Topic outline

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.

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.

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This course is primarily aimed at people involved in fisheries in a wide range of organizations including national governments, regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) and other regional fisheries bodies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), fishing industries, and the seafood supply chain. More specifically, the course is designed for these primary targets: fishery managers, fisheries scientists and industry stakeholders.

  • Strategic issues with traditional management approaches.
  • Advantages of management procedures.
  • Common elements of management procedures, including harvest control rules.
  • Different types of management procedures (model-based vs empirical/data-based).

This course consists of three lessons of approximately 25-40 minutes duration each:

  • Lesson 1 – Introduction to management procedures
  • Lesson 2 – Management procedure elements
  • Lesson 3 – Spotlight on harvest control rules

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  • General

  • Partners

    HARVEST STRATEGIES.ORG The Ocean foundation PEW ISSF

    Other contributors include: Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).

    In collaboration with: Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP), BirdLife International (BLI), Conservation International (CI), INFOPESCA, International MCS Network (IMCS Network), International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF), International Seafood Sustainability Association (ISSA), International Whaling Commission (IWC), Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Mercator Ocean International (MOi), Pacific Community (SPC), Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), The Ocean Foundation (TOF), US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

    GEF UNDP UNEP

    The Tuna project is part of the Common Oceans Program funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and bringing together FAO, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), regional fisheries management organizations, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia in promoting sustainable fisheries and biodiversity conservation in areas beyond national jurisdiction.