Working Group on Widely Distributed Stocks (WGWIDE) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES Scientific Reports 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; All ICES Ecoregions; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24025482; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Working_Group_on_Widely_Distributed_Stocks_WGWIDE_/24025482

WGWIDE reports on the status and considerations for management of the Northeast Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting, Western and North Sea horse mackerel, Northeast Atlantic boarfish, Norwegian spring-spawning herring, striped red mullet (subareas 6, 8, and divisions 7.a–c, e–k and 9.a), and red gurnard (subareas 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8) stocks.2024 catch advice was drafted for all eight stocks. Benchmark assessments are proposed for 2025 for mackerel, herring, and striped red mullet while both horse mackerel stocks and boarfish are scheduled to be benchmarked in 2024. Northeast Atlantic mackerel. This migratory stock is widely distributed throughout the Northeast Atlantic with significant fisheries in several ICES subareas. The assessment conducted in 2023 is an update assessment, based on the configuration agreed during the 2019 interbenchmark and incorporates updates to the commercial catch, tagging, swept-area, egg survey, and recruitment index dataseries. Advice is given based on stock reference points which ...