OPRT promotes cooperative relationships of all the parties involved in the production, trade, distribution, and consumption of tuna resources.
The OPRT holds various seminars on the production, marketing and consumption of tunas as follows (some of the seminars and workshops were conducted only in Japanese):
1st seminar in the 2023 fiscal year: 2023 NOAA’s Report to US Congress on Improving International Fisheries Management
2nd seminar in the 2022 fiscal year: Management strategy evaluation (MSE) for Atlantic bluefin tuna
1st seminar in the 2022 fiscal year: MSE for tuna species
A workshop on labor issues (in the 2021 fiscal year)
2nd seminar in the 2021 fiscal year: NOAA‘s 2021 Report to Congress on Improving International Fisheries Management
1st seminar in the 2021 fiscal year: Recruitment of young fishermen through YouTube
3rd seminar in the 2020 fiscal year: Explanation on the US Seafood Import Monitoring Program and the EU IUU regulations as measures against IUU fishing activities
2nd seminar in the 2020 fiscal year: Summary of the FAO International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability held in Rome from November 18 to 21
1st seminar in the 2020 fiscal year: Summary of FAO 2020 State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture
3rd seminar in the 2019 fiscal year: Results of tuna RFMOs annual meetings held in autumn 2019 and major issues expected to be discussed at tuna RFMO meetings in 2020
2nd seminar in the 2019 fiscal year: Status of tuna resources concerning tuna long line fishery
1st seminar in the 2019 fiscal year: Status of and management measures for bigeye stocks in the world
4th seminar in the 2018 fiscal year: Let’s work together for conservation of bigeye!
3rd seminar in the 2018 fiscal year: CITES Appendix listing proposals for aquatic species at COP18 and introduction of stock assessments for shortfin mako shark by RFMOs
2nd seminar in the 2018 fiscal year: Status of tuna resources concerning tuna long line fishery
1st seminar in the 2018 fiscal year: Facilities and features of the Toyosu Market
