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🐟 Management procedures (MPs) aren’t just about sustainability – they also deliver social & economic benefits. ✅ From more stable catch and access to high-value markets, to lower long-term costs and stronger industry trust, MPs can create real value. 📘 Read our new factsheet:
tinyurl.com/tunv5xud
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Harvest Strategies | Hidden Dividends: Social and Economic Benefits of Science-Based Management Procedures (2026)
Hidden Dividends: Social and Economic Benefits of Science-Based Management Procedures (2026)
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2026/01/07/hidden-dividends-social-and-economic-benefits-of-science-based-management-procedures-2026/
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A giant Pacific bluefin tuna sold for a record $3.2M at Tokyo’s New Year auction. Pacific bluefin tuna is recovering from overfishing, but fisheries managers need to agree on a management procedure in 2026 to sustainably manage the stock. Read more:
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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'Tuna King' pays record $3.2 mn for bluefin at Tokyo auction
A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna Monday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo's main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260105-tuna-king-pays-record-3-2-mn-for-bluefin-at-tokyo-auction
22 days ago
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🐟 Fisheries management is evolving from traditional stock assessments. Our new animation explains the shift towards Management Procedures (MPs) – a straightforward, long-term blueprint for productive and sustainable fisheries management. ▶️ Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fljo...
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The Evolution of Fisheries Management: From Stock Assessments to Management Procedures
YouTube video by harveststrategies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FljoclqBRpo
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Check out this great roundup from
@mongabay.com
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!
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/paci...
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Pacific fisheries summit gives a boost to albacore & seabirds
Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where fishery managers just passed a new set of conservation rules. The parties to t...
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/pacific-fisheries-summit-gives-a-boost-to-albacore-seabirds/
about 1 month ago
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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:
tinyurl.com/wcpfcblog
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Harvest Strategies | An MP for South Pacific albacore is secured, setting the stage for 2026 developments
An MP for South Pacific albacore is secured, setting the stage for 2026 developments
https://tinyurl.com/wcpfcblog
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An MP for South Pacific albacore is secured, setting the stage for 2026 developments
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/12/12/an-mp-for-south-pacific-albacore-is-secured-setting-the-stage-for-2026-developments/
about 2 months ago
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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:
tinyurl.com/4rv4yusu
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Harvest Strategies | Mixed bag for management procedures in the Atlantic
Mixed bag for management procedures in the Atlantic
https://tinyurl.com/4rv4yusu
2 months ago
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Mixed bag for management procedures in the Atlantic
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/11/24/mixed-bag-for-management-procedures-in-the-atlantic/
2 months ago
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#ICCAT2025
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The GFCM has adopted 2025’s first international
#harveststrategy
, choosing a precautionary, science-based rule for blackspot seabream in the Alboran Sea. With the stock at only ~5% of unfished levels, this is a key step toward recovery and sustainability. Read more here:
tinyurl.com/4wtudu3p
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Harvest Strategies | Mediterranean Secures the First International HS Adoption of 2025
Mediterranean Secures the First International HS Adoption of 2025
https://tinyurl.com/4wtudu3p
2 months ago
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Mediterranean Secures the First International HS Adoption of 2025
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/11/14/mediterranean-secures-the-first-international-hs-adoption-of-2025/
3 months ago
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Upcoming trilateral (EU-NO-UK) talks are crucial for North Sea herring. Managers can adopt a new
#MSE-tested
long-term management strategy (LTMS) that considers herring’s ecosystem role and supports stable, sustainable catches for 2026 and beyond. Read more:
tinyurl.com/54xfuzph
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Harvest Strategies | Guest Blog: A North Sea Herring Management Milestone Is on the Horizon
Guest Blog: A North Sea Herring Management Milestone Is on the Horizon
https://tinyurl.com/54xfuzph
3 months ago
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Experts from across RFMOs met at the Global Blue Shark MSE Workshop to advance sustainable management of this widely caught, highly valuable species. Read more on key discussions, shared challenges, and progress toward robust, MSE-tested management procedures for blue sharks:
tinyurl.com/457vv4kx
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Harvest Strategies | Building a Sustainable Future for Blue Sharks: Report from the Global Blue Shark MSE Workshop
Building a Sustainable Future for Blue Sharks: Report from the Global Blue Shark MSE Workshop
https://tinyurl.com/457vv4kx
3 months ago
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Building a Sustainable Future for Blue Sharks: Report from the Global Blue Shark MSE Workshop
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/11/10/building-a-sustainable-future-for-blue-sharks-report-from-the-global-blue-shark-mse-workshop/
3 months ago
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We’re proud to launch ‘Management Procedures for Sustainable Tuna Fisheries’ — a 5-part eLearning course developed w/ the FAO eLearning Academy. This free, open-access series covers topics from setting fishery objectives to testing candidate MPs using MSE. Check it out here:
tinyurl.com/yvcnxahp
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Management procedures for sustainable tuna fisheries - Introduction
Strategic issues with traditional management approaches. Advantages of management procedures. Common elements of management procedures, including harvest control rules. Different types of management p...
