Tuna Development Indian Ocean Tropical Tuna fishery

Assessments

The MSC Improvement Program offers a way of independently verifying progress and helps fisheries stay on track to achieve the improvements needed to meet the MSC Fisheries Standard.

• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Improvement Program Eligibility Report	09 Oct 2025	1 files
  Benchmarking and Tracking Tool (BMT)	01 Oct 2025	1 files
  MSC At Sea Labour Eligibility Requirements Reporting Template	01 Oct 2025	1 files
  Scope Declaration Template	01 Oct 2025	1 files

• Improvement Program Entry v3.0 (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-3672	Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	51 (Indian Ocean, Western), 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-3670	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	51 (Indian Ocean, Western), 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-3671	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	51 (Indian Ocean, Western), 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  ITM Entry Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope Declaration Template	01 Oct 2025	1 files
  MSC At Sea Labour Eligibility Requirements Reporting Template	01 Oct 2025	1 files
  Benchmarking and Tracking Tool (BMT)	01 Oct 2025	1 files

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  ITM Eligibility Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Improvement Program Eligibility Report	09 Oct 2025	1 files

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