Multiple Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) have adopted harvest strategies for a variety of species. While each harvest strategy is based on the same fundamental elements and processes, the policy measures themselves can be organized in different ways. This page includes links to examples of international harvest strategy measures.
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Resolution on the Adoption of a Management Procedure, details the parameters of the harvest strategy and TAC for the current management period.
Specifications of the CCSBT Management Procedure, outlines the non-technical and technical elements that make up the harvest strategy.
Resolution on the Allocation of the Global Tuna Allowable Catch, establishes the TAC for the current 3-year management period, using the harvest strategy as a basis.
Reference Points
Resolution 15/10 On Target and Limit Reference Points and a Decision Framework, outlines reference points for albacore, swordfish, and tropical tunas, along with recommendations for evaluating such reference points.
Skipjack Tuna
Resolution 16/02 on Harvest Control Rules for Skipjack Tuna in the IOTC Area of Competence, outlines the specifications of the harvest strategy.
Announcement of the Recommended Skipjack Tuna Catch Limit for 2021-2023, calculates the current TAC, based on the harvest strategy, for the current management period.
General Guidelines
[15-07] Recommendation by ICCAT on the Development of Harvest Control Rules and of Management Strategy Evaluation, outlines the RFMO’s general guidelines on HCR and MSE development.
North Atlantic Albacore
[21-04] Recommendation by ICCAT on Conservation and Management Measures, Including a Management Procedure and Exceptional Circumstances Protocol, for North Atlantic Albacore, details the full harvest strategy including exceptional circumstance protocol.
Greenland Halibut
Greenland Halibut Management Procedure, page 106; details the full harvest strategy, including exceptional circumstances protocol, for the stock, that was developed in less than a year.
Atlantic Cod
Conservation and Enforcement Measures of 2019, page 10; details the full Interim 3NO Cod Conservation Plan and Rebuilding Strategy, otherwise known as the harvest strategy, for Cod.
Deep Sea Red Crab
Marine Resoure Fact Sheet 2021, outlines the HCR and TAC for the current management period.
General Guidelines
[CMM 14-06] Conservation and Management Measures to develop and implement a harvest strategy approach for key fisheries and stocks in the WCPO, outlines general guidelines for harvest strategy development
#Breakingnews - The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) board has approved their new Standard, which will be published in October 2022 & go into effect in May 2023. What does this mean for the harvest strategy portion of the Standard? https://tinyurl.com/h9df79e3
Many lessons to be learned from the management of Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna. Now, the stock is on the brink of having a harvest strategy adopted at #ICCAT #historyinthemaking
Happening now. I have the honor of sharing the #OceanBaseCamp stage with @stevenadolf to discuss what we can learn from Easter Atlantic #BluefinTuna as we evolve fisheries management in to future.
The brief, Harvest Strategies: 21st Century Fisheries Management, has now been translated into Arabic! This factsheet gives a great overview of harvest strategies and how they help produce sustainable fisheries and strong markets!
Click here: https://tinyurl.com/4c8tbunx
May 19, 2022
