Working Group on Cephalopod Fisheries and Life History (WGCEPH; Outputs from 2022 meeting) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES Scientific Reports 2024
• Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.21976718.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Working_Group_on_Cephalopod_Fisheries_and_Life_History_WGCEPH_Outputs_from_2022_meeting_/21976718/1

WGCEPH worked on six Terms of Reference. These involved reporting on the status of stocks; reviewing advances in stock identification, assessment for fisheries management and for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), including some exploratory stock assessments; reviewing impacts of human activities on cephalopods; developing identification guides and recommendations for fishery data collection; describing the value chain and evaluating market drivers; and reviewing advances in research on environmental tolerance of cephalopods. ToR A is supported by an annual data call for fishery and survey data. During 2019–2021, compared to 1990–2020, cuttlefish remained the most important cephalopod group in terms of weight landed along the European North Atlantic coast, while loliginid squid overtook octopus as the second most important group. Short-finned squid remained the least important group in landings although their relative importance was almost double in 2019–2022 compared to 1992–2020. Total ...