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Advice 2021
Special requests and other advice by title
EU - List of areas where VMEs are known to occur or are likely to occur and on the existing deep-sea fishing areas (ref. (EU)2016/2336)
Advice 2020
Advice by ecoregion
Azores, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast, Celtic Seas, Faroes, Greater North Sea, Greenland Sea, Icelandic Waters, Norwegian Sea, Oceanic Northeast Atlantic
Advice by species
Alfonsinos, Anchovy, Anglerfish, Black scabbardfish, Blackspot seabream, Blue ling, Blue whiting, Boarfish, Brill, Capelin, Cod, Dab, Deep-sea species, Eel, Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Greater forkbeard, Greenland halibut, Grey gurnard, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Lemon sole, Mackerel, Marine mammals, Megrim, Norway Lobster, Norway pout, Orange roughy, Plaice, Pollack, Red gurnard, Redfish, Roughhead grenadier, Roughsnout grenadier, Roundnose grenadier, Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea bass, Seabirds, Sharks, Shrimp, Skates and Rays, Sole, Sprat, Spurdog, Striped red mullet, Turbot, Tusk, Whiting, Witch
Special requests and other advice by title
Bycatch of protected and potentially vulnerable marine vertebrates
Definition and rationale for ICES ecoregions
EU - Developing appropriate lists for Descriptor 3, commercially exploited fish and shellfish, for reporting by EU Member States under MSFD Article 17 in 2024
EU - Emergency measures to prevent bycatch
of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and Baltic Proper harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Northeast
Atlantic
EU - Evaluation of a draft multiannual plan for the Baltic salmon stock and the fisheries exploiting the stock
EU - Technical Service - Production of matrices by year and age with
F-at-age for stocks corresponding to the latest published advice for each stock
EU - Review
of innovative gears for potential use in EU waters and their impacts
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2020
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero-TAC stocks: cod (Gadus morhua) in Subdivision 21 (Kattegat)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero-TAC stocks; cod (Gadus morhua) in divisions 7.e-k (Celtic Sea)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2020; cod (Gadus morhua) and whiting (Merlangius
merlangus) in Division 6.a (West of Scotland), and whiting in Division 7.a
(Irish Sea)
EU - Technical Service - Catch
scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2020; eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) stock in subdivisions
24–32
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenario for zero TAC stocks 2020; herring (Clupea harengus) in divisions 6.a and 7.b-c (West of Scotland, West of Ireland)
EU - Technical Service - Catch
scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2020; western Baltic spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus)
EU - Technical Service - Production of matrices by year and age with F-at-age for stocks corresponding to the latest published advice for each stock
EU - Temporal migration patterns of European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
EU, Norway, the Faroe Islands - Long-term management strategies for Northeast Atlantic mackerel (full feedback approach)
ICES VIEWPOINT: Scrubber discharge water from ships - risks to the marine environment and recommendations to reduce impacts
Information on vulnerable habitats in subareasof the NEAFC Regulatory Area closed to fishing for purposes other than VMEprotection
NEAFC/OSPAR - Status and distribution of deep-water
elasmobranchs
Netherlands - Impacts
of pulse trawling on the ecosystem and environment in the sole (Solea solea) fishery in the North Sea
New information regarding the impact of fisheries on
other components of the ecosystem
New information regarding vulnerable habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Area
