Review of drifting FAD Closures across tuna RFMOs, their histories, context and socioeconomic considerations

more complete Fishing Closures covering the entire Area of Competence of tropical tuna RFMO
covering periods of 72 days or more. As such, FAD Closures have become standard and important
conservation measures across all tropical tuna RFMOs globally, except for in the Indian Ocean under
the IOTC to date.