The Spanish Fish Aggregating Device Management Plan from 2010-2013

This document analyzes the Fish Aggregating Device National Management Plan undertaken by the Spanish General Secretariat of Maritime Fisheries (Ministry of the Environment, Marine and Rural Affairs), in collaboration with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness), which is complusiory since January 2011 for the Spanish freezer purse-seine fleet targeting tropical tuna (yellowfin-YFT, skipjack-SKJ and bigeye-BET) in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. The document also presents the data collected in the Spanish FAD management plan since 2011.