OSPAR - Scientific knowledge on selected elasmobranch
species to update the assessments for the OSPAR List of Threatened and/or
Declining Species and Habitats
Portugal/Spain - Updated advice for 2020 on catch opportunities
for sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in
divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
Roadmap for bycatch advice on protected, endangered and threatened species
Sweden - Technical Service - Production of yearly (2009–2018) swept-area ratio (SAR) values
in the Swedish EEZ
Technical Service - Brief analysis of thedata received in response to the 2020 data call on landings by vessel and métierfor sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) indivisions 4.b–c, 7.a, and 7.d–h
Technical Service - Sea bass catch allocation tool
Advice 2019
Advice by ecoregion
Azores, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast, Celtic Seas, Faroes, Greater North Sea, Greenland Sea, Icelandic Waters, Norwegian Sea, Oceanic Northeast Atlantic
Advice by species
Anchovy, Anglerfish, Blue whiting, Boarfish, Blackspot seabream, Blue ling, Brill, Capelin, Cod, Dab, Deep-sea species, Eel, Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Greater silver smelt; Greenland halibut, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Lemon sole, Ling, Marine mammals, Mackerel, Megrim, Norway lobster, Norway pout, Orange roughy, Plaice, Pollack, Red gurnard, Redfish, Roundnose grenadier, Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea bass, Sea trout, Sharks, Shrimp, Skates and Rays, Sole, Sprat, Striped red mullet, Turbot, Tusk, Whiting, Witch
Special requests and other advice by title
Belgium - Revision of catch advice in 2019 for sole (Solea solea) in divisions 7.f and 7.g (Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea)
Belgium - Revision of catch advice in 2019 and 2020 for sole (Solea solea) in divisions 7.f and 7.g (Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea)
Bycatch of protected and potentially vulnerable marine vertebrates
EU - Further information on the distribution and unavoidable bycatches of eastern Baltic cod
EU - Immediate measures to safeguard eastern Baltic cod, on mixing with western Baltic cod and bycatches in different fisheries
EU - Monitoring TAC for herring in ICES divisions 7.a South of 52°30'N, 7.g–h, and 7.j–k
EU - report on the implementation of
the Baltic Sea Multiannual Plan
EU - Revision of the contribution of TACs to fisheries management and stock conservation for greater silver smelt (Argentina silus) in ICES Subarea 7, and for boarfish (Capros aper) in ICES divisions 8.b and 8.c
EU - Seafloor assessment process for physical loss (D6C1, D6C4) and physical disturbance (D6C2) on benthic habitats
EU - Sentinel fishery for Norway lobster (Nephrops) in Functional Unit 31, Division 8.c
EU - Technical Service - Estimates of the likely catches in 2019 of whiting in Division
7.a, based on the TACs set for target stocks in the same area
EU - Technical Service - Improving the scientific assessment of "data-limited" stocks in the Atlantic
EU - Technical Service - Likely catches in 2020 of specific bycatch / non-targeted stocks with zero catch advice (cod 7e-k, 6a, 21, whiting 6a, 7a, plaice 7hjk)
EU - Technical Service - Seabass catch allocation tool
EU - Technical Service - Update on the list of areas where VMEs are known to, or likely to occur, and on the existing deep-sea fishing areas for 2009–2011
EU - Updated catch advice in 2019
for whiting (Merlangius
merlangus) in Subarea 8 and Division 9.a
EU and Norway - Long-term management strategy of cod, saithe, and
whiting, and of North Sea autumn-spawning
herring
EU and Norway - Long-term management strategy of haddock
Iceland - Evaluation
of the current management plan for haddock in Icelandic waters, input data, and
stock assessment
Iceland - Evaluation of the current management plan for saithe in Icelandic
waters, input data, and stock assessment
ICES Viewpoint:
Biofouling on vessels – what is the risk, and what might be done about it?
