Report of the Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon (WGNAS) [4-13 April 2006 ICES Headquarters]

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 2006
• Subjects: atlantisk laks; atlantic salmon; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Catch: 925; Greenland; Atlantic salmon; Faroes; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/100939

Contributor: Marianne Holm • Exploitation continued to decline and nominal catch of Atlantic salmon in 2005 was the lowest in the time series • Marine survival indices suggest that natural mortality remains high • North American Commission 2SW stock complex is suffering reduced reproductive capacity • In the North American Commission area, factors other than fisheries are contributing to continued low adult abundance • Northern North East Atlantic Commission stock complexes (1SW and MSW) are at risk of suffering reduced reproductive capacity • Southern North East Atlantic Commission stock complexes (1SW and MSW) are suffering reduced reproductive capacity • There are no catch options for the 2006–2008 fisheries at West Greenland and the Faroes that would allow the stated precautionary management objectives to be met