ISSF Workshop On Different Approaches to Limit the Number of FADs in the Oceans:

At its October 2022 meeting, the ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee recommended that ISSF convene a
workshop with a small group of experts to consider different principles of economic theory which could be used
to make Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) limits more effective. The rationale for such a workshop was that the
use of FADs, both drifting (dFAD) and anchored (aFAD), has a number of known impacts on target tuna stocks,
non-target species and the broader ecosystem. Limiting the number of FADs in each Ocean region, together
with other measures such as biodegradable FADs, can be a tool to address several, if not most, of these
impacts. Recommendations are given on actions that can be taken to incentivize fewer FAD deployments and
higher rates of FAD recovery