Resources – Webinars

Our latest webinar: Exceptional Circumstances: Preparing for the Unexpected

Watch the recording here!

• Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026
• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Description: Management procedures (MPs) provide pre-agreed frameworks for fisheries management under uncertain conditions. Explicitly accounting for uncertainty is one of the main benefits of MPs, as they provide long-term, proactive, responsive management that can remain effective under changing conditions. However, even well-designed MPs cannot anticipate every possible future scenario. Rare or unforeseen events may fall outside of the conditions tested during MP evaluations. These situations are referred to as “exceptional circumstances” (ECs). This webinar will explore how regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) have defined and responded to ECs in practice, including the role of EC protocols in identifying, reviewing, and adapting MPs when conditions exceed those originally tested.
• Featured Speakers:
  • Dr. Ana Parma, Principal Investigator, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos Centro Nacional Patagónico-CONICET.
  • Andrea Perrault, Scientific Council Coordinator, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO).
  • Dr. Genevieve Phillips, Fisheries Officer, Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC).
  • Deirdre Warner-Kramer, Acting Director, Office of Marine Conservation, U.S. Department of State.
• Moderated by: Heather Luedke, Senior Program Associate, International Fisheries Conservation, The Ocean Foundation