Herring (Clupea harengus) in subareas 1, 2, and 5, and in divisions 4.a and 14.a, Norwegian spring-spawning herring (the Northeast Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Arctic Ocean ICES Ecoregion; Barents Sea ICES Ecoregion; Celtic Seas ICES Ecoregion; Faroes ICES Ecoregion; Greater North Sea ICES Ecoregion; Greenland Sea ICES Ecoregion; Icelandic Waters ICES Ecoregion; Norwegian Sea ICES Ecoregion; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ICES Ecoregion; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Greenland; Norwegian Sea; Faroes; Greenland Sea; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18674792.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Herring_Clupea_harengus_in_subareas_1_2_and_5_and_in_divisions_4_a_and_14_a_Norwegian_spring-spawning_herring_the_Northeast_Atlantic_and_the_Arctic_Ocean_/18674792/1

Based on the most recent estimates of SSB (in 2009) ICES classifies the stock as having full reproductive capacity. Based on the most recent estimate of fishing mortality (in 2008) ICES classifies the stock as being harvested sustainably. SSB in 2009 is well above Bpa and is estimated as one of the highest in the time-series. The stock contains a number of good year classes. In the last 10 years, four large year classes have been produced (1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004). However, the available information indicates that year classes after 2004 have been of low abundance. ...