Advice release dates

Advice is released at 12:00 (CET) on the following dates in 2021:

Release date	Request	Requested by
5 January	Advice on EU regulatory area options for VME protection	EU
11 February	Advice on the on manual of genetics procedures to be used in the NAFO Regulatory Area	EU
25 February	Advice on sandeel	EU and Norway
8 March	Advice on a new rebuilding plan for western horse mackerel	EU
16 March	Advice on Pandalus in Divisions IIIa and IVa East	EU, Norway, UK
13 April	Advice on North Sea and 3.a sprat	EU and Norway
7 May	Advice on North Atlantic salmon	NASCO, UK
28 May	Advice on Baltic Sea fish stocks	EU, UK
10 June	Advice on deep-water fish stocks	EU, NEAFC, UK
15 June	Advice on Arctic and North-Western fish stocks	EU, NEAFC
15 June	Advice on Icelandic deep-water fish stocks	NEAFC
27 June	Update of the 2019 advice for Whiting in divisions 8-9a	EU
30 June	Advice on Bay of Biscay, Celtic Seas, and North Sea fish stocks	EU, Norway, UK
tbc	Advice on Southern horse mackerel and anchovy	EU
tbc	Bycatch advice	EU
tbc	Advice on vulnerable Marine Habitats	EU, NEAFC
30 September	Advice on widely distributed stocks	EU, NEAFC, Norway, UK
1 October	Advice on elasmobranchs	EU, NEAFC, UK
8 October	Advice on Norway pout	EU, Norway, UK
tbc	Advice on Barent Sea Capelin	NEAFC and Norway
29 October	Celtic Sea Norway lobster, anglerfish in North Sea, Rockall and West of Scotland, Skagerrak and Kattegat, and Rockall megrim in 8ab.	EU, UK
4 November	Advice on eel	EU, UK
In November, date tbc	Advice on Pandalus	EU, Norway, UK
14 November	Advice on Sole in Division 7.d (eastern English Channel)	EU
30 November	Advice on Icelandic capelin and Faroese stocks	NEAFC, UK
30 November	Fisheries overviews and mixed fisheries advice
tbc	Advice on Bay of Biscay anchovy	EU
12 December	Ecosystem overviews

ICES advice is in response to requests from competent authorities as described in various cooperation documents and special requests. Read the full list of cooperation agreements.