November 23, 2024
Shana Miller
A harvest strategy, also known as a management procedure, is a pre-agreed framework for making fisheries management decisions (such as catch or effort limits) to achieve a long-term vision for the fish and fishery. Before they are implemented, robust harvest strategies are tested through a process that involves fishery scientists, managers, and other stakeholders, which is called management strategy evaluation (MSE).
Check out our resources to learn more about the basic elements of a harvest strategy and how the process works.
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:
Scientists from around the world convened last week for a workshop focusing on key considerations, challenges, and approaches for management strategy evaluation (MSE) of blue shark stocks, which compose around 60% of global shark landings.
Read more here:
Reminder! Webinar tomorrow, October 9th: Special Considerations & Approaches for Multistock MSEs. We hope to see you there!
Join us for our next webinar!
Special Considerations & Approaches for Multistock MSEs
📅 October 9 |🕐 06:00 EDT | 90 min
Learn about approaches for multi-stock Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) and Management Procedure (MP) development processes.
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/x7_A1e92Rd-Q3bpCHSdenw#/registration
November 10, 2025
