IUCN COMMISSION GROUP
IUCN SSC Tuna and Billfish Specialist Group
Overview and description
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This Specialist Group brings together a variety of stakeholders to increase knowledge on the global status and conservation of the world’s tuna and billfish species.
Group leadership
To increase awareness of the status and conservation of the world's tuna and billfish species, the IUCN SSC Tuna and Billfish Specialist Group brings together a variety of stakeholders.
Reassessments of the world’s tunas and billfishes will greatly improve and consolidate the current state of knowledge of these species around the globe. Many national fisheries management organisations are relying on this data to inform and update current policies and management recommendations.
Conservation Assessments
To inform conservation efforts, the Tuna & Billfish Specialist Group assesses species for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In 2019, TBSG completed reassessments for 51 scombrids and 10 billfishes.
TBSG Annual Report
Learn about TSG’s work and results in 2022.
Previous reports:
TSG Annual Report 2022
TBSG Annual Report 2021
TBSG Annual Report 2020
TBSG Annual Report 2019
TBSG Annual Report 2018
TBSG Annual Report 2016-2017
At a glance
Official name:
IUCN SSC Tuna and Billfish Specialist Group
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