Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in Division 4.a West (Northern North Sea, Fladen Ground) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Greater North Sea ICES Ecoregion; northern shrimp; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18674711.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Northern_shrimp_Pandalus_borealis_in_Division_4_a_West_Northern_North_Sea_Fladen_Ground_/18674711/1

The available information is inadequate to evaluate stock trends. The state of the stock is therefore unknown and there is no basis for an advice. In the absence of information on stock development, ICES recommends that effort should not be allowed to expand to levels above the average for the years prior to the present absence of fishing activities (1999-2003), corresponding to average landings of 1400 t, and that the fishery must be accompanied by mandatory programmes to collect catch and effort data on both target and bycatch species. ...