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Advice 2024
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, Atlantic wolffish, Black scabbardfish, Blackspot seabream, Blue ling, Blue whiting, Boarfish, Brill, Capelin, Cod, 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 roughy, Plaice, Pollack, Redfish, Roundnose grenadier, Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea bass, Shrimp, Sole, Sprat, Turbot, Tusk, Whiting, Witch
Special requests and other advice by title
Areas where Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) are known to occur or are likely to occur in EU waters
Bycatch of endangered, threatened and protected species of marine mammals, seabirds and marine turtles, and selected fish species of bycatch relevance
EU - Appropriate bycatch
monitoring systems at Member State level and on regional coordination
EU - Assessing remedial measures in subdivisions
29N and 30 to protect the Atlantic salmon stock from the Ljungan river in
Sweden
EU - Identification of EU-only and Baltic Sea stocks
eligible for multiannual advice
EU - Identifying operational indicators and defining usable threshold values (reference points) for criterion D3C3 under MSFD Decision (EU) 2017/848
EU - Roadmap for possible conservation measures for central
Baltic and Gulf of Bothnia herring
EU - Spatial trade-off analysis between reducing the extent
of mobile bottom-contacting gear
(MBCG) disturbance to seabed habitats and potential costs to fisheries
EU - Support for the implementation of the Action Plan – harbour porpoise in the Baltic Sea (Baltic Proper)
EU - Technical Service - Alternative measures to prevent bycatch of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Baltic Sea
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero‑TAC stocks 2024: pollack (Pollachius pollachius) in subareas 6–7 (Celtic Seas and the English Channel)
EU - Technical Service - Review the knowledge base and analytical frameworks required to map where VMEs are known or likely to occur as well as on fishing activity of deep-sea fish in all EU outermost regions
EU/UK - Mixed fisheries science
EU/UK - Updated advice for sole (Solea solea) in Division 7.a
Iceland - Evaluation of harvest control rules for a
management plan for Icelandic summer-spawning herring (Division 5.a)
NEAFC - Advice on Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management
NEAFC - Discarding in the NEAFC regulatory areas (RAs)
NEAFC - Technical Service - Bycatch risk gears for seabirds in the NEAFC regulatory areas
NEAFC - Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the NEAFC Regulatory Areas, in relation to the NEAFC 5-year review of Recommendation 19:2014
NEAFC - Whether ICES advice of 2023, on the long-term biodiversity/ecosystem benefits of NEAFC’s restricted bottom fishing areas, also applies to 14 defined polygons in NEAFC Regulatory Area (RA) 1 and RA 2
New information on vulnerable habitats and fisheries activities in the NEAFC regulatory areas
Norway - Updated advice for greater silver smelt in subareas 1, 2, and 4,
and in Division 3.a
tuna
Advice 2023
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, cod, Dab, Deep-sea species, Eel, Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Four-spot megrim, 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, Plaice, Pollack, Red gurnard, Redfish, Roundnose grenadier, Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea bass, Sea trout, Shrimp, Sole, Sprat, Striped red mullet, Turbot, Tusk, Whiting, Widely distributed stocks, Witch, Wolffish
Special requests and other advice by title
Areas where Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) are known to occur or are likely to occur in EU waters
Bycatch of endangered, threatened and protected species of marine mammals, seabirds and marine turtles, and selected fish species of bycatch relevance
EU - Mitigation measures to reduce bycatches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast
EU - Mitigation measures to reduce bycatches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Bay of Biscay (ICES Subarea 8)
EU - Additional catch scenario for sole (Solea solea) in subdivisions 20–24 (Skagerrak and Kattegat, western Baltic Sea)
EU - Review of innovative gears for potential use in EU waters and their impacts
EU - Technical Service - Available data and methods to estimate fishing pressure from small scale fisheries under D1/D6 for the MSFD
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero‑TAC stocks 2023: cod (Gadus
morhua) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea) (sr.2023.09c)
EU - Technial Service - Catch
scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2023: cod (Gadus morhua) in divisions
7.e–k (eastern English Channel and southern Celtic Seas) (sr.2023.09d)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero-TAC stocks: cod (Gadus morhua) in Subdivision 21 (Kattegat) (sr.2023.0
9e)
- Catch scenarios for zero‑TAC
stocks 2023: pollack (Pollachius pollachius) in subareas 6–7 (Celtic
Seas and the English Channel) (sr.2023.09f)
EU - Technical Service - Catch
scenarios for zero‑TAC stocks 2023: sole (Solea solea) in Division 7.a
(Irish Sea) (sr.2023.09g)
EU - Technical Service - Catch
scenarios for zero‑TAC stocks 2023: whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in
Division 7.a (Irish Sea) (sr.2023.09h)
EU - Technical Service - Catch
scenarios for zero‑TAC stocks 2023: whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in
divisions 7.b–c
and 7.e–k (southern
Celtic Seas and eastern English Channel) (sr.2023.09i)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2023; western Baltic spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2023; herring (Clupea harengus) in divisions 7.a South of 52°30'N, 7.g–h, and 7.j–k (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, and southwest of Ireland)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero-TAC stocks 2023: pollack (Pollachius pollachius) in subareas 6–7 (Celtic Seas and the English Channel)
