Anglerfish (Lophius budegassa, Lophius piscatorius) in subareas 4 and 6, and in Division 3.a (North Sea, Rockall and West of Scotland, Skagerrak and Kattegat)
ICES advises that when the MSY approach is applied, catches should be no more than 9 881 tonnes in each of the years 2023 and 2024.
ICES notes the existence of a precautionary management plan, developed and adopted by one of the relevant management authorities for this stock.
Management should be implemented at the stock level.
History
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
ACOM
Period covered by advice
2023; 2024
Series
ICES Advice: Recurrent advice
Recommended citation
ICES. 2022. Anglerfish (Lophius budegassa, Lophius piscatorius) in Subareas 4 and 6, and Division 3.a (North Sea, Rockall and West of Scotland, Skagerrak and Kattegat). In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2022. ICES Advice 2022, anf.27.3a46. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.19772359