NEAFC - Evaluation of a harvest control component of a
long-term management plan for haddock at Rockall
New information regarding the impact of fisheries on other components of the ecosystem
New information regarding vulnerable habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Area
Norway - Identification of ecological
special/valued areas in the Barents Sea
Norway - Management of the harp and hooded seal stocks in the Northeast Atlantic
Norway - Revised 2019 advice on mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in subareas 1–8 and 14, and in Division 9.a (the Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters)
OSPAR - Current state and knowledge of studies into thedeployment and environmental impacts of wet renewable technologies and marineenergy storage systems
Portugal/Spain - Evaluation of additional harvest control rules forthe Iberian sardine stock in divisions 8.c and 9.a
Portugal/Spain - Evaluation of management and recovery plan for the
Iberian sardine stock (divisions 8.c and 9.a)
UK - Review of the scientific basis for a UK
non-detriment finding (NDF) for the international trade in European eel, seen in
relation to CITES legislation
Advice 2018
Advice by ecoregion
Arctic Ocean; Azores; Baltic Sea; Barents Sea; Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast; Celtic Seas; Faroes; Greater North Sea; Greenland Sea; Icelandic Waters; Norwegian Sea; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic
Advice by species
Alfonsinos; Anchovy; Anglerfish; Black Scabbardfish; Blackspot seabream; Blue ling; Blue whiting; Brill; Capelin; Cod; Dab; Deep-sea species; Eel; Elasmobranchs; Flounder; Greater forkbeard; Greater silver smelt; Greenland halibut; Grey gurnard; Haddock; Hake; Herring; Horse mackerel; Lemon sole; Ling; Mackerel; Megrim; Norway lobster; Norway pout; Orange rouphy; Pandalus; Plaice; Pollack; Redfish; Roughhead grenadier; Roughsnout grenadier; Roundnose grenadier; Saithe; Salmon; Sandeel; Sardine; Sea trout; Seabass; Skates and rays; Sole; Sprat; Turbot; Tusk; Whiting, Witch
Special requests and other advice by title
Bycatch of small cetaceans and other marine animals – review of national reports under Council Regulation (EC) No. 812/2004 and other information
Coastal States - Re-evaluation of the reference points for Norwegian Spring-spawning herring
EU - Analysis of the IUCN process for the assessment of the conservation status of marine species in comparison to the process used by fisheries management bodies
EU - Catch advice for ray stocks
EU - Estimates of stock parameters for European Eel Management Units
EU - Evaluation of the long-term management plan for Celtic Sea herring
EU - Further development of ICES mixed-fisheries
considerations and biological interactions
EU - Guidance
on an appropriate method to integrate criteria, species, species group to
higher groups of birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and cephalopods for a Good
Environmental Status assessment
EU - Interarea flexibility between divisions 8.c and 9.a for horse mackerel
EU - Locations and likely locations of VMEs in EU
waters of the NE Atlantic, and the fishing footprint of 2009–2011
EU - Long-term management strategy for southern horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) in ICES Division 9.a
EU - Management areas for sandeel in the North Sea
EU - Plausible and updated FMSY ranges for the stocks of species inhabiting western EU waters
EU - Quality assurance for data collected under the DCF with the specifications for deliver an online international platform for age-reading workshops and calibration
EU - Review of the list of Baltic Sea wild salmon rivers in Annex I of the EC Multiannual plan on Baltic Sea salmon
EU - Revision of the contribution of TACs to fisheries management and stock conservation for selected deep-water stocks
EU- Revision of the contribution of TACs to fisheries management and stock conservation for selected stocks
EU - Revision of the contribution of TACs to fisheries management and stock conservation for: whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in ICES Division 3.a, plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in ICES Subarea 8 and Division 9.a, and northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) in ICES Division 4.a
EU - Sentinel fishery for Norway lobster (Nephrops) in functional unit 25, Division 8.c
EU - Technical Service - Additional elements concerning the ICES advice evaluating long-term management strategiesfor Norway pout in Subarea 4 and Division 3.a
