Bluefin Tuna Stakeholder Workshop April 29-30

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) are hosting a workshop on “Stakeholder Engagement in Management Strategy Evaluation of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries.” The meeting will be scheduled Monday, April 29 (10am-5pm) and April 30 (9am-noon) at SMAST, 836 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA.

The workshop is intended to introduce Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) as a tool for fisheries management, explain the MSE approach being developed by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and present preliminary demonstrations as an illustration of MSE for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna. The aim of the workshop is to solicit feedback from U.S. stakeholders on representation of the Atlantic bluefin resource and fisheries in models, fishery management objectives, management performance indicators, and candidate management procedures. Stakeholder feedback will be considered in future research and reported to ICCAT, but the workshop will primarily be informational and educational, and there will be no binding decisions from the workshop.

All U.S. stakeholders in Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries are welcome to register for the workshop here.

Limited funding is available to support hotel expenses. If you need a hotel, please reserve a room at the Fairfield Inn & Suites under the “Tuna Meeting at SMAST” group.