E-learning series: Management procedures for sustainable tuna fisheries

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  • The e-learning series on "Management procedures for sustainable tuna fisheries" seeks to provide a general understanding of the concepts needed to develop and implement management procedures (MPs), also called harvest strategies. It aims to increase the capacity of people involved in fisheries to actively engage in the process of management procedure development and implementation.

    After completing the course series, there is an opportunity to schedule a live, customised session with our experts to dive deeper into your specific interests for management procedures in your region. Please reach out to us at info@harveststrategies.org to inquire about scheduling a session.

    The series comprises of five courses in progressive sequence:

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    Management procedures for sustainable tuna fisheries - Introduction

    This course explores management procedures. It focuses on examples from tuna management, however, the content and approach is applicable to a wide range of fisheries, particularly where management actions arise from negotiations following the interpretation of scientific advice. Additionally, it delves into the common elements of management procedures (MPs), highlighting harvest control rules (HCRs), which is the operational part of a management procedure that regulates fishing opportunities.

    1 h 5 m
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    Management procedures for sustainable tuna fisheries - Setting the vision

    This course explores how high level and operational management objectives are used to create a long-term vision for a fishery, in the context of management procedures. In addition, it explores how reference points and performance indicators can be selected and used to quantify operational objectives in management procedures and evaluate their performance. 

    1 h 10 m
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    Management procedures for sustainable tuna fisheries - Management strategy evaluation

    This course explains the key benefits of management strategy evaluation (MSE) and describes why it is crucial to a comprehensive management procedure (MP). It defines key aspects of the MSE modelling framework and process and explains how MPs are tested using MSE simulations. The course also outlines common presentation formats of MSE results and explains how to evaluate trade-offs among the performance of alternative MP options. 

    1 h 20 m
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    Management procedures for sustainable tuna fisheries - Training adventure

    This course allows learners to assess different candidate management procedures (MPs) based on Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE). Through scenario-based practical application, this course walks learners through the MP development and decision-making process to build the skills needed to evaluate and implement effective management procedures that ensure long-term fishery sustainability. 

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    Management procedures for sustainable tuna fisheries - Lessons learned

    This course is a synthesis of the previous courses and focuses on the iterative development process and adaptive implementation of management procedures. It includes best practices for a smooth, timely development process and successful implementation following adoption, including periodic review.

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  • Each course concludes with a final test. A digital badge certificate is issued upon successful completion of each test.

    Depending on the interest of learners, the self-paced course series can be completed as a whole (which is preferable), or as individual courses (or lessons), taken independently.

    Throughout the course series, references are made to specific courses or lessons where certain subjects are covered more extensively. Each course takes the learner step-by-step through the learning content using interactive screens and is complemented by exercises and links to additional material and websites for further reading.