November 23, 2024
Shana Miller
In most regions, “management procedure” and “harvest strategy” are used synonymously. However, in some regions, like the western Pacific, a management procedure is considered a type of harvest strategy. In that case, the distinction is that a “harvest strategy” is a more general management framework, whereas each component of a “management procedure” is formally specified, and the combination of monitoring data, analysis method, and harvest control rule has been simulation tested using MSE to demonstrate adequately robust performance in the face of plausible uncertainties about stock and fishery dynamics. It is this definition that HarvestStrategies.org uses for “management procedure” and “harvest strategy.”
Upcoming trilateral (EU-NO-UK) talks are crucial for North Sea herring. Managers can adopt a new #MSE-tested long-term management strategy that considers herring’s ecosystem role and supports stable, sustainable catches for 2026 and beyond. Read more:
Experts across RFMOs met at the Global Blue Shark MSE Workshop to advance sustainable management of this highly valuable species. Read more on key discussions, shared challenges, and progress toward robust, MSE-tested management procedures for blue sharks:
We’re proud to launch ‘Management Procedures for Sustainable Tuna Fisheries’ — a 5-part eLearning course developed w/ the FAO eLearning Academy. This free, open-access series covers topics from setting fishery objectives to testing candidate MPs using MSE:
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