Working Group of International Pelagic Surveys (WGIPS) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES Scientific Reports 2024
• Subjects: Atlantic, Northeast ICES Ecoregion; FAO area 27; Norwegian Sea ICES Ecoregion; Baltic Sea ICES Ecoregion; Other geographic region; Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; Technologies and data; Fisheries and aquaculture; Norwegian Sea; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.23607303.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Working_Group_of_International_Pelagic_Surveys_WGIPS_/23607303/1

WGIPS met in January 2023 to combine and review the results of the annual pelagic ecosystem surveys and provide indices for the stocks of herring, sprat, mackerel, boarfish, and blue whiting in the Northeast Atlantic, Norwegian Sea, North Sea, and Western Baltic. Timing, coverage and methodologies were assessed and coordinated for the upcoming 2023 surveys Progression on the update of the WGIPS survey manual (SISP 9) in the TIMES format continued, with an expected first draft to be submitted in spring 2023 and the completion planned within the present WGIPS reporting cycle. The group discussed the future and development of databases used by the group (the ICES DB and the PGNAPES database). The use of StoX and progress on TAF were reviewed during a joint session with the ICES Data Centre and the StoX development team. The biological sampling strategies in WGIPS surveys continue to be discussed and progress is being made on documenting the sampling strategies used in all WGIPS surveys in the new format of the ...