EU - Technical Service - Dissemination of ICES advice beyond pdf files
EU - Technical Service - Estimates of the likely catches in 2019 of specific
bycatch/non-targeted stocks with zero or low catch advice, assuming ICES advice
for target stocks is followed
EU - Technical service - Interpretation of ICES advice on locations and likely locations of VMEs in EU waters of the NE Atlantic, and the fishing footprint of 2009–2011(sr.2018.10)
EU - Technical Service - Quality
assurance for data collected under the DCF, with the inclusion of DCF surveys
and missing variables into DATRAS
EU - Technical Service - Quality assurance for datacollected under the DCF, with the specifications of the RDBES for commercialcatch sampling da
ta
EU/Norway - Evaluation
of long-term management strategies for Norway pout in ICES Subarea 4 (North
Sea) and Division 3.a (Skagerrak–Kattegat)
France - Technical Service - Impact of the 2018 landing hypothesis on the recommendation of Atlantic cod fishing opportunities in the western English Channel and the Celtic Seas (divisions 7.e–k)
France - Updated advice for undulate ray (Raja undulata) in divisions 7.d–e and 8.a–b
NEAFC - Long-term management strategy for herring in the Northeast Atlantic (Norwegian spring-spawning herring)
New information regarding the impact offisheries on other components of the ecosystem
New information regarding vulnerable habitats inthe NEAFC Regulatory Area
The Netherlands - Comparison of the ecological and environmental effects of pulse trawls and traditional beamtrawls when exploiting the North Sea sole TAC
Norway - Technical Service - Catch scenario for 2019 corresponding to the Norway–EU–Faroe long-term management strategy for mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in subareas 1–8 and 14, and in Division 9.a (the Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters)
Norway/Russia - Evaluation of harvest control rule (HCR) options for redfish (Sebastes mentella) in ICES subareas 1 and 2
OSPAR - review of a draft nomination proforma for a “North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Seamount" MPA in the OSPAR Maritime Area
OSPAR - Review of the OSPAR Case Report for the addition of Haploops communities to the OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats
OSPAR - Technical Service - Production of spatial data layers of fishing intensity/pressure
Poland - Effectiveness of current conservation measures in place for the Baltic Cod
UK - Updated advice for whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)
Advice 2017
Advice by ecoregion
Arctic Ocean; Azores; Baltic Sea; Barents Sea; Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast; Celtic Seas; Faroes; Greater North Sea; Greenland Sea; Icelandic Waters; Norwegian Sea; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic
Advice by species
Alfonsinos; Anchovy; Anglerfish; Beaked redfish; Black scabbardfish; Blue ling; Blue whiting; Boarfish; Brill; Capelin; Cod; Dab; Deep-water species; Eel; Elasmobranchs; Flounder; Golden redfish; Greater silver smelt; Greenland Halibut; Haddock; Hake; Herring; Horse mackerel; Lemon sole; Ling, Mackerel; Megrim; Norway lobster; Norway pout; Orange roughy; Pandalus; Plaice; Pollack; Red Gurnard; Red (blackspot) seabream; Redfish; Roundnose grenadier; Saithe; Salmon; Sandeel; Sardine; Seabass; Sea Trout; Sole; Sprat; Striped red mullet; Turbot; Tusk; Whiting; Witch
Special requests and other advice by title
Bycatch of small cetaceans and other marine animals – review of national reports under Council Regulation (EC) No. 812/2004 and other information
EU - Assessment of the effects of lifting the "Sprat Box"
EU - Combined dab and flounder TAC and potential management measures besides catch limits
EU - Distributional shifts in fish stocks
EU - Evaluation of the management plan for Iberian sardine
EU - Evaluation of the recovery plan for herring in divisions 6.a and 7.b–c
EU - Fisheries-related anthropogenic impacts on eels in EU marine waters
EU - FMSY range for whiting in Subarea 4and Division 7.d (North Sea and eastern English Channel)
EU - Guidance on operational methods for theevaluation of the MSFD criterion D3C3 (second stage)
EU - Indicators of the pressure and impact of bottom-contacting fishing gear on the seabed, and of trade-offs in the catch and the value of landings
EU - In-year advice on haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)