https://tinyurl.com/yvcnxahp
3 months ago
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A North Sea Herring Management Milestone Is on the Horizon
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/10/27/a-north-sea-herring-management-milestone-is-on-the-horizon/
3 months ago
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Scientists from 10 countries and 4 RFMOs convened last week for a workshop focusing on key considerations, challenges, and approaches for management strategy evaluation (MSE) of blue shark stocks, which now compose around 60% of global shark landings. Read more here:
www.fao.org/in-action/co...
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From bycatch to main catch
Twenty-five scientists from ten countries and four regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) will meet in Rome this week to examine the options for...
https://www.fao.org/in-action/commonoceans/newsroom/news-and-stories/news-detail/from-bycatch-to-main-catch/en
3 months ago
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MP & MSE 101 - eLearning course launches with FAO!
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/10/09/mp-mse-101-elearning-course-launches-with-fao/
4 months ago
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Special Considerations & Approaches for Multistock MSEs (2025)
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/10/09/special-considerations-approaches-for-multistock-mses-2025/
4 months ago
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Reminder! Webinar tomorrow, October 9th: Special Considerations & Approaches for Multistock MSEs. We hope to see you there!
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4 months ago
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Join us for our next webinar! Special Considerations & Approaches for Multistock MSEs 📅 October 9 | 🕐 06:00 EDT | 90 min Learn about challenges and solutions for multi-stock Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) and Management Procedure (MP) development processes.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Special Considerations & Approaches for Multistock MSEs. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join HarvestStrategies.org and our partners to explore approaches for multi-stock Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) and Management Procedure (MP) development processes. This session brings together...
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/x7_A1e92Rd-Q3bpCHSdenw#/registration
4 months ago
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Last chance to apply! Posting closes today!
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5 months ago
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At last week’s
#IATTC
Plenary, the FAO Common Oceans Tuna Project brought the spotlight to
#harveststrategies
at RFMOs. The side event featured valuable insights from global experts, including our Project Director, Shana Miller. Learn more:
www.fao.org/in-action/co...
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Strategizing for tuna’s future at IATTC meeting
The Common Oceans Tuna Project hosted a side event during the annual meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) last week in Panama, spot...
https://www.fao.org/in-action/commonoceans/newsroom/news-and-stories/news-detail/strategizing-for-tuna-s-future-at-iattc-meeting/en
5 months ago
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The annual meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) took place in Panama City last week, and meeting outcomes have set the stage for a milestone year for harvest strategies in 2026. Read more in our latest blog post:
harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/09...
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Harvest Strategies | IATTC annual meeting tees up harvest strategy milestones in 2026
IATTC annual meeting tees up harvest strategy milestones in 2026
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/09/09/iattc-annual-meeting-tees-up-harvest-strategy-milestones-in-2026/
5 months ago
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Don't miss out on this opportunity to join our team! Applications close a week from today!
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5 months ago
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Talks on bluefin and bigeye tuna management in the Eastern Pacific have stalled, threatening fisheries and the communities that depend on them. Next week's IATTC meeting is a chance to advance harvest strategies to benefit both fish and fishers. Learn more here:
www.pew.org/en/research-...
