The OECD Committee for Fisheries has produced a new handbook for fisheries managers, utilising a large body of research carried out over the years investigating fisheries policy and fisheries management.
The OECD Handbook for Fisheries Managers combines this work into a comprehensive volume designed to help fisheries managers maximise the economic and social value of the fisheries while conserving the maritime environment for the long term.
The OECD says that instead of replicating information in existing reference texts for fisheries managers, the handbook aims to complement them by focusing on the nuts and bolts of good policy design, making it particularly useful to fisheries executives involved in policy design and development; fisheries managers at a local, national or regional scale; and industry representatives, members of environmental organisations and other NGOs with a more general interest in fisheries policy design.
Based on work already carried out by the OECD Committee for Fisheries, the handbook intends to present an up-to-date view of fisheries management, in particular with respect to setting objectives and designing effective policy instruments.
