Fishery development and management is a dynamic process which undergoes changes and responds to changes in stock size and fishing fleets. Rational management of the multiple-stock fisheries would require consideration of the following management measures:
Submission of reliable fishery statistical data by all national and foreign fishing fleets and for artisanal and industrial fisheries.
Control on average size of fish species caught, by limiting mesh size of various fishing gears and regulating fishing on nurseries.
Control on fishing effort by limiting the number of trawlers, shrimpers, purse seiners and liners, and by setting limits on gross registered tonnage (GRT) and horse power (hp) of vessels licensed to fish.
Determination of total catch allowable to foreign fishing vessels industrial vessels and enforcement of this measure by having observers on board of vessels, inspectors and coastal marine guards.
Control on entry into the national industrial fisheries on the basis of present-day catch trends and catch rates of shrimpers and finfish trawlers.
Establishment of a viable licensing system for both artisanal and industrial fisheries.
Protection of spawning and nursery grounds by introduction of closed areas and closed seasons on the basis of well documented scientific data on the biology of exploited species.
Control on conflicts between artisanal and industrial fishermen by delimiting fishing grounds on the basis of depth zones or a given distance from the shoreline - whichever is more applicable. Avoid overdevelopment of industrial effort, which consequence is usually an encroachment on artisanal fishing zone by industrial vessels.
Establishment of control mechanisms for the import and export of fish products and fish transhipment since these affect fishing activities in the EEZ.
Harmonization of regulations with neighbouring countries jointly exploiting the same shared resources.
