Report of the Benchmark Workshop on Anglerfish Stocks in the ICES Area (WKANGLER), 12–16 February 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark

WKAnglerfish  is  a  two-part  benchmark  workshop  aimed  at  improving  the  scientific  advice on anglerfish (Lophius spp.) stocks in the Northeast Atlantic. The report covers both workshops with the first workshop focused on the compilation and evaluation of data available for use by the assessment workshop. The data evaluation workshop, at IPMA in Portugal, was attended both physically and remotely by eleven scientists from Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, UK and the Netherlands.