EU - In-year advice for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in Division 9.a (Atlantic Iberian waters)
EU - In-year advice for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in Dvision 9.a (Atlantic Iberian waters), December 2017
EU - In-year advice for turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in Subarea 4 (North Sea)
EU - Review the advice for alfonsinos/golden eye perch (Beryx spp.) in the Northeast Atlantic
EU - Review of the advice for blackspot (= red) seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in Subarea 10 (Azores grounds)
EU - Stock unit definition and an increase ininter-area quota flexibility from 2 to 5% for pollack in ICES Subarea 7 and divisions8.a–b,d–e
EU/the Faroe Islands/Norway - Long-term management strategy for mackerel in the Northeast Atlantic
EU/Norway - Long-term management strategy for Pandalus in Skagerrak and the Norwegian Deep
HELCOM - Technical Service - Production of spatial data layers of fishing intensity/pressure
Iceland - Evaluation of the harvest control rule for Ling in Division5.a
Iceland - Evaluation of the harvest control rule for tusk in Subarea 14 and Division 5.a
Iceland - Evaluation of harvest control rules for a management plan for Icelandic summer-spawning herring (Division 5.a)
NEAFC - Appropriateness of NEAFC bottom fishing closures
New information regarding the impact of fisheries on other components of the ecosystem
New information regarding vulnerable habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Area
OSPAR - Information for use in selecting anddeselecting hazardous substances of concern
OSPAR - Technical Service - Production of spatial data layers of fishing intensity/pressure
Advice 2016;
Introduction to ICES Advice
Ecoregion
Azores; Baltic Sea; Barents Sea; Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast; Celtic Seas; Faroes; Greater North Sea; Greenland Sea; Iceland Sea; Norwegian Sea; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic
Species
Alfonsinos; Anchovy; Anglerfish; Black scabbard fish; Blue ling; Blue whiting; Boarfish; Brill; Capelin; Cod; Dab; Deep-water species; Eel; Elasmobranchs; Flounder; Greater forkbeard; Greater silver smelt; Greenland halibut; Grey gurnard; Haddock; Hake; Herring; Horse mackerel; Ling; Mackerel; Marine mammals; Megrim; Norway lobster; Norway pout; Orange roughy; Pandalus; Plaice; Pollack; Red (=blackspot) seabream; Red gurnard; Redfish; Roughhead grenadier; Roughsnout grenadier; Roundnose grenadier; Saithe; Salmon; Sandeel; Sardine; Sea trout; Sea bass; Sharks; Skates and Rays; Sole; Sprat; Spurdog; Striped red mullett; Turbot; Tusk; Whiting
Special requests
Belgium - Technical Service - Review of draft procedure to allow for scientific testing of bottom impacting fishing gear in two fisheries management zones
Denmark - Real-time monitoring for sandeel in Divisions 4b and 4c, SA 1 (Central and South North Sea, Dogger Bank)
EU - Evaluation of the Trans-border management plan for European eel in the Polish–Russian zone of the Pregola drainage basin and Vistula Lagoon
EU - FMSY ranges for selected stocks in ICES subareas 5 to 10 (EU fisheries in western waters)
EU - Forecast scenarios of the likely consequences of reductions in fishing mortality in the Western Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) stock
EU - Framework for the classification of stock status relative to MSY proxies for selected category 3 and category 4 stocks in ICES subareas 5 to 10 (EU fisheries in western waters)
EU - Guidance on how pressure maps of fishing intensity contribute to an assessment of the state of seabed habitats
EU - Guidance on operational methods for the evaluation of the MSFD Criterion D3C3
EU - Guidance on the most appropriate method to aggregate species within species groups for the assessment of good environmental status for MSFD Descriptor 1
EU - Guidance on the practical methodology for delivering an MSFD GES assessment on D3 for an MSFD region/subregion
EU - Recreational cod data needs for monitoring the recreational fisheries
EU request to ICES on in-year advice for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in Division 9.a (Atlantic Iberian waters)
EU - Potential management measures for salmon in the Gulf of Finland (ICES Subdivision 32)
EU - Scientific monitoring fishery for herring in ICES divisions 6.a, 7.b, and 7.c
EU - Technical Service - Additional catch options for Western Baltic cod stock (subdivisions 22–24)
