Report of the Working Group on Nephrops and Pandalus Stocks - Part 1 of 2 ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Expert Group reports (until 2018) 2023
• Subjects: All ICES Ecoregions; Kattegat; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19261721.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Report_of_the_Working_Group_on_Nephrops_and_Pandalus_Stocks_-_Part_1_of_2/19261721/1

The Working Group on Nephrops Stocks met in Aberdeen, Scotland from 26 February to 5 March 1992 to: a) Review and improve technical aspects of the existing assessments and evaluate the possibilities of utilising annual length composition information in the assessments; b) Update the information where necessary (ie where input parameters have significantly changed) for Nephrops stocks in the ICES area on the state of exploitation and catch possibilities; c) Assess the status of stocks of Pandalus borealis in the North Sea, Skagerrak, and Kattegat; d) quantify if possible, increases in trawl efficiency and fishing power in fisheries for Nephrops and discuss the implications of such increases for the assessment of current fishing mortality; e) prepare for the transfer of its work to area based working groups, advise how this might be best achieved, consider what difficulties might arise and how these could be overcome. ...