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 documents the outcomes of STECF EWG 22-03 held online 2-6 May 2022. The EWG was tasked with two man tasks: checking of 2021 data call for 47 MS/species/GSA combinations; and development of reference points for stocks within the Western Med MAP.
The data checking analysis methods applied and the issues detected are reported by MS/GSA and species. The outcomes have been passed to MS at the conclusion of the meeting for where possible incorporation into the 2022 data call.
The preliminary results for the development of reference are provided by stock for the Western Med. The approach applied was coherent across the stocks, based on the underlying assumption of a stock recruit function with a relationship between R and SSB rising to a plateau at an SSB<20% of B0. Where data supported a fitted point of inflection these were used to give values of BLim, and where no point of inflection could be found, a point at 25% of Bmsy was used. The report provides a summary of input data, exploration of fit and results for 14 stocks from the Western Mediterranean for which assessments were available.
SIMMONDS John;
WINKER Henning;
MANNINI Alessandro;
KUPSCHUS Sven;
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) - Quality checking of MED and BS data and reference points (STECF-22-03), Simmonds, J., Winker, H., Mannini, A. and Kupschus, S. editor(s), EUR 28359 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2023, ISBN 978-92-76-55050-1, doi:10.2760/465703, JRC130288.
2023-03-31
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC130288
978-92-76-55050-1 (online),
2467-0715 (online),
1831-9424,
EUR 28359 EN,
OP KJ-AX-22-007-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130288,
10.2760/465703 (online),
