Beaked Redfish (Sebastes mentella) in Subareas V, XII, XIV and NAFO Subareas 1+2 (Shallow Pelagic stock < 500 m)

The  new  landing  and  logbook  data  do  not  change  the  perception  of  the  stock.  The  advice  for  the  fishery  in  2011  is  therefore  the  same  as  the  advice  given  in  2009  for  the  2010  fishery:  “ICES  advises  on  the  basis  of  precautionary  considerations that no directed fishery should be conducted and by-catch of this stock in non-directed fisheries should be  kept  as  low  as  possible.  A recovery plan should be developed.  Given the very low state of the stock, the directed fishery should be closed in 2010 irrespective of whether the recovery plan has been developed by that time or not.”  
This advice will be updated in the fall of 2011 on the basis of new survey information.