Why are harvest strategies important?

November 23, 2024

AuthorShana Miller

Effective long-term management of the world’s fish stocks requires science, stakeholder engagement, and advanced planning. Harvest strategies can help enable effective fisheries management by:

Enabling sustainability by setting pre-agreed rules and objectives that help maintain fish populations and catches at target levels over the long term
Improving decision-making by accounting for natural variability and uncertainty, avoiding time-consuming and costly political negotiations, and enabling managers to act precautionarily and swiftly.
Facilitating greater transparency by providing all stakeholders with a clear, long-term vision of a sustainable stock and fishery.
Increasing market stability and improving the industry’s ability to plan because management decisions are predictable.

Check out our animation, “Fishing for the Future: The Case for Harvest Strategies,” and our blogs to learn more about the benefits of harvest strategies.

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19 Dec

Check out this great roundup from @Mongabay on the outcomes of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission annual meeting – from the adoption of a management procedure for South Pacific albacore to progress on seabird bycatch mitigation!

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12 Dec

Big news from the Pacific! 🎉

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) adopted a management procedure for South Pacific Albacore last week! Read our latest blog to learn about this milestone and what’s in store at the WCPFC in 2026:

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24 Nov

Our new blog post covers the ups and downs of this year's just-wrapped ICCAT annual meeting - from a new management procedure for W Atlantic skipjack to a higher-than-advised TAC for Atlantic bluefin tuna in the west. Read more here:
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