triple bottom line performance | Sector performance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RFMO | Scale | Gear | Tuna species | Flag states of fleets | Est. volume (000 Tons 2009) | Regional management controls | Ecology | Economics | Community | Harvest | Post-harvest |
WCPFC | I | DWPS | SJ/YF | JPN, TWN, KOR | 935 | VD caps; seasons | 3.60 | 3.68 | 4.00 | 3.83 | 3.88 |
I | PS | SJ/YF | IDN, PHL | 551 | Seasons | 3.13 | 3.56 | 3.98 | 3.65 | 3.77 | |
I | PS | SJ/YF | PNG, SLB, MHL, FSM | 361 | FSMA VD caps; seasons | 4.20 | 3.48 | 3.15 | 3.34 | 3.24 | |
I | DWPS | SJ/YF | USA | 282 | Treaty VD caps; seasons | 3.38 | 3.43 | 3.53 | 3.54 | 3.62 | |
I | DWLL | YF/BF | JPN, TWN, KOR | 151 | Vessel limits; GHLs | 3.25 | 3.88 | 4.04 | 3.62 | 4.37 | |
I | LL | YF/BE/BF | JPN, TWN | 65 | Vessel limits; GHLs | 3.13 | 3.98 | 4.22 | 3.62 | 4.64 | |
A | LL/HL | YF/BE | IDN, PHL | 38 | None | 3.50 | 3.58 | 3.83 | 3.41 | 3.74 | |
I | LL | AL/YF | FJI | 14 | Closed areas | 4.25 | 3.74 | 3.21 | 3.20 | 3.80 | |
IOTC | SE | GN/LL | SJ | LKA, YEM, OMN, PAK, IRN, IND, COM | 303 | None | 3.75 | 2.96 | 3.64 | 3.35 | 2.93 |
I | DWPS | SJ | EU (FRA, ESP) | 243 | Closed areas | 3.75 | 3.85 | 4.12 | 4.13 | 3.87 | |
SE | LL/HL | YF | LKA, MDV, IDN, SYC, YEM, OMN, PAK, IRN, IND, COM | 119 | None | 4.16 | 3.67 | 3.99 | 3.54 | 3.96 | |
SE | PL | SJ | MDV | 110 | None | 4.75 | 3.54 | 3.93 | 4.00 | 3.38 | |
IATTC | I | PS | SJ | ECU, COL, VEN, PAN, NIC | 454 | Capacity limits; seasons | 3.63 | 3.83 | 4.29 | 3.89 | 4.10 |
I | PL/TR | AL | USA, CAN | 41 | GHLs | 5.00 | 4.08 | 4.36 | 4.12 | 4.34 | |
A | LL | YF/BE | ECU, PER | 11 | BE TACs | 3.50 | 3.40 | 3.90 | 3.03 | 3.99 | |
I | PS/RN | BF | MEX | 10 | None | 2.75 | 4.17 | 4.62 | 4.10 | 4.65 | |
ICCAT | I | PS | SJ/YF | EU (FRA, ESP), GHA | 198 | GHLs | 3.63 | 3.76 | 3.76 | 3.99 | 3.71 |
I | DWLL | BE/YF/BF | JPN, TWN, KOR | 82 | Vessel cap; TAC | 2.50 | 3.95 | 4.03 | 3.61 | 4.38 | |
I | PS/TP | BF | ESP, TUR, MLT, HRV, GRC, ITA | 7 | TAC; season; capacity limits | 2.25 | 4.06 | 4.26 | 3.84 | 4.52 | |
CCSBT | I | DWLL | SB | JPN, TWN | 5 | TAC | 3.13 | 3.86 | 4.05 | 3.24 | 4.70 |
I | PS/RN | SB | AUS | 4 | TAC | 2.88 | 4.14 | 4.14 | 3.83 | 4.47 | |
