ISSF: ICCAT 2025 delivers ‘mixed results’

With the conclusion of the 2025 annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), in Seville, Spain, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has welcomed what it regards as meaningful progress made in some areas, particularly on harvest strategies, but has also voiced its disappointment that many issues central to achieving fully monitored and accountable fisheries were deferred to intersessional work in 2026 and beyond. 

Skipjack tuna

With the conclusion of the 2025 annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), in Seville, Spain, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has welcomed what it regards as meaningful progress made in some areas, particularly on harvest strategies, but has also voiced its disappointment that many issues central to achieving fully monitored and accountable fisheries were deferred to intersessional work in 2026 and beyond.