Building human and institutional capacity is an important component of the Ocean Partnerships Project- Bay of Bengal component (OPP-BOB). To address this component, a Regional Workshop on “Fisheries Management in the Context of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks” was organized on 04 June 2016 in Hotel Raintree, Chennai. Participants included representatives from the BOBP-IGO member-countries (Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka); fisheries research institutions and fisheries experts. Countries representative made presentations on the status of highly migratory species and fisheries management.  Experts made presentations on:

1. Overview of highly migratory fish species in the Indian Ocean;
2. International fishery instruments and their implications for developing states;
3. Role and implication of fisheries institutions at international, regional and national levels; and
4. Need for management and special considerations for highly migratory species.

 Presentations were followed by a brainstorming session on ‘Conditions for success of fisheries at international/regional and national levels’. For the success of fisheries, the participants identified several characteristics such as ensuring healthy fish stocks, ensuring ecological and economic sustainability, realising better social and economic benefits from the fishery, adoption of best practices, building partnerships, implementing regulatory measures such as optimum fleet size and catch quotas, improving skills and capacity and developing market intelligence. Important conclusions were accrued from the brainstorming and the participants gained useful information from the Workshop.