ICFA voted to "support the Organization for the Promotion of Responsible Fisheries' (OPRT) initiative to conserve and manage tuna resources, particularly the scrapping of flag-of-convenience tuna longline vessels." In its resolution, ICFA requested that the People's Republic of China limit the number of registered tuna longline vessels in accordance with the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization's (FAO) International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity, and for other member states to seek multilateral agreements to reject tuna imports that are not caught under measures approved by global or regional fishing management organizations.
The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations is a broad coalition of Asian, European, North American and Oceanic commercial fishing organizations that promotes international cooperation between fisheries managers and seafood businesses worldwide.