The following statements reflect the IGFA's position on a variety of issues pertaining to recreational fishing. Based on sound science and responsible management goals, they serve to support our advocacy work to ensure the future of angling for sportsmen around the world.
Comments on proposed alternative to Everglades National Park Draft General Management Plan
Joint Letter on Highly Migratory Species Amendment 7
IGFA Position Statement for the 18th Special Meeting for the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Amendment 7 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan
Testimony before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs, on H.R. 2706, “the Billfish Conservation Act of 2011”
Indian Ocean Tuna Commision (IOTC) Position Statement 2012
IGFA Policy Statement for the 22nd Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
MPA FAC Recommendations on the Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Process
No Fishing Zones (MPA's)
Proposed CITES Listing for Bluefin Tuna
Marine Spatial Planning in the United States
US National Marine Fisheries Service's Draft Catch Shares Policy
Simple Facts about Catch Shares
IGFA Policy Statement for the 17th Special Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
European Commission consultation on amending the EU shark finning regulation
IGFA Position Statement for the 2011 meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IGFA supports closing the Gulf of Mexico to longlining over weak hooks to reduce bluefin tuna bycatch
IGFA opposes National Marine Fisheries Service bluefin quota rule proposal