Working Group on International Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Surveys (WGIDEEPS) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES Scientific Reports 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Technologies and data; Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; Arctic Ocean ICES Ecoregion; Norwegian Sea ICES Ecoregion; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Knipovich Ridge; Norway; Norwegian Sea; Svalbard; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.20401581.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Working_Group_on_International_Deep_Pelagic_Ecosystem_Surveys_WGIDEEPS_/20401581/1

The Working Group on International Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Surveys (WGIDEEPS) plans, conducts and reports on the international trawl-acoustic surveys on pelagic redfish in the Irminger and Norwegian seas. The international trawl-acoustic survey (IDEEPS) on pelagic redfish in the Norwegian Sea in July/August 2022 will be conducted by Norway with one research vessel only. The detailed planning of the survey was presented and discussed and has been agreed by all Member Countries of the working group. As only one research vessel is conducting the survey, the entire distribution of pelagic redfish in the Norwegian Sea cannot be covered. The survey will cover the part of the Sebastes mentella stock in the Norwegian Sea between 70°N and 80°N and bounded by the 400 m isobath in the East and the Mohn – Knipovich ridge in the West. The area comprises parts of the Norwegian EEZ, the Svalbard Fisheries Protection Zone and adjacent international waters. The area north of 76.33°N is optional, depending on the available ...