EU - Technical Service - Provision of FLR objects and stock synthesis report files for selectivity indicators
EU - Technical Service - Identification of EU-only
and Baltic Sea stocks eligible for a multiannual advice
EU - Technical Service - Unavoidable bycatches in various Baltic
fisheries
EU/Norway - Revision of the Long-Term
Management Strategy for northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in divisions 3.a
and 4.a East (Skagerrak and Kattegat and northern North Sea in the Norwegian
Deep)
EU/UK - Celtic Sea whiting TAC
EU/UK - Consistency between ICES advice relevant to North Sea and English Channel plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), ple.27.420, ple.27.7d, and ple.27.7e
EU/UK - Technical Service - Development of additional SmartDots software modules
EU/UK - Technical Service - Ecosystem considerations in the provision of single stock advice for
forage fish species
EU/UK - Technical Service - Roundnose grenadier apportion
NEAFC - Bird bycatch in the NEAFC regulatory areas (RAs)
NEAFC - Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures
in relation to long-term biodiversity/ecosystem benefits of NEAFC’s closed
areas and areas restricted to bottom fishing (replacing advice provided in October 2023)
New information regardingvulnerable habitats in the NEAFC regulatory areas
OSPAR - Review of the revised nomination proforma for the ‘North Atlantic current and Evlanov seabasin’ MPA in the OSPAR Maritime Area
Advice 2022
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, Brill, Boarfish, Capelin, Cod, Dab, Deep-sea species, Eel, Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Four-spot megrim, Greater forkbeard, Greater silver smelt, Grey gurnard, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Lemon sole, Ling, Mackerel, Megrim, Norway lobster, Norway pout, Plaice, Pollack, Porbeagle, Red gurnard, Redfish, Roundnose grenadier, Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea bass, Shrimp, Sole, Sprat, Spurdog, Turbot, Tusk, Whiting, Witch, Wolffish
Special requests and other advice by title
Bycatch of protected, endangered, and/or threatened species of marine mammals, seabirds and marine turtles, and selected fish species of bycatch relevance
EU - Lists for Descriptor3 (commercially exploited fish and shellfish) reporting by EU Member Statesunder MSFD Article 17 in 2024
EU - Methods for assessing adverse effects on seabed habitats
EU - Technical evaluation of the Eel Management Plan progress reports
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2022; cod (Gadus morhua) in Division 6.a (West of Scotland); cod (Gadus morhua) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)
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: cod (Gadus morhua) in Subdivision 21 (Kattegat)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2022; herring (Clupea harengus) in divisions 7.a South of 52°30'N, 7.g–h, and 7.j–k (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, and southwest of Ireland)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2022; western Baltic spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus)
EU - Technical Service - Catch statistics for skates and rays caught in ICES areas 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 included in the SRX TAC group
EU - Technical Service - Compilation of assessment methods and indicators that can be used to assess seabed habitats under D6/D1 for the MSFD
EU - Technical Service - Data output of the ICES 2021 advice on the deep-sea access regulation (ref. (EU)2016/2336) as coordinates for EU waters area only
EU - Technical Service - Inclusion of catch scenarios tables
disaggregating total removals into commercial landings, recreational removals,
and commercial discards for sea bass (Dicentrarchus
labrax) in divisions 8.a and 8.b (northern and central Bay of Biscay)
EU - Technical Service - Interarea flexibility between divisions 8.c and 9.a for horse mackerel in 2022
EU - Technical Service - Inventory of Member States’ monitoring programmes of bycatch of protected, endangered, and threatened species under the service of EC DG ENVIRONMENT
EU - Technical Service - Review of monitoring of bycatch of protected, endangered, and threatened species of mammals, birds, turtles and fish under the service of EC DG ENVIRONMENT
EU - Updated advice for hake (Merluccius merluccius) in divisions 8.c and 9.a, Southern stock (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters) for catches in 2022
EU/UK - Review of ICES advice provided in 2018 on the contribution of TACs to fisheries management and stock conservation for EU/UK request to ICES for lemon sole, witch, turbot, and brill
Iceland request for evaluation of a harvest control rule for Atlantic wolffish in Icelandic waters
Iceland request for evaluation of a harvest control rule for ling in Icelandic waters
Iceland
request for evaluation of a harvest control rule for plaice in Icelandic waters
Iceland request for
evaluation of a harvest control rule for tusk in Icelandic waters
NEAFC - Appropriateness of NEAFC bottom‑fishing closures
NEAFC - Definition of the fisheries that use collection bags in the NEAFC Regulatory Area (ICES subareas 1 and 2) and to assess their impact on species caught and bycaught
NEAFC - The efficacy of the Rockall haddock closure in protection of juvenile haddock
NEAFC - Technical Service - Discarding in the NEAFC Regulatory Area
New information regarding vulnerable habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Areas
Norway - Evaluation of management of
Norwegian coastal cod north of 67° N
Norway - Production of spatial data layers of fishing in areas relevant to future extraction of deep‑sea minerals
