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Advice 2026

• Guidelines for ICES a​dvisory process
  
• Advice on Ecosystem Serv​​ices and Effects​​​
• ​Advice on fishing opportunities​​
  
• ​Aquaculture O​verviews​
• Definition and rationale for ICES ecoregions
  
• Ecosystem Overviews
• Fi​sheries Overviews and mixed fisheries advice​
• Techni​cal Guidelines​

Advice by ecoregion

Arctic​, Greater North Sea​; Celtic Seas​

Advice by species

​Cod, Herring, Sandeel, Salmon​, Sprat​

Special requests and other advice by title

EU​ - Seafloor integrity thresholds (MSFD D6C5): operational methods and application to the Nature Restoration Regulation​

EU - Update of the inventory of Member States’ bycatch monitoring programmes and of main data needs​​

​EU/Norway/UK - Genetic work on Northern Shelf cod substocks

NEAFC - Fisheries that use collection bags in the NEAFC regulatory areas (ICES subareas 1 and 2) and to assess their impact on species caught and bycaught (Part 2)

Advice 2025

Advice by ecoregion

Arctic Ocean​, Azores​,  Baltic Sea​, Barents Sea, Bay of Biscay​, Celtic Seas,  Greater North Sea​, Greenland Sea, Icelandic Waters, Norwegian Sea, Oceanic​​ Northeast Atlantic​

​Advice by species

Anchovy, Anglerfish,​ Blackspot seabream​, Blue whiting,  Boarfish, Brill, Cod, Dab, Deep-water species​, Eel​, Elasmobranchs​, Flounder​, Greater silver smelt, Greenland halibut, Haddock, Hake, Herring, Horse mackerel​, Lemon sole, Ling​, Mackerel, Megrim,​ Northern shrimp​, Norway lobster​,​​ Norway pout​, ​Plaice, Pollack, Red gurnard​, Redfish​, Saithe,​ Salmon, Sandeel, Sardine​, Sea bass,​ Sea trout​, Sole,​​ Sprat​, Spurdog,  Striped red mullet, Turbot​, Tusk​, Whiting, Witch​

Special requests and other advice by title

Bycatch of endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species of marine mammals, seabirds, marine turtles and selected fish species of bycatch relevance​

EU - Economic, social, and ecological impacts of offshore wind farms (OWFs) and floating offshore wind farms (FLOWs) on fisheries in the Baltic Sea, Celtic Seas, and Greater North Sea​​

EU - Establishment of separate catch advice for Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) and sand sole (Pegusa lascaris) in ICES divisions 8.c and 9​

EU - T​echnical evaluation of the eel management plan progress reports​​

​EU - Technical Service - Catc​h scenarios for zero-TAC stocks: cod (Gadus morhua) in subdivisions 22–24 (western Baltic cod)

EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks: Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) in divisions 4.b, 4.c, and 7.d (southern and central North Sea, eastern English Channel)​

EU - Technical Service -Catch scenarios for zero-TAC stocks: Sole (Solea solea) in subdivisions 20–24 (Skagerrak and Kattegat, western Baltic Sea)

EU - Technical service - Celtic Sea stocks with zero- or low-catch-advice 

EU - Technical Service - Data collection and preparation to support seafloor quality threshhold analysis

EU - Technical service​ - North Sea stocks with zero-catch or low-catch advice​

EU -  Technical Service - Overview of the possible spawning grounds of the central Baltic herring stock and the seasonality of the spawning

EU - Technical Service - Scoping the knowledge base and the analytical and governance frameworks for seafloor quality threshold setting

EU - Updated catch advice for 2025 for blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in Subarea 10 (Azores grounds)

EU/Norway/UK - Incorporation of the Long-Term Management Strategy option MS3 (ICES, 2025a) in the advice for herring (Clupea harengus) in Subarea 4 and divisions 3.a and 7.d, autumn spawners (North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, eastern English Channel)​

EU/Norway/UK - Long-term management strategy for North Sea autumn-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) in Subarea 4 and divisions 3.a and 7.d, (North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, eastern English Channel)​​

EU/UK - Projected effects of different management scenarios for spurdog (Squalus acanthias)​​

Iceland - Aspects of the Genetic Intrusion Risk Assessment Framework for salmon aquaculture (GIRAF)​

Iceland - Evaluation of the current management plan for haddock in Icelandic waters, including a review of input data and stock assessment

Iceland - Evaluation of the current management plan for saithe in Icelandic waters, including a review of input data, and stock assessment​

Netherlands (GNSBI) - Cumulative Impact Assessment

New information on vulnerable habitats and fisheries activities in the NEAFC regulatory areas

​OSPAR - Technical Service - Availability and utility of vesselpositional data for underwater noise assessment purposes

​​Portugal -  Update assessment of the advice of the Iberian sardine (Sardina pilchardus) stock for 2025​​

​Advice 2024

Advice by ecoregion

Azores; Balti​​​c 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, C​​o​​d, 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 syst​ems 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: cod (Gadus morhua) in divisions 7.e–k (eastern English Channel and southern Celtic Seas)​​

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 -  Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2025: whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)​

EU - Technical Service - Catch scenarios for zero TAC stocks 2024: whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in divisions 7.b–c and 7.e–k (southern Celtic Seas and eastern 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 N​EAFC 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 inform​ation on vulnerable habitats and fisheries activities in the NEAFC regulatory areas​

Norway - Updated advice for grea​ter silver smelt in subareas 1, 2, and 4, and in Division 3.a

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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

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​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 - A​vailable 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

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- 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)​​
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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 Channe

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​​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
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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 - Techn​ical 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 NE​​AFC regulatory areas (RAs)​​

NEAFC - Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures in relation to long-term biodiversity/ecosystem benefits of NE​AFC’s closed areas and areas restricted to bottom fishing (replacing advice provided in October 2023)​

New inf​ormation 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

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,

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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 - F_MSY 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

​Earlier ICES advice has been made available online with improved metadata, and can be searched from the links below. For assistance in searching here, or in sourcing other older advice, contact the Editorial Office​.​

​​Advice 2016	​Advice 2015
​Advice 2014	​Advice 2013
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Start Date: 2/26/2013

End Date: 2/26/2013 12:00

Expert Group teaser: ICES provides scientific advice on ecosystem services and effects to governments and international regulatory bodies that manage the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas.

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