The aim of the workshop is integrating monitoring for fisheries management including
the monitoring of changes in productivity of the ecosystem and the impact of fisheries
on the ecosystem. The final survey objectives should represent ecosystem function as
well as the regulatory needs, and the prioritization follows from both ecosystem
function and societal relevance.
The workshop will create a framework for an integrated monitoring programme in the
North Sea in the 3rd quarter to address the monitoring and assessment requirements
for fisheries, changes in ecosystem productivity, and the impact of fisheries on the
environment by:
- Using the current North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey (NS-IBTS) conditions as a starting point (ship time,
temporal and spatial coverage)
- Taking the current NS-IBTS 3rd quarter obligations (provide information for
fish stock assessment) into account
- Taking the needs as defined by other bodies (EU, ICES groups, OSPAR) into
account
- Following stepwise approach as described in Annex 5 of WGISUR report
2015
- Highlight the important principles that have been discovered through this
process as guidance for other areas and surveys