Marine surveys are expensive and under recent
budgetary, polictical, and pandemic associated presussures a number of
decisions on survey implementation have had to be made at very short notice and
with little opportunity to evaluate different options for effort reductions the
effects of which will only become apparent in the next few years.
The previous
workshop WKUSER (2020) ientified that such changes are recurring theme in many
monitoring agencies, and more coherent planning and a long-term response
strategy is desirable. It is in the interest of national governments making the
decisions and ICES using such information for their advice to have a better
understanding of the effects on stock assessment advice and a clearer
understanding of the mitigation measures that can be implemented to minimse the
impact of such events.
