Fisheries overviews

Fisheries overviews and mixed fisheries advice

Fisheries overviews summarize the services derived from fishing activities and the effects of fishing on the ecosystem in each ICES ecoregion.

This includes which countries are catching what species, quantifying discards and bycatch, describing the various fishing methods being used, and how stocks are managed. They perform a crucial role, giving the context for ecosystem-based fisheries management.

Choose an ecoregion to view the latest overview:

Mixed fisheries advice

Mixed fisheries advice provides potential fishing opportunities for a number of management scenarios. The mixed fisheries advice covers a few of the ecoregions and primarily considers demersal trawl fisheries.