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Source: Wikimedia Commons. 1. What is Conxemar and why did it decide to attend SPRFMO? Conxemar is the Spanish Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Processors and Exporters of Fishery and Aquaculture Products. It represents an important part of the seafood value chain in Spain and Europe, especially in processing and trade. Our work is closely linked […]

Blog originally published on FAO’s Common Oceans Program Newsroom. Countries strengthen skills in management procedures through regional training 16/07/2026 15 -16 July 2026 – Antigua, Guatemala – Fisheries scientists and managers from across Central America gathered in Antigua for the first regional workshop on management procedures for sustainable fisheries, under the framework of the Organization of […]

Photo by Vincent van Zeijst. CC BY-SA 3.0. For more than a decade, fisheries managers in Norway, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Russia have driven the population of northeast Atlantic mackerel to a historic low. These coastal States, which co-manage the high seas mackerel fishery and are also […]

English below. Un atelier sur les procédures de gestion (PG), également appelées stratégies de pêche (de l’anglais « harvest strategies »), pour les pêcheries de petits pélagiques en Afrique de l’Ouest s’est tenu les 19 et 20 mai à Nouakchott, République islamique de Mauritanie, sous le haut patronage de Son Excellence Moctar Ahmed Bouceif, ministre des Pêches, […]

Photo by Rod Waddington. CC BY-SA 2.0. The management procedure (MP) framework — management objectives, reference points, harvest control rules (HCRs), and MPs — is current best practice in fisheries management, replacing traditional reactive management with a proactive approach based on a pre-agreed decision framework. MPs – also known as harvest strategies – have themselves […]

Earlier this month, Ash Wilson (The Pew Charitable Trusts) and I co-convened a workshop titled ‘Operationalizing Ecosystem-Based Management of Forage Species using Management Strategy Evaluation.’ The workshop was part of the program at the  Small Pelagic Fish International Symposium hosted by ICES, PICES, and FAO in La Paz, Mexico. Held on May 4, 2026, the […]

Photo by Willy Goldsmith | Flickr. CC BY-ND 2.0. 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Now with 55 contracting parties, ICCAT is divided into 4 panels responsible for managing tunas, swordfish, sharks, and other species across the entire Atlantic Ocean. Each panel has a chair […]

©FAO/Giulio Napolitano Blog originally published on FAO’s Common Oceans Program Newsroom. Focus on All Tunas 2028 for the adoption of long-term harvest strategies 28/04/2026 Boston – Tuna harvesting and sustainability generated widespread interest during events staged by the Common Oceans Program Tuna project at the Seafood Expo North America in March. The Seafood Expo North America (SENA) is […]

The 10th meeting of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) will take place in Osaka, Japan, from April 14-17, 2026, where the Commission will consider management futures for its priority stocks. This meeting is a pivotal moment for the NPFC to advance the development of management procedures (MPs), also known as harvest strategies, which are […]

A decade worth of work and discussions on South Pacific albacore tuna (SPA) reached an important milestone at the 22nd Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) that was held in Manila, Philippines last December with the adopting of the management procedure (MP), also known as a harvest strategy. The adoption […]