Load Tracking is one of a suite of loss assessment tools, including the Informal Fish Loss Assessment Method (IFLAM) and the Questionnaire Loss Assessment Method (QLAM). Prior to the research which informed their development, with the exception of work by FAO and NRI, little effort had been made to develop systematic and practical assessment methodologies for generating accurate information on post-harvest fish losses. Load Tracking is used by researchers to assess post-harvest fish losses with communities and people working in small-scale and industrialized fisheries. Losses can be quantified at most parts of the processing or distribution chain.