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 21-11: 2021 stock assessments of demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea from the meeting held remotely from 6th to 10th September 2021. A total of 22 fish stocks were evaluated. Two stocks had prior advice from 2020 for 2021 and 2022, and this is reiterated here. The EWG reports age based assessments and short term forecasts for 14 of the remaining 19 stocks. Catch advice for the other five stocks was based on ICES category 3 evaluations of biomass indices. 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 14 assessments, the exploration of assessments and category 3 evaluations for the remaining five stocks. The report also contains the STECF observations and conclusions on the assessment report. These conclusions come from the STECF Plenary meeting November 2021.
SIMMONDS John;
MANNINI Alessandro;
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – Stock assessments: demersal stocks in the Western Mediterranean Sea 2021 (STECF-21-11), Simmonds, J. and Mannini, A. editor(s), EUR 28359 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-46116-6, doi:10.2760/046729, JRC127744.
2022-01-03
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC127744
978-92-76-46116-6 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
2467-0715,
EUR 28359 EN,
OP KJ-AX-21-021-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC127744,
10.2760/046729 (online),