EU - Technical Service - Review of a proposal of an in-yearTAC adjustment for 2016 for skates and rays (SRX) in Division 7.d
France - Updated advice on the ecosystem effects of pulse trawl
HELCOM - Technical Service - Review of the BalticBOOST WP3.2 tool to assess the impact of fisheries on seafloor habitats
NASCO - Possible effects of salmonid aquaculture on wild Atlantic salmon populations, focusing on the effects of sea lice, genetic interactions, and the impact on wild salmon production
NEAFC - Categorization of stocks requiring different character and level of NEAFC regulations
NEAFC - Evaluation of a long-termmanagement strategy for the fisheries on the blue whiting stock
Norway - Management strategy evaluation for the Pandalus fishery in Subdivision 3.a.20 (Skagerrak) and Division 4.a East (Norwegian Deep)
Norway - Status and harvest potential of the harp seal stocks in the Greenland Sea and the White Sea/Barents Sea, and of the hooded seal stock in the Greenland Sea
Norway - Technical review of the MAREANO programme
Norway/Russia - Evaluation of harvest control rules for Northeast Arctic cod and haddock and for Barents Sea capelin
OSPAR - Common indicator assessments of seals
OSPAR - Further development of fishing intensity and pressure mapping
OSPAR - Indicator assessments of cetacean species other than coastal bottlenose dolphins
OSPAR - Indicator assessment of coastal bottlenose dolphins
Advice 2015;
Introduction to ICES Advice
Ecoregion
Azores; Baltic Sea; Barents Sea; Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast; Celtic Seas; Greater North Sea; Faroes; Greenland Sea; Iceland Sea; Norwegian Sea; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic
Species
Alfonsinos; Anchovy; Anglerfish;Black scabbard fish; Blue ling; Blue whiting; Boarfish; Brill; Capelin; Cod; Dab; Deep-water species; Eel; Elasmobranchs; Flounder; Greater forkbeard; Greater silver smelt; Greenland halibut; Grey gurnard; Haddock; Hake; Herring; Horse mackerel; Lemon sole; Ling; Mackerel; Megrim; Norway lobster; Norway pout; Orange roughy; Pandalus; Plaice; Pollack; Red (= blackspot) seabream; Red gurnard; Redfish; Roughhead grenadier; Roughsnout grenadier; Roundnose grenadier; Saithe; Salmon; Sandeel; Sardine; Sea bass; Sharks; Skates and rays; Sole; Sprat; Striped red mullet; Turbot; Tusk; Witch; Whiting
Special requests
EU - Criteria for CITES non-detriment finding for European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
EU - Data needs for monitoring of recreational fisheries
EU - Fmsy ranges for selected North Sea and Baltic stocks
EU - Revisions to Marine Strategy Framework Directive manuals for Descriptors 3, 4, and 6
EU - Sole in Division IIIa and Subdivisions 22-24 - SELTRA trawl
EU - Technical service on assessment of the deep-sea status of certainfish species
EU - Technical Service on clarification of the advice on MSFD reviews of descriptors D3, 4, 6, and 11
EU - Technical Service on the effect of increased quota flexibility in 2015–2016 on Baltic Sea herring and sprat
EU - Technical Service on the effect of increased quota flexibility in 2015–2016 on pelagic stocks
EU/Norway - Evaluation of the proposed Long-Term Management Strategy for herring (Clupea harengus) in the North Sea and the Division IIIa herring TAC-setting procedure
EU/Norway/Faroe Islands - Evaluation of a multi-annual management strategy for mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the Northeast Atlantic
EU/Norway/Faroe Islands - Management of mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the Northeast Atlantic
HELCOM - Pressure from fishing activity (based on VMS/logbook data) in the HELCOMarea relating to both seafloor integrity and management of HELCOM MPAs
NEAFC - Technical Service - Catch by stock and year, inside and outside the NEAFC regulatory area
NL - Technical Service - Review of a Wadden Sea fish passage audit
Norway/Russia - Revised advice for haddock in Subareas I and II
OSPAR - Development of a common monitoring protocol for plastic particles in fish stomachs and selected shellfish on the basis of existing fish disease surveys
OSPAR - Review of draft OSPAR JAMP eutrophication guidelineson phytoplankton species composition
OSPAR - Advice to support the development of common and candidate OSPAR biodiversity indicators for benthic habitats: existing monitoring programmes
OSPAR- Advice to support the development of common and candidate OSPAR biodiversity indicators for benthic habitats: pressure maps
