August 26, 2021
Sara Pipernos
Program Associate, International Fisheries 
operating models definition: A core component of the management strategy evaluation (MSE) process used to test a harvest strategy. The OM simulates all relevant aspects of the harvest strategy so that the effects of alternative strategies can be measured and compared. Typically, the OM includes the resource/ecosystem dynamics, the observation process, the assessment process, the management decision process and the implementation of the management decision. Uncertainties in each of these processes are included. Multiple OMs based on varying assumptions are often used within a single MSE process to test the robustness of alternative harvest strategies.
Must-read to get the picture of the next steps in fisheries management in the near future: how to integrate Ecosystem-Based principles into harvest strategies. Might become key for managers coping with the role of RFMOs once Marine Protected Areas in High Seas get installed...
Published last week! The latest edition of the @pewtrusts toolkit for international fisheries teaches us how scientific and policy advances in harvest strategies can help lead the way for similar applications to EBFM. #sustainablefisheries
We have a new guest blog from @WWF's coral triangle program! Read here how a new study can help inform the ongoing evaluation of proposed management measures for skipjack, bigeye and yellowfin tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). @wcpfc
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