The Workshop on the Development of Quantitative Assessment Methodologies based on Life-history traits, exploitation characteristics, and other relevant parameters for data-limited stocks (WKLIFE) is the premier venue for developing, evaluating and improving the stock assessment methods and indicators that are suitable for providing advice for data-limited fish stocks.
Around 60% of ICES fish stocks are data limited but require advice on fishing opportunities. The recent changes to the methods for assessment of data-limited stocks are the result of WKLIFE’s work, and the workshop aims to continue and expand advice provision to ensure that ICES principles are followed.
WKLIFE invites veteran members as well as new participants from inside and outside ICES community interested in data-limited approaches to shape the future of the advice for the more than 160 data-limited ICES stocks.
WKLIFE will continue with its twelfth meeting on the 16-20 October at IPMA-Algés in Lisbon, Portugal to:
- support the rollout of the recently developed new methods for ICES stocks in categories 2 and 3
- continue developing and prioritizing tasks of the 5-year WKLIFE roadmap,
- initiate the review of methods for stocks in data-limited categories 4-6,
- further evaluate and develop empirical harvest control rules and surplus production models,
- explore approaches for specific life-history types,
- provide updates on methods for data and resource-limited fisheries.
Registration
To register please send an email to Ryan Dunne. Please register your interest by 6th October in order to ensure the workshop has adequate time to prepare.
If this workshop is oversubscribed, ICES reserves the right to refuse participants. Choices will be based on the experts' relevant qualifications for the workshop.