OSPAR- Advice to support the development of common and candidate OSPAR biodiversity indicators for benthic habitats: selection of habitats in support of the development of the Typical Species Composition indicator
Advice 2014;
General context of ICES advice, 2014
Ecoregion
Baltic Sea; Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea; Bay of Biscay and Atlantic Iberian waters; Celtic Sea and West of Scotland; Faroe Plateau Ecosystem; General Advice; Iceland and East Greenland; North Sea; Widely distributed and migratory stocks
Species
Alfonsinos; Anchovy; Anglerfish; Black Scabbard fish; Blue ling; Blue whiting; Boarfish; Brill; Capelin; Cod; Dab; Deep-water species; Eel; Elasmobranchs; Flounder; Greater forkbeard; Greater silver smelt; Greenland halibut; Grey gurnard; Haddock; Hake; Herring; Horse mackerel; Lemon sole; Ling; Mackerel; Marine mammals; Megrim; Nephrops; Norway pout; Orange roughy; Pandalus; Plaice; Pollack; Red gurnard; Red (= blackspot) seabream; Redfish; Roundnose grenadier; Saithe; Salmon; Sandeel; Sardine; Sea trout; Seabass; Sharks; Skates and rays; Sole; Sprat; Striped red mullet; Turbot; Tusk; Witch; Whiting
Special requests
EU - Bay of Biscay anchovy TAC
EU - Clarification of the EU request for the evaluation of the harvest control rule for sole in the Bay of Biscay, October 2013
EU - Draft recommendations for the assessment of MSFD Descriptor 3
EU - Effect of increased quota flexibility for 2014–2015 on Celtic Sea herring and Western horse mackerel
EU - Effect of increased quota flexibility for 2014 –2015 on pelagic stocks and Baltic salmon
EU - Informal clarification regarding ICES advice in 2014 for red (= blackspot) seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in Subarea IX
EU - Preliminary FMSY ranges for Baltic cod, herring and sprat stocks
EU - Proposal on indicators for MSFD Descriptor 4 (foodwebs)
EU - Review of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Descriptor 3 – Commercially exploited fish and shellfish
EU - Review of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Descriptor 4 – Foodwebs
EU - Review of the Marine Strategy FrameworkDirective: Descriptor 6 – Seafloor integrity
EU - Review of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Descriptor 11 – Energy, including underwater noise
EU/Norway - 2014 TAC for cod in the North Sea
EU/Norway - Evaluation of the performance ofthe long-term management plan for North Sea haddock
EU/Norway - Increasing the 2014 TAC for cod in the North Sea
EU and NEAFC - Clarification regarding assessment of occurrenceand catch levels of grenadier species in areas where roundnose grenadier is caught
Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland - Evaluation of the proposed harvest control rule for deep pelagic redfish in the Irminger Sea
Germany/the Netherlands - The potential need for a management of brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) in the North Sea
Iceland, Faroe Islands, and Greenland - Evaluation of a proposed long-term management plan and harvest control rule for golden redfish (Sebastes marinus)
NASCO - Advice on North Atlantic salmon
NEAFC - Blue whiting stochastic forecast
NEAFC - Clarification of the TAC level and the basis ofthe advice for Beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) in Subareas V, XII, and XIV and NAFO Subareas 1+2 (Deep pelagic stock > 500 m)
NEAFC/JNRFC - Evaluation of a proposed harvest control rule for Sebastes mentella in Subareas I and II
The Netherlands - Evaluate of the proposal for a multi-annual plan for horse mackerel in the North Sea
OSPAR - Implementation of MSFD for marinemammals
OSPAR - Interactions of wild and captive fish stocks
OSPAR - mapping of bottom fishing intensity using VMS data
OSPAR - Review and update of the Technical Annexes to JAMP Guidelines for Monitoring of Contaminants in Biota and in Sediments
OSPAR - Spatial representation of existing CEMP sediment monitoring stations
Advice 2013
General context of ICES advice
Multispecies considerations for the central Baltic stocks
Multispecies considerations for the North Sea stocks
Mixed-fisheries advice for Subarea IV (North Sea) and Divisions IIIa North (Skagerrak) and VIId (Eastern Channel)
Eco Region
Baltic Sea; Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea; Bay of Biscay and Atlantic Iberian waters, Celtic Sea and West of Scotland; Faroe Plateau Ecosystem; General Advice; Iceland and East Greenland; North Sea; Widely distributed and Migratory Stocks
Species