Advice 2021
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
Anchovy, Anglerfish, Blackspot seabream, Blue ling, Blue whiting, Boarfish, Brill, Capelin , Cod, Deep-sea sp ecies, Eel , Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Greater silver smelt, Greenland halibut, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Lemon sole, Ling, Mackerel, Megrim, Plaice , Norway lobster, Norway pout , Orange roughy, Pollack, Red gurnard , Redfish, Saithe , Salmon , Sandeel, Sardine, Sea bass , sole, Sea trout, Shrimp, Sprat , Turbot, Tusk, Whiting, Witch
Special requests and other advice by title
Bycatch of protected, endangered, and threatened species (PETS)
E U - Asse ssment of a new rebuilding plan for weste rn horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) in ICES Subarea 8 and divisions 2.a, 4.a, 5.b, 6.a, 7.a–c, and 7.e–k
EU - H ow management scenarios to reduce mobile bottom fishing disturbance on seafloor habitats affect fisheries landing and value
EU - International Manual of Procedures (IMP) to be used in the NAFO Regulatory Area to guide the collection of samples from fisheries products for genetic ana lysis
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)
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks; cod (Gadus morhua) in Division 6.a (Est of Scotland) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)
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; cod (Gadus morhua) in Subdivision 21 (Kattegat)
EU -Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks; 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; herring (Clupea harengus) in divisions 7.a South of 52°30´N, 7.g-h, and 7.j-k (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, and southwest of Ireland
EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero-TAC stocks: western Baltic spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus)
EU - Technical Service - Data outputs of ICES 2021 advice on the deep-sea access regulation (ref. (EU)2016/2336) as coordinates for the EU waters area only
EU - Technical Service - Data to support the Technical Measures Regulation Review Expert Working Group
EU - Technical Service - MSFD Article 8 guidance on undertaking assessments for Descriptor 3 (commercially exploited fish and shellfish) and Descriptor 4 (marine foodwebs)
EU - Updated advic e for 2021 on catch opportunities for heering (Clupea harengus) in subdivisions 30 and 21 (Gulf of Bothnia)
NEAFC - Discarding mackerel in the NEAFC Regulatory Area
New information regarding the impact of fisheries on other components of the ecosystem
Norway/UK - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for alternative interim-year fishing mortality assumptions: Cod (Gadu s morhua) in Subarea 4, Division 7.d, and Subdivision 20 (North Sea, eastern English Channel, Skagerrak)
OSPAR - Estimation of bycatch mortality of marine mammals (harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena, common dolphin Delphinus delphis, grey seal Halichoerus grypus) within the OSPAR maritime area
OSPAR - Technical Service - Spatial data layers of fishing intensity/pressure
OSPAR request to generate swept-area and abundance index outputs for all otter and beam trawl surveys in the Northeast Atlantic and regional seas based on DATRAS data as input to OSPAR common indicator
Portugal/Spain - Evaluation of the Harvest Control Rule for the management of the Iberian sardine stock (divisions 8.c and 9.a)
Portugal/Spain - Updated advice for 2021 on catch opportunities for sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
ICES VIEWPOINT: Assessment of the biologicaleffects of chemical pollution for better management of the marine environment
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 TA C 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 - Output on evaluating data accuracy (precision and bias) for design-based estimation at a national level in the form of a report
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 F aroe Islands - Long-term management strategie s for Northeast Atlantic mackerel (full feedback approac h)
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
Arctic, 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, Blackspot seabream, Blue ling, Blue whiting, Boarfish, Brill, Capelin, Cod, Dab, Deep-sea species, Eel, Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Greater silver smelt, Greenland halibut, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Lemon sole, Ling, Mackerel, Marine mammals, 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 - 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 roughy, Plaice, Pollack, Redfish, Roughhead grenadier , Roughsnout grenadier, Roundnose grenadier , Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea bass, Shrimp, 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 - 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 data
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, Blackspot seabream, Blue ling, Blue whiting, Boarfish, Brill, Capelin, Cod, Dab, Deep-sea species, Eel, Elasmobranchs, Flounder, Greater silver smelt, Greenland halibut, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel, Lemon sole, Ling, Mackerel, Megrim, Norway lobster, Norway pout, Orange roughy, Plaice, Pollack, Red gurnard, Redfish, Roundnose grenadier , Saithe, Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine, Sea bass, Sea trout, Shrimp, Sole, Sprat, Spurdog, 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 4 and Division 7.d (North Sea and eastern English Channel)
EU - Guidance on operational methods for the evaluation 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 and deselecting hazardous substances of concern
OSPAR - Technical Service - Production of spatial data layers of fishing intensity/pressure
Earlier advice
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