Arctic Fisheries Working Group (AFWG) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES Scientific Reports 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Arctic Ocean ICES Ecoregion; Barents Sea ICES Ecoregion; Norwegian Sea ICES Ecoregion; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Greenland; Norwegian Sea; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.23267150.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Arctic_Fisheries_Working_Group_AFWG_/23267150/1

From 30 March 2022 onwards, all Russian Federation participation in ICES was suspended. Although the announcement of the suspension stressed the role of ICES as a “multilateral science organization” this suspension applied not only to research activities but also to the ICES work of providing fisheries advice for the sustainable management of fish stocks and ecosystems. As a result of the suspension, it is not possible to run ICES stock assessments or provide ICES advice for the Barents Sea stocks of NEA cod, NEA haddock, capelin, beaked redfish ( Sebastes mentella ) or Greenland Halibut, as management and data collection for these stocks are shared between Norway and Russia. There are therefore no AFWG stock assessments for these stocks this year. Assessment and advice for these stocks are being conducted outside ICES through the bilateral Russian-Norwegian group, the Joint Russian-Norwegian Arctic Fisheries Working Group (JRN-AFWG). The most recent assessment reports are available via the Institute of ...