Basking shark in the North East Atlantic.pdf (144.32 kB)
Download fileBasking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in subareas 1–10, 12, and 14 (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters)
The advice given in 2012 for this stock is biennial and valid for 2013 and 2014 (see ICES, 2012a): “ICES advises on the basis of the precautionary approach that there should be no catches of basking shark, and that it should remain a species prohibited from being fished.” The advice is summarized in the table below.
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Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
- ACOM
