Brazil Introduces First-Ever Management Rules for Tainha, Begins Science-Based Management of Fisheries - Oceana

Victory | May 16, 2018

Brazil Introduces First-Ever Management Rules for Tainha, Begins Science-Based Management of Fisheries

For the first time, the country’s tainha fishery (Brazil’s most important fishery) will be governed by scientific management, including stock assessments and catch limits. When Oceana first arrived, Brazil collected almost no fisheries data and had no catch limits for any ocean fish, leading to overfishing and declining stocks. Oceana successfully brought together government officials, scientists and small-scale and commercial fishers to introduce some much-needed, science-based policymaking into Brazil’s oceans.