The management System

Introduction

 Why we need to control and manage exploitation?

1. To protect fish stock from depletion and/or extinction.
2. To balance the conflicting biological, social, economic and cultural goals.
3. To balance present-day needs with maintenance of future needs.

 It is crucial to take into account all components of the fishery, their

interactions and environment.
 It is crucial to clearly understand the society’s objectives.
 Management System

External forces
e.g. government
downsizing
Policy and Fishery
planning management

Fishery Fishery
development research
 Fishery policy and planning:
 Overall objectives to be pursued
 Policy directions to meet objectives
 Legislation related to fishery management and regulation
 Decisions regarding the structure of the management system

 Fishery management:
 A mixture of management measures
 Annual level for each management measure e.g. allowable catch
 Day-to-day decisions e.g. fishery openings
 Research and data collection
 Fishery development:
 Measures to improve infrastructure, technological capabilities,
institutions and/or human productivity
 Measures to improve flow of sustainable benefit e.g. market development
and quality control
 Measure to develop new fisheries, where feasible and desirable

 Fishery research:
 Measures to collect, analyze and disseminate relevant data
 Measures to assess and conserve fish stock
 Measures to understand the natural and human systems
 Fishery policy and planning

 The most critical element of the management system

Overall objectives

Policy directions to meet objectives

Legislations

Decisions to set structure of the management system

Fishery Objectives

 Fisheries are multi-objective activities serving social, cultural, political,

economic and ecological goals
 Priorities Fleet composition,
 Regulatory framework preferred gear, etc.

Help in determining a desired structure of the fishery

and a level at which the fishery take place

TAC

 Objectives must be clearly understood at all levels from fishers

through to government
Objectives principle categories

1. Biological/Resource conservation Objective or Constraint ??

 Conservation of the fish stocks/avoiding stock collapse
 Maintaining or enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem health
2. Social/Equity
3. Economic/Productivity
 Production of fish whether for food, livelihood or profit
 Economic efficiency
 Employment
 Export and foreign exchange
- Production of fish
 Harvest maximization constrained by stock conservation
 MSY (Maximum Sustainable Yield)

- Economic efficiency
 Maximizing individual profit
 maximizing resource rent  MEY (Maximum Economic Yield)

 Maximizing community benefits

- Employment
Provide rural stability

- Export and Foreign exchange - Industry diversification

- Sociopolitical stability - Decreasing rural-urban drift
- Maintaining a regional balance of development