Sustainable management of tuna fisheries and biodiversity conservation in the areas beyond national jurisdiction.

To achieve responsible, efficient and sustainable tuna harvests and biodiversity conservation in the ABNJ in face of a changing environment

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/10622
Managing organisations
Regional Fishery Commissions (RFMOs): Regional Fishery Commissions: Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Implementing organisations
FAO
Project ID
10622
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 7
GEF Cofinancing
$186.646.718
GEF project grant
$14.378.000
Executing Agencies
Regional Fishery Commissions (RFMOs): Regional Fishery Commissions: Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) (leading execution agency), and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). Other executing partners: Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), International Whaling Commission (IWC), Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in Latin America and the Caribbean (INFOPESCA), International Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network (IMCSN), International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), BirdLife International (BLI), Conservation International (CI), Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Pew Charitable Trust/The Ocean Foundation (TOF), International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), and World Wildlife Fund US (WWF-US) and World Wildlife Fund- Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan).