IATTC

Research

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The work of the IATTC staff is divided into two programs, the Tuna-Billfish Program and the Tuna-Dolphin Program.

The principal responsibilities of the Tuna-Billfish Program are:

1. to study the biology of the tunas and related species of the eastern Pacific Ocean with a view to determining the effects that fishing and natural factors have on their abundance;
2. to recommend appropriate conservation measures so that the stocks of fish can be maintained at levels which afford maximum sustainable catches;
3. to collect information on compliance with Commission resolutions.

The principal responsibilities of the Tuna-Dolphin Program are:

1. to monitor the abundance of dolphins and their mortality incidental to purse-seine fishing in the eastern Pacific Ocean;
2. to study the causes of mortality of dolphins during fishing operations and promote the use of fishing techniques and equipment which minimize these mortalities;
3. to study the effects of different modes of fishing on the various fish and other animals of the pelagic ecosystem;
4. to provide a secretariat for the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP).




Last modified: 29 Feb 2008