Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics, fisheries governance, ecosystem effects of fisheries, aquaculture or similar disciplines. This report is from STECF Expert Working Group 20-15: 2020 stock assessments of demersal stocks in the Adriatic Ionian and Aegean Seas, from the meeting held remotely from 12th to 21st October 2020. A total of 15 fish stocks were evaluated. The EWG reports age based assessments and short term forecasts for 7 and surplus production advice for 3 of the 15 stocks. Catch advice for two other stocks was based on ICES category 3 evaluations of biomass indices. Three stocks could not be assessed due to inconsistent catch data and sparse survey information. The content of the report gives the STECF terms of reference, the basis of the evaluations and advice, summaries of state of stock and advised based on either the MSY approach for assessed stocks or the precautionary approach for category 3 based advice. The report contains the full stock assessment reports for the 10 stocks, the exploration of assessments and category 3 evaluations for the remaining two stocks with advice. The work to evaluate the three remaining stocks was also reported. The report also contains the STECF observations and conclusions on the assessment report. These conclusions come from the STECF Plenary meeting in November 2020.
SIMMONDS John;
PINTO Cecilia;
MANNINI Alessandro;
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF): Stock Assessments in the Mediterranean Sea – Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas (STECF-20-15), Simmonds, J., Pinto, C. and Mannini, A. editor(s), EUR 28359 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-27168-0, doi:10.2760/877405, JRC122994.
2020-12-10
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC122994
978-92-76-27168-0 (online),
2467-0715 (online),
1831-9424,
EUR 28359 EN,
OP KJ-AX-20-016-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC122994,
10.2760/877405 (online),
