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POPA has built an extensive database with information collected by the observers on board the tuna fishing vessels. This database includes information on tuna fisheries (e.g., location of fishing events, catches, and fishing effort), weather conditions (e.g., sea surface temperature, wind and visibility), live bait fisheries (e.g., location of fishing events, catches, gears used), cetaceans (e.g., occurrences, interaction with fishing events and association with other species), birds and sea turtles (e.g., occurrences). POPA is also responsible for \"Friend of the Sea\" tuna fishery certification.\r\n\r\nIn the late 1990\u2019s, it became clear that the tuna industry would be seriously penalized with the absence of a \"dolphin safe\" certification which instigated new measures from the government and the fisheries sector.\r\n\r\nIn order to achieve this certification, the Azores Fisheries Observer Programme (POPA) was funded in 1998, ensuring the absence of dolphin mortality or injury in tuna fishery. Since then, fishery and fishing products are certified by the Earth Island Institute, through the results presented by POPA. Besides that, the tuna fishery is also certified as \"Friend of the Sea\" which means that it is extremely selective, doesn\u2019t harm the surrounding environment and is quite sustainable. It became the first tuna fishery in the world achieving that certification. \r\n\r\nThe Programme results from an agreement among Regional Administration, Earth Island Institute, the Tuna Canning Industry Association (P\u00e3o do Mar), the Fishing Boat Owners Association (APASA) and IMAR - Instituto do Mar - through the University of The Azores Center (IMAR-DOP\/Ua\u00e7), which carries out the programme. Until 2003, the Programme was supported by regional funds. Between 2003 and 2005 it became co-financed by the European Commission through the INTERREG IIIb Programme\/ ORPAM project. 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