On 14 – 15 August 2019, the Department of Fisheries of Thailand held a briefing on “Harvest Strategies” moderated by Ms. Shana Miller, Program Manager, Global Tuna Conservation at the Ocean Foundation with more than 60 representatives from the government and private sector including academic institutes participated in the event. The briefing aimed to introduce an alternative approach, known as “harvest strategies” or “management procedures,” that is emerging as the next innovation in fisheries management. Incorporating existing tools such as monitoring programs and reference points, harvest strategies bring all the pieces together and provide managers with an improved lens through which to determine the best path forward for the fish and the fishery.

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written by Fisheries Foreign Affairs Division, DOF