Herring (Clupea harengus) in Division 5.a, summer-spawning herring (Iceland grounds) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Greenland Sea ICES Ecoregion; Icelandic Waters ICES Ecoregion; All ICES Ecoregions; Greenland; Greenland Sea; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18675446; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Herring_Clupea_harengus_in_Division_5_a_summer-spawning_herring_Iceland_grounds_/18675446

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 at increased risk of being harvested unsustainably. Recruitment in the last decade has been at or above the long-term average, with occurrence of strong year classes in 1999, 2000 and 2002. A high Ichthyophonus infection was observed in the stock in the winter 2008/2009 causing an additional natural mortality. ...