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Stalled Fisheries Management Threatens Sustainability of Eastern Pacific Tunas
A few months ago, governments in the Eastern Pacific region, building on years of promising discussions, were poised to adopt science-based, long-term management policies for Pacific bluefin and bigey...
https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2025/08/18/stalled-fisheries-management-threatens-sustainability-of-eastern-pacific-tunas
5 months ago
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Love fish, fisheries, and science communications? Then you might be a great addition to our
harveststrategies.org
team at The Ocean Foundation. We're hiring! For more information and to apply:
lnkd.in/evAvBErE
5 months ago
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Guest Blog: Neon Flying Squid MSE Capacity Building in the North Pacific
https://harveststrategies.org/fr/2025/08/08/guest-blog-neon-flying-squid-mse-capacity-building-in-the-north-pacific/
6 months ago
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Guest Blog: Neon Flying Squid MSE Capacity Building in the North Pacific
https://harveststrategies.org/es/2025/08/08/guest-blog-neon-flying-squid-mse-capacity-building-in-the-north-pacific/
6 months ago
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Watch our new animation! What are MPs, and how do they help sustain our fisheries? Watch how scientists, managers & stakeholders collaborate to shape the future of modern fisheries management.
youtu.be/a9a9YlXkTLM?...
#SustainableFisheries
#ManagmentProcedures
#HarvestStrategies
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From Sea to MP - Building Management Procedures Together
YouTube video by harveststrategies
https://youtu.be/a9a9YlXkTLM?si=GjDLaet3A52uau9r
6 months ago
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Miss our latest webinar? The recording is now live! Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets
youtu.be/7dRG04BV4zQ?...
#HarvestStrategies
#SustainableSeafood
#FisheriesManagement
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Webinar: Ensuring Fair Winds - How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets (2025)
YouTube video by harveststrategies
https://youtu.be/7dRG04BV4zQ?si=g1PKIDwLEtbx9tl8
6 months ago
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Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets (2025)
https://harveststrategies.org/fr/2025/07/22/ensuring-fair-winds-how-management-procedures-can-protect-seafood-markets-2025/
6 months ago
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Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets (2025)
https://harveststrategies.org/es/2025/07/22/ensuring-fair-winds-how-management-procedures-can-protect-seafood-markets-2025/
6 months ago
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Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets (2025)
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/07/22/ensuring-fair-winds-how-management-procedures-can-protect-seafood-markets-2025/
6 months ago
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From Sea to MP - Building Management Procedures Together
https://harveststrategies.org/fr/2025/07/18/from-sea-to-mp-building-management-procedures-together/
6 months ago
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Join us for the next webinar! Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets 📅 July 22 | 🕐 13:00 EDT | 2 hrs Discover why seafood companies are championing MPs and precautionary, science-based fishery management.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeti...
Please join HarvestStrategies.org and our partners for the next webinar in our quarterly series: Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets. Management procedures, also...
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UM_DBrBcSSCahhJfJflnJQ
7 months ago
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We’ve launched the Harvest Strategy Tracker, a new tool that brings clarity to the status of harvest strategies across RFMOs. Track progress by stock, filter by status, and see where action is needed.
harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/07...
#Fisheries
#HarvestStrategies
#Sustainability
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Harvest Strategies | New Tool Launch: Harvest Strategy Tracker – Global Progress at a Glance
New Tool Launch: Harvest Strategy Tracker – Global Progress at a Glance
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/07/15/new-tool-launch-harvest-strategy-tracker-global-progress-at-a-glance/
7 months ago
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Climate change is reshaping global fisheries, but harvest strategies (HS) can help. Drs. Ellen Ward & Emily Klein of
@pewenvironment.bsky.social
review how HS can adapt fisheries to shifting stocks, extreme events & more.
harveststrategies.org/blog/fisheri...
#ClimateAdaptation
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https://harveststrategies.org/blog/fisheries-management-in-a-changing-ocean/
7 months ago
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Infographic: How to Put a Management Procedure Together (2024)
https://harveststrategies.org/fr/2024/01/09/infographic-how-to-put-a-management-procedure-together-2024-2/
7 months ago
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Pacific bluefin tuna was once down to just 2% of its unfished level. Now, recovery is within reach and countries can secure it for the long term. Next month’s meeting in Japan could secure a long-term, science-based future. Read our latest blog to learn more!
harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/06...
