Report of the Study Group on Sea Bass (SGBASS) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Expert Group reports (until 2018) 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19266284.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Report_of_the_Study_Group_on_Sea_Bass_SGBASS_/19266284/1

The Bass Study Group (SGBASS) was established by ICES at the Statutory Meeting in 2000 in order to respond to questions posed by the European Commission on the status of bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) stocks, their sustainability and management requirements of their fisheries in Community waters of the Northeast Atlantic. The report of the first meeting of this Group in March 2002 (ICES CM 2002/ACFM:11 Ref.G) provides a compilation of information on European fisheries in which sea bass are taken, the identity of stock assessment units and information pertinent for assessment of stock status and management options based on data provided mainly by France and UK in relation to this request. In 2003, the Group provided preliminary assessments of the status and demography of stocks in Sub-area VII, summarised in the SG report (ICES CM 2004/ACFM:04). This year, SGBASS is not required to meet formally, but ACFM has agreed that we should carry out further analysis of these data in order to reduce uncertainties about ...