Cod (Gadus morhua) in Subdivision 5.b.2 (Faroe Bank) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Faroes ICES Ecoregion; All ICES Ecoregions; Faroe Bank; Faroes; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18675386.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Cod_Gadus_morhua_in_Subdivision_5_b_2_Faroe_Bank_/18675386/1

The new data (landings and survey indices) available for this stock do not change the perception of the stock and give no reason to change the advice from that given last year in 2008. Therefore, the advice for the fishery in 2010 is the same as the advice given in 2008 for the 2009 fishery: Because of the very low stock size ICES advises that the fishery should be closed. Reopening the fishery should not be considered until both survey indices indicate a biomass at or above the average of the period 1996 2002 ...