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Harvest Strategies | Making Headway & Headlines for the World’s Most Expensive Fish
Making Headway & Headlines for the World’s Most Expensive Fish
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/06/18/making-headway-headlines-for-the-worlds-most-expensive-fish/
7 months ago
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Join us for the next webinar! Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets 📅 July 22 | 🕐 13:00 EDT | 2 hrs Discover why seafood companies are championing MPs and precautionary, science-based fishery management.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeti...
Please join HarvestStrategies.org and our partners for the next webinar in our quarterly series: Ensuring Fair Winds: How Management Procedures Can Protect Seafood Markets. Management procedures, also...
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UM_DBrBcSSCahhJfJflnJQ
7 months ago
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Making Headway & Headlines for the World’s Most Expensive Fish
https://harveststrategies.org/fr/2025/06/18/making-headway-headlines-for-the-worlds-most-expensive-fish/
7 months ago
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Making Headway & Headlines for the World’s Most Expensive Fish
https://harveststrategies.org/es/2025/06/18/making-headway-headlines-for-the-worlds-most-expensive-fish/
7 months ago
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Guest Blog: Navigating a Changing Ocean - How Science is Helping Secure North Pacific Saury
https://harveststrategies.org/fr/2025/05/30/guest-blog-navigating-a-changing-ocean-how-science-is-helping-secure-north-pacific-saury/
8 months ago
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Guest Blog: Navigating a Changing Ocean - How Science is Helping Secure North Pacific Saury
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/05/30/guest-blog-navigating-a-changing-ocean-how-science-is-helping-secure-north-pacific-saury/
8 months ago
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Toward a Management Procedure for Yellowfin Tuna in the Indian Ocean (2025)
https://harveststrategies.org/fr/2025/05/29/toward-a-management-procedure-for-yellowfin-tuna-in-the-indian-ocean-2025/
8 months ago
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RFMOs are leading the way with Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) & precautionary approaches to secure sustainable tuna stocks for the future. Learn how science & collaboration drive smarter tuna management.
www.iss-foundation.org/about-issf/w...
#SustainableFisheries
#Tuna
#MSE
#RFMOs
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Tuna RFMOs and the Development of MSE and Precautionary Management Procedures for Tunas
This timeline graphic, developed in March 2025, shows 2011–2024 milestones in efforts by all tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) to develop management strategy evaluations (MSE) a...
https://www.iss-foundation.org/about-issf/what-we-publish/issf-documents/tuna-rfmos-and-the-development-of-mse-and-precautionary-management-procedures-for-tunas/
8 months ago
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Exciting news! The Ocean Foundation has received a 2-year grant from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to develop a management procedure for South Atlantic albacore, in partnership with MSC and five certified fisheries. Read our latest blog to learn more!
harveststrategies.org/blog/2025/05...
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Harvest Strategies | 21st century fisheries management
21st century fisheries management
https://www.HarvestStrategies.org
9 months ago
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Fisheries worldwide are moving to management procedures (MPs)—aka harvest strategies—because they deliver clearer advice, faster decisions & more stable outcomes, even with climate change. Learn how MSE makes it work in our brief guide for managers!
harveststrategies.org/blog/2024/07...
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Harvest Strategies | Management Procedures and Management Strategy Evaluation: A Brief Guide for Managers (2024)
Management Procedures and Management Strategy Evaluation: A Brief Guide for Managers (2024)
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2024/07/16/management-procedures-and-management-strategyevaluation-a-brief-guide-for-managers/
9 months ago
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Want to design a fisheries management procedure (MP) that works—and gets adopted? Our new factsheet outlines key steps to efficiently develop and implement an MP. Now available on our website in 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇸!
#harveststrategies
#sustainablefishing
harveststrategies.org/blog/2024/05...
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Harvest Strategies | How to Efficiently Craft a Management Procedure (2024)
How to Efficiently Craft a Management Procedure (2024)
https://harveststrategies.org/blog/2024/05/23/how-to-efficiently-craft-a-management-procedure-2024/
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