Artículos en la categoría: Blog

New Tool Launch: Harvest Strategy Tracker – Global Progress at a Glance

July 15, 2025

We’re excited to share the Harvest Strategy Tracker, a new interactive tool on HarvestStrategies.org that brings transparency and clarity to the global rollout of harvest strategies, also known as management procedures. This sortable and filterable tracker offers a comprehensive, up-to-date snapshot of harvest strategy development and implementation for international fisheries across regional fisheries management organizations […]

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Guest Blog – Fisheries Management in a Changing Ocean: How harvest strategies can help global fisheries adapt to climate change impacts

July 14, 2025

Climate change has substantial implications for global fisheries. In fact, scientists project that related losses in fish biomass production in the coming decades will occur in many regions, including countries such as the Federated States of Micronesia and Portugal, that rely substantially on aquatic foods for their domestic protein supply. Further, climate change is already […]

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Making Headway & Headlines for the World’s Most Expensive Fish

June 18, 2025

Pacific bluefin tuna make headlines in the world’s most prominent media outlets. “Overfishing causes Pacific bluefin tuna numbers to drop 96%.” “Massive tuna nets $3.1 million at Japan auction.” “Quota for big Pacific bluefin tuna to rise 50% amid stock recovery.” Next month, there is an opportunity for Pacific bluefin to earn their best headline […]

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Guest Blog: Navigating a Changing Ocean – How Science is Helping Secure North Pacific Saury

May 30, 2025

As a physical oceanographer, I’ve dedicated a significant part of my career, including my work with the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC), to understanding the intricate dance between our oceans and the valuable fish stocks they support. My focus has been on the challenges and impacts of climate change on the North Pacific marine ecosystem, […]

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Five-Continent Partnership to Advance Management Procedure Development for South Atlantic Albacore

May 13, 2025

We are pleased to announce that the www.HarvestStrategies.org host, The Ocean Foundation (TOF), has received a 2-year grant from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to facilitate the development and formal adoption of a management strategy evaluation (MSE) tested management procedure (MP) for South Atlantic albacore (Thunnus alalunga). The unique partnership commits funding from not just […]

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Encouraging Progress at IOTC: New Measures for Key Stocks and Renewed Commitments to MSEs

April 23, 2025

The 29th annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission came to a close last week, following the 9th session of its Technical Committee on Management Procedures, IOTC’s science-management dialogue group on management procedures (MPs). There were encouraging steps forward on MPs for several fish stocks: allocated catch limits were set for bigeye and skipjack […]

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Guest Blog: Not Just for Tunas Anymore – Management Procedures for Blue Sharks Are on the Horizon

April 15, 2025

Sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) are among the most threatened groups of marine animals, with 37.5% of known species currently at risk of extinction. Their unique biology makes them highly vulnerable to overfishing, and many of them are caught as a bycatch in tuna fisheries, but some species, like blue sharks, are targeted by important […]

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Guest Blog: Encouraging a Long-Term Vision for Deep-Sea Fisheries Management

March 17, 2025

Guest Authors Deep-sea fisheries (DSF) provide valuable seafood and economic benefits, but the unique characteristics of deep-sea ecosystems and the slow growth, late maturity, and low reproductive rates of many deep-sea species pose scientific and technical challenges in their management. The application of the precautionary approach in this context is not just beneficial; it is […]

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South Pacific Charts the Path Forward on MPs for Key Stocks

February 26, 2025

The 2024 annual meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) in Santiago, Chile, concluded with a critical step toward strengthening the sustainable management of jack mackerel: members agreed to complete the Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) process and adopt a management procedure (MP) for setting the total allowable catch (TAC) in 2026. This […]

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Guest Blog: Building Capacity for Management Strategy Evaluation within the North Pacific Fisheries Commission

February 12, 2025

The North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)  is a relatively new Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) with the overarching objective of ensuring the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fisheries resources in its Convention Area while protecting the marine ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean. Having participated in preparatory meetings before this RFMO was ratified […]

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