EC request on Dipturus batis ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Special Requests 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Celtic Seas ICES Ecoregion; Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast ICES Ecoregion; Tac; Common skate; Dipturus batis
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18688286.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/EC_request_on_Dipturus_batis/18688286/1

There is no basis in the current or previous ICES advice for the listing of the common skate ( Dipturus batis ) as a prohibited species. Therefore it should not appear on the prohibited species list in either the Celtic Seas or the Biscay/Iberia eco-region fisheries legislation. In the Celtic Seas eco-region, ICES considers that stocksof the common skate complex is depleted, and that protective management measures are required. There should be no target fishing on the common skate, and there should be a TAC set at 0. In the Biscay/Iberia eco-region ICES has no information on stock status. In view of the vulnerability of these species to fishing ICES advises, on the basis of the precautionary approach, that there be no directed fishing unless studies are available on sustainable harvest rates. ...