WKRFSA

3–5 July 2023
AZTI, Sukarrieta, Spain (and online)

The Working Group on Recreational Fisheries Surveys (WGRFS) has started to develop approaches to prioritize stocks where recreational catches are important and should be included in stock assessments and advisory processes. There are many different approaches for inclusion in the advisory process (e.g. North Sea cod) or inclusion of data in assessment models (e.g. sea bass, western Baltic cod). Hence, a consistent and robust approach is needed that is co-developed by experts in recreational fisheries and stock assessment.

This workshop aimed to:

Identify key issues preventing the inclusion of recreational fisheries in advisory and stock assessment processes
Create a decision tree for the inclusion of recreational fisheries in the advisory and stock assessment processes
Develop agreed criteria for the inclusion of recreational data based on the data quality and the contribution of recreational fisheries to the total catch for a given stock