01 WGHMM - Report of the Working Group on the Assessment of Southern Shelf stocks of Hake, Monk and Megrim (WGHMM)

The ICES Working Group on the Assessment of Southern Shelf Stocks of Hake, Monk

and Megrim (WGHMM) met in ICES Headquarters during May 5-11 2011. There are

19 stocks in its remit, distributed from ICES Division IIIa to IXa: 2 stocks of hake

(Hake in Division IIIa, Subareas IV, VI and VII and Divisions VIIIa,b,d and Hake in

Divisions VIIIc and IXa), 4 of anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius and L. budegassa in Divisions

VIIb-k and VIIIa,b,d and L. piscatorius and L. budegassa in Divisions VIIIc and

IXa), 3 of megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis in Divisions VIIb-k and VIIIa,b,d and

Lepidorhombus boscii and L. Whiffiagonis in Divisions VIIIc and IXa), 1 of sole (Sole in

Divisions VIIIa,b - Bay of Biscay), 2 functional units of Nephrops in Divisions VIIIa,b, 2

in Division VIIIc and 5 in Division IXa. There were 18 participants (of which 1 participated

part-time and 1 by correspondence) from 5 countries (France, Ireland, Portugal,

Spain and UK). The meeting was chaired by Carmen Fernández (Spain).