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2012 Advice release dates

New Advice (2012)

Special requests

OSPAR request - EcoQO for seabird populations in OSPAR regions II and III

Advice 2011

General context of ICES advice

EcoRegion

Baltic Sea, Barent Sea and Norwegian Sea, Bay of Biscay and Atlantic Iberian waters, Celtic Sea and West of Scotland, Faroe Plateau Ecosystem, Iceland and East Greenland, North Sea, Widely distributed and Migratory Stocks

Species

Anchovy, Anglerfish, Blue whiting, Boarfish, Brill, Capelin, Cod, Dab, Deep-water species, Eel, Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Greenland halibut, Grey gurnard, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Lemon sole, Mackerel; Megrim, Nephrops, Norway pout, Pandalus, Plaice, Pollack, Red gurnard, Redfish, Saithe, Salmon , Sandeel, Sardine, Sea Trout, Seabass, Sole, Sprat, Striped red mullet, Turbot, Whiting, Witch

Special requests

EC request - New information regarding impact of fisheries

EC request - Scientific surveys for deep water fisheries

EU/Norway request – Evaluation of Management Plan for North Sea cod

EU/Norway request –Interim advice on the North Sea herring management plan 

EU/Norway request - Management plan for North Sea herring

EU/Norway request - Management Plan for North Sea whiting 

JRNFC request - Monitoring of Arctic Ocean fish stocks

NASCO request - Advice on North Atlantic salmon

NEAFC and EC requests - Update of cold-water coral and sponge maps and the information underpinning such maps on Vulnerable Marine Habitats (including Hatton and Rockall Banks)

NEAFC request - Evaluation of proposal for harvest control rules for Rockall haddock

NEAFC request- Northeast Atlantic elasmobranch species classification

NEAFC request - Redfish stock structure in the Irminger Sea

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 - Further development of guidance on integrated monitoring and assessment of chemicals and biological effects

OSPAR request - Protocols for assessing the status of sea-pen and burrowing megafauna communities

OSPAR request - Review of Draft OSPAR ICG-COBAM Advice Manual on Biodiversity

Advice (2010)

General context of ICES advice

EcoRegion

Baltic Sea, Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea, Bay of Biscay and Iberian Sea, Celtic Sea and West of Scotland, Faroe Plateau Ecosystem, Iceland and East Greenland, North Sea, Widely Distributed

Species

Anchovy, Anglerfish, Blue whiting, Brill, Capelin, Cod, Dab, Deep-water species, Eel, Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Greenland halibut; Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Mackerel, Marine mammals, Megrim, Nephrops, Norway pout, Pandalus, Plaice, Redfish, Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea trout, Seabirds, Sole, Sprat, Turbot, Whiting

Special requests

EC request - Advice on Dipturus batis in Celtic Seas and Biscay-Iberia ecoregions

EC request - Advice on Raja undulata in Celtic Sea and Biscay-Iberia ecoregions

EC request - Conservation of three species of ray

EC request - Cetacean bycatch Regulation 812/2004, Item 1

EC request - Cetacean bycatch Regulation 812/2004, Item 2

EC request - Cetacean bycatch Regulation 812/2004, Item 3

EC request - Cetacean bycatch Regulation 812/2004, Item 4

EC request - Cetacean bycatch Regulation 812/2004, Item 5

EC request - European Commission’s TAC Setting Rules [COM (2010) 241]

EC request - Evaluation of eel management plans

EC request – Evaluation of haddock management plan

EC request - Evaluation of HCR for southern hake, anglerfish and Nephrops

EC request - General trends of fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic

EC request – In-year management advice for sandeel in the North Sea

EC request - New information regarding small cetaceans, marine mammals, seabirds, and sensitive habitats and impact of fisheries

EC request - Northern hake FMSY

EC request - Plaice in Divisions VIIe and VIId

EC request - Status of fish stocks managed by the Community in the Northeast Atlantic

EU/Norway - Request on long term management for herring in the Western Baltic and the Skagerrak and Kattegat

