Stock Assessments: demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea (STECF-20-09).

The working group was held in remotely, from 7th to 18th Sept 2020. The meeting was attended by 21 experts in total, including three STECF members and four JRC experts. The EWG had two observers who attended part time. The objective of the Mediterranean Methodology EWG 20-09 was to carry out assessments and provide draft advice for stocks identified in the ToR supplied by STECF. An initial plenary session commenced at 09:30 on the first day. The ToRs were discussed and examined in detail. Stocks were allocated to participants based on expertise. An ftp repository was created ad-hoc to share documents, data and scripts and prepare the report. The stock assessments were evaluated by the by all participants. Most of the work was concluded by Tuesday 15 Sept, after 7 full days of work, and some additional work at the weekend. However, two stocks remained to be completed, this extra work was carried out largely by two participant with support from small subgroups. The WG met for a final session on Friday 18 Sept. to conclude the work on one stock. Following extensive trials the last stock could not be assessed with an analytic age based assessment and advice was based on the MEDITS index. Over the first 7 working days plenary sessions were held each day to monitor progress and share results. The overall conclusions for each stock were discussed and finalized in plenary on the Tuesday, though the last assessment was finalised on the following Friday, the last day of the meeting.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Simmonds, J., Bitetto, I., Certain, G., Daskalov, G., Panisello, M.G., Guijarro, B., Ligas, A., Mantopoulou, D., Martin, P., Murenu, M., Musumeci, C., Orio, A., Pesci, P., Pierucci, A., Ramirez, J., Sbrana, M., Tsikliras, A., Winker, H., Konrad, C., Pinto, C., Mannini, A.
Other Authors:	Simmonds, John
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Publications Office of the European Union 2020
Subjects:	Stock assessment, Management advice, MSY, Fisheries biology, Fisheries economics, Fisheries governance, Fishing gear technology,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/41775
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