Eastern Tuna and Western Tuna Billfish Fisheries Strategic Research Plan 2023–2028

The Eastern Tuna and Western Tuna Billfish Fisheries Strategic Research Plan provides a framework that identifies the key strategic research needs in these fisheries for the five-year period 2023–2028 inclusive. 

This document aims to assist the Tropical Tuna Management Advisory Committee (TTMAC) to identify and support research that will help achieve the management goals for the tropical tuna fisheries which include the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF), the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (WTBF), and the Eastern and Western Skipjack Tuna Fisheries. The Strategic Research Plan also aims to ensure that research projects fit within a comprehensive and strategic research plan for the fisheries. 

The annual research priorities detail the specific research topics of focus each financial year that have been identified by TTMAC. These will be updated by TTMAC on an annualbasis in consultation with the Tropical Tuna Resource Assessment Group (TTRAG).