EU request on distributional shifts in fish stocks

• Main Author: ICES (11907872)
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic (ICES Ecoregion); stock distribution; Anchovy; Cod; Hake; Herring; Mackerel; Plaice; Horse mackerel; Sole; Anglerfish; Blue whiting; Megrim; Sprat; Whiting; Haddock; Saithe; Norway pout; ICES Special Request; EU request; ICES Advice 2017; Norway; Tac; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18686750.v1

Distributional changes were found for 16 of the 21 fish species analysed. Half of these changes affect the relative distribution of these species across TAC management areas. The drivers for the changes in distribution of most of the analysed species are linked to the environmental conditions (i.e....