EU/Norway - Request on the evaluation of the long-term management plan for haddock in Subarea IV (North Sea) and Division IIIa West (Skagerrak)

EU/Norway - Request on the management of whiting in Subarea IV (North Sea) and Division VIId (Eastern Channel)

Greenland request - Studies needed to validate the origin of the East Greenland adult Sebastes mentella stock

Iceland request – Evaluation of Icelandic cod management plan

NASCO request – Advice on North Atlantic Salmon

NEAFC request – Guidelines for Observers onboard fishing vessels authorised to fish in new bottom fishing areas

NEAFC request - Stock identification of pelagic redfish in the Irminger Sea

NEAFC request - Vulnerable deep-water habitats

Norway request - Evaluation of a rebuilding plan for Norwegian coastal cod

OSPAR request - Atmospheric monitoring of PFOS

OSPAR request - Effects of mariculture on populations of wild fish

OSPAR request - Environmental interactions of wave and tidal energy generation devices

OSPAR request - Extending marine assessment and monitoring framework - Utrecht Workshop

OSPAR request - Further development of guidance on integrated monitoring and assessment of chemicals and biological effects
assessment of chemicals and biological effects

OSPAR request - Impacts of human activities on cold water corals and sponge aggregations

OSPAR request - Monitoring methodologies for ocean acidification

OSPAR request - Review of draft OSPAR QSR 2010

OSPAR request - Tools for coordinated monitoring of dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs1 and PFOS

The Netherlands – Evaluation of the long term management plan for sole and plaice in the North Sea (part 2)

Advice (2009)

EcoRegion

Baltic Sea, Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea, Bay of Biscay and Iberian Seas, Celtic Sea and West of Scotland, Faroe Plateau Ecosystem, Iceland and East Greenland, North Sea, Widely Distributed

Species

Anglerfish, Anchovy, Blue ling, Blue whiting, Brill, Capelin, Cod, Dab, Deep water species, Eel, Flounder, Greenland halibut, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Mackerel, Marine mammals, Megrim, Nephrops, Norway pout, Pandalus, Plaice, Redfish, Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea trout, Seabirds, Sharks; Sole, Sprat, Turbot, Whiting

Special requests

Denmark Request on Methodologies relevant to interactions between Eiders and blue mussels

EC request for information on demersal skates and rays and pelagic sharks

EC Request on Baltic cod selectivity

EC request on blue whiting long-term yield in 2008 simulations

EC request - Clarification of 2010 TAC Advice relative to TAC rules of Com (2009) 224

EC request on multi-annual management of pelagic stocks in the Baltic Sea

EC request on Blue ling protection areas during spawning period

EC Request - Literature review of impact of cormorants on fisheries in Europe

EC request - Review of the Biologically Sensitive Area/Irish Box

EC/Norway request on in-year management advice for sandeel in the North Sea

NASCO request on North Atlantic Salmon

NEAFC request on new information on distribution of vulnerable habitats and fisheries activities

NEAFC request on potential elements for an adaptive management plan for redfish

NEAFC request on potential management units for redfish in Irminger Sea

NEAFC request on suitable criteria for differentiating fisheries into possible management types

NEAFC request on the stock structure of Sebastes mentella

NEAFC request on the use and quality of VMS data and records of catch and effort for providing information on deepwater fisheries

NEAFC request on timing and areas of larval extrusion of Sebastes mentella

NEAFC request on Vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) provisions (NEAFC)

Netherlands - Electric pulse trawl

Norway Request on populations in poor condition


OSPAR request on assessment of data of fish diseases

OSPAR request on assessment of EROD data

OSPAR request for further development of guidance on integrated monitoring and assessment of chemicals and biological effects

OSPAR request on JAMP Eutrophication monitoring guidelines

OPSAR request on non-indigenous species

OSPAR request on quality assurance arrangements for EcoQOs

OSPAR request on tools for coordinated monitoring of dioxins, planar CBs and PFOS

OSPAR request for update of JAMP guidance on normalisation of contaminant concentrations in sediment

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