Topic outline

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.

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.

  • The process and components of MSE.
  • The benefits of MSE as a reproducible, transparent, inclusive and iterative process for selecting a MP for a fishery.
  • Operating models (OMs) and their role in MSE modelling frameworks.
  • The process of conditioning and how OMs can be weighted for plausibility.
  • How to interpret typical MSE results and presenting these results to a mixed group of stakeholders.

This course consists of three lessons of approximately 25-35 minutes duration each:

  • Lesson 1 – Key aspects of management strategy evaluation
  • Lesson 2 – Representing the fishery system with operating models
  • Lesson 3 – Interpreting management strategy evaluation results

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  • 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.