Workshop on the Further Development of the New IBTS Gear (WKFDNG). ICES Scientific Reports. 4:18

• Main Authors: de Boois, I. (Ingeborg), Stepputtis, D. (Daniel), Baldó, F. (Francisco), Bland, B. (Barbara), Börjesson, P. (Patrik), Breddermann, K. (Karsten), Chaves, C. (Corina), Drewery, J. (Jim), Ellis, J. (Jim), Griffin, F. (Francis), van-Hal, R. (Ralf), Haney, G. (Georg), Hatton, B. (Benjamin), Kynoch, R. (Robert), Le-Roy, D. (Didier), Melli, V. (Valentina), Pasterkamp, T. (Thomas), Reecht, Y. (Yves), Rosen, S. (Shale), Salter, B. (Brian), Sinclair, L. (Louisa), Stokes, D. (Dave), Underwood, M. (Melanie), Vincent, B. (Benoît), Warwick, D. (David)
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz 2022
• Subjects: fish; exploration; data collections; data; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/16119; https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.10094

The standard gear for the International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS), a fisheries-independent research survey originating from the 1960s, will be replaced. The long-term monitoring pro-vides data on commercial pelagic and demersal fish species for stock assessments and facili-tates examination of changes in fish distribution and abundance. The remit of this Workshop on the Further Development of the New IBTS Gear (WKFDNG) was to design a simple gear, as standardised as possible, robust, and easy to maintain. Additionally, the workshop was tasked to provide input for the roadmap towards implementation of the new gear.