Alfonsinos; Anglerfish; Anchovy; Black scabbardfish; Blue ling; Blue whiting; Boarfish; Brill; Capelin; Cod; Dab; Deepwater species; Eel; Elasmobranchs; Flounder; Greater forkbeard; Greater silver smelt; Greenland halibut; Grey gurnard; Haddock; Hake; Herring; Horse mackerel; Lemon sole; Ling; Mackerel; Marine mammals; Megrim; Nephrops; Norway pout; Orange roughy; Pandalus; Plaice; Pollack; Porbeagle; Red (=blackspot) seabream; Red gurnard; Redfish; Roundnose grenadier; Saithe; Salmon; Sandeel; Sardine; Sea trout; Seabass; Seabirds; Sole; Sprat; Spurdog; Striped red mullet; Turbot; Tusk; Whiting; Witch
Special Requests:
EU request - Changing the TAC year for Norway pout in the North Sea
EU request - Distribution of megrim in areas IV and VIa
EU request - Evaluation of possible modifications of the long-term management arrangementfor the Western horse mackerel stock
EU request - Evaluation of the Eel Management Plan progress
EU request - Evaluation of the harvest control rule for sole in the Bay of Biscay
EU request - Evaluation of the proposed long-term management plan for boarfish and possible in-year revision of the TAC for 2013
EU request - Interannual quota flexibility for plaice in the North Sea
EU request - Interannual quota flexibility for saithe in the North Sea
EU request - Management plan evaluation for sardine in Divisions VIIIc and IXa
EU request - monitoring of bycatch of cetaceans and other protected species
EU request - Monitoring of bycatch of seabirds
EU request - New information regarding the impact of fisheries on other components of the ecosystem
EU request - Opinion on modification to the list of deep-sea sharks
EU request - Opinion on the outcome of an in year revision for northern hake
EU request - Scientific advice on data collection issues
EU request - Scientific advice on data collection issues – part 2
EU request - Special management measures for skates and rays
EU–Norway request - Evaluation of the long-term management plan for whiting in the North Sea
EU–Norway request - TAC setting options for cod in the North Sea and Skagerrak
HELCOM request - Review of HELCOM draft Red List assessment of cod (Gadus morhua)
Iceland request - Evaluation of the long-term management plan and harvest control rule for Icelandic haddock
Iceland request - Evaluation of the long-term management plan and harvest control rule for Icelandic saithe
NASCO - Advice on North Atlantic salmon
NEAFC request - Assessment of the list of VME indicator species and elements
NEAFC request - Closure area and additional measures for the protection of juvenile haddock on Rockall Bank
NEAFC request - Effects on assessments of historical unaccounted landings for mackerel and the utility of new and existing surveys
NEAFC request - Evaluation of the appropriateness of buffer zones
NEAFC request - Evaluation of the harvest control rule element of the long-term management plan for blue whiting
NEAFC request - Evaluation of the extra harvest control rule options for the long-term management plan for blue whiting
NEAFC request - Evaluation of the proposals for the harvest control components of the management plan for Rockall haddock fisheries
NEAFC request - Modifications of thelong-term management arrangement for the Norwegian spring-spawning herring stock
NEAFC request - Threshold levels for longline fishing
NEAFC request - Vulnerable deep-water habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Area
Norway request - Status and harvest potential of the harp seal stocks in the Greenland Sea and the White Sea/Barents Sea, and of the hooded seal stock in the Greenland Sea
OSPAR request - Data collection and storage to implement the OSPAR seabird recommendations
OSPAR request - Ecological quality objective for seabird populations in OSPAR Region III (Celtic Seas)
OSPAR request - Maximizing the use of available sources of data for monitoring of biodiversity
OSPAR request - Review of the technical specification and application of common indicators under D1, D2, D4, and D6
OSPAR request - Spatial design of a regional monitoring programme for contaminants in sediments
OSPAR request - Update of the ecological quality objective (EcoQO) on seabird population trends
OSPAR/NEAFC request - Existing and potential new management measures for ecologicallyand biologically significant areas (EBSAs)
OSPAR/NEAFC request - Review of results of Joint OSPAR/NEAFC/CBD Workshop on Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas(EBSAs)
OSPAR/NEAFC request - Review and reformulation of four EBSA Proformas
