NEAFC request to provide information on the stock structure of Sebastes mentella fished in pelagic and demersal fisheries, i.e. relationship between the redfish in ICES Areas I, II, V, VI, X, XII, and XIV and the NAFO regulatory area ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Special Requests 2023
• Subjects: All ICES Ecoregions; Irminger Sea; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18688709; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/NEAFC_request_to_provide_information_on_the_stock_structure_of_Sebastes_mentella_fished_in_pelagic_and_demersal_fisheries_i_e_relationship_between_the_redfish_in_ICES_Areas_I_II_V_VI_X_XII_and_XIV_and_the_NAFO_regulatory_area/18688709

ICES has reviewed the stock structure of Sebastes mentella in the Irminger Sea and adjacent areas. As noted by NEAFC, a Workshop on Redfish Stock Structure, WKREDS (ICES, 2009), was formed to review all available material on the stock identity of the various redfish units (Sebastes mentella) in the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters, to identify the most likely definition of biological stocks of S. mentella, and to suggest practical management units. One of the primary reasons for the formation of such an expert group was to reconcile recent information on genetic differences within S. mentella with all other information on stock structure, including previous genetic research, life-history patterns, phenotypic variation, and connectivity. In undertaking this review, ICES acknowledges the substantial scientific progress made by previous international and national initiatives to address the issue of stock structure of redfish in the Irminger Sea and adjacent areas. The chronological advancement of research on S. ...