Mackerel in the Northeast Atlantic (combined Southern, Western, and North Sea spawning components) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice 2022
• Subjects: Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ICES Ecoregion; Fisheries and aquaculture; Faroe Islands; Norway; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18671846.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Mackerel_in_the_Northeast_Atlantic_combined_Southern_Western_and_North_Sea_spawning_components_/18671846/1

ICES advises on the basis of the Norway, Faroe Islands, and EU management plan that catches in 2012 should be between 586 000 tonnes and 639 000 tonnes. ICES advises that the existing measures to protect the North Sea spawning component should remain in place. These are: •There should be no fishing for mackerel in Divisions IIIa and IVb,c at any time of the year; •There should be no fishing for mackerel in Division IVa during the period 15 February–31 July; •The 30 cm minimum landing size at present in force in Subarea IV should be maintained ...