Report of the North Sea Roundfish Working Group ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Expert Group reports (until 2018) 2023
• Subjects: All ICES Ecoregions; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19260467.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Report_of_the_North_Sea_Roundfish_Working_Group/19260467/1

At the 1981 Statutory Meeting it was decided (C.Res.1981/212716) that the North Sea Roundfish Working Group should meet at ICES headquarters !rom 23 March to 1 April 1982 to:(i) assess catch options for 1983 for cod, haddock and whiting in Sub-areas IV, VI and VII (excluding Divisions VIIa, VIIf and VIIg),(ii) advise on appropriate minimum mesh size for cod, haddock and whiting if fished in a single species fishery in Sub-areas IV, and investigate other possibilities of improving the exploitation patterns on these stocks,(iii) look at the information available on haddock and cod stocks in Division VIb, with the aim of carrying out an analytical assessment of theses stocks, if this is possible,(iv) estimate the species composition of by-catches in the Pandalus borealis fisheries and advise on an appropriate by-catch limit,(v) specify deficiencies in data required for assessments. ...