Correction to ‘Pons, M., Kaplan, D., Moreno, G., Escalle, L., Abascal, F., Hall, M., Restrepo, V., & Hilborn, R. (2023). Benefits, concerns, and solutions of fishing for tunas with drifting fish aggregation devices. Fish and Fisheries, https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12780’

Correction to ‘Pons, M., Kaplan, D., Moreno, G., Escalle, L., Abascal, F., Hall, M., Restrepo, V., & Hilborn, R. (2023). Benefits, concerns, and solutions of fishing for tunas with drifting fish aggregation devices. Fish and Fisheries, https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12780

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The work presented in this article was conducted independently by the author(s). The report and its results, professional opinions and conclusions are solely the work of the authors. M.P. was funded by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF, www.iss-foundation.org) to write the report, but there are no contractual obligations between ISSF and the author that might be used to influence any of the report's text. While G.M. and V.R. are employees of the ISSF, their participation in the collective effort of writing the manuscript was equally independent. All of the authors' work for institutions that benefit from and work towards the sustainability of the tropical tuna purse seine fisheries in different oceans.

Misquote of original published article

The following published paper was misquoted in error: Purves, M., Adam, M. S., & Bealey, R. (2021). A polluter pays principle for drifting FADs—How it could be applied? IOTC-2021-WGFAD02-08. The focus of the paper by Purves et al. (2021) is the Polluter Pays Principle, and how it might be applicable to the pollution caused by Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) used in tuna fisheries. No mention was made of tuna pole-and-line fisheries, competition with dFAD fisheries nor any opposition that pole-and-line tuna fisheries might have for the use of dFADs. The authors apologize for the misquote. The sentence referencing Purves et al. (2021) can be replaced by the following text:

Similarly, purse seine and pole-and-line fisheries and fishing nations often see each other as natural competitors for catch of surface tunas (e.g. PNA, N/D; Time News, 2023; IPNLF, 2023). For example, the Maldives, the dominant pole-and-line fishing nation of the Indian Ocean, with the support of the International Pole and Line Foundation, the NGO representing the pole-and-line fishing industry (IPNLF, 2023), recently proposed the original version of an IOTC resolution that would place major new restrictions on dFAD fishing (IOTC, 2023a). This resolution passed the IOTC Commission in a contentious, non-unanimous vote with strong objection from the major purse seine fishing nations in the Indian Ocean (European Union, Seychelles, Mauritius) but will not enter into vigour under IOTC rules due to a large number of written objections from member states of the IOTC (IOTC, 2023b).

Please note that while the references in the first sentence of this new text support the statement in hand, they come from purse seine and pole-and-line industry representatives and, therefore, represent their own views of the issues facing their respective industries and not a scientific (e.g. economic or policy) analysis of competition between the two industries.

The new references are as follows:

PNA. (no date). Retrieved from https://www.pnatuna.com/content/actions-desperate-man-attack-pacific-island-nations

Time News. (2023). The Spanish Indian Ocean tuna vessels, against the ropes: “They want to kill the fleet”. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://time.news/the-spanish-indian-ocean-tuna-vessels-against-the-ropes-they-want-to-kill-the-fleet/

IPNLF. (2023). IPNLF Position Statement, 27th IOTC Commission Meeting, 8–12 May, 2023, Mauritius. Retrieved from https://ipnlf.org/ipnlf-position-statement-27th-iotc-commission-meeting-8-12-may-2023-mauritius/

IOTC. (2023a). Resolution 23/02. On management of drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) in the IOTC area of competence. 14 pp. Retrieved from https://iotc.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023/02/Resolution_23-02E_-_On_Management_of_Drifting_Fish_Aggregating_Devices_DFADs_in_the_IOTC_area_of_competence.pdf

IOTC. (2023b). Circular 2023–51. Status of resolution 2023-02 adopted by the IOTC at its 6th special session. 2 pp. Retrieved from https://iotc.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023/08/Circular_2023-51_-_Status_of_Resolution_2023-02E.pdf

We apologize for these errors.