Beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) in Subarea 14 and Division 5.a, Icelandic slope stock (East of Greenland, Iceland grounds)

The stock structure of redfish S. mentella in Subareas V, VI, XII, and XIV, and in the NAFO Convention Area has been evaluated by ICES (2009). The outcome is that demersal S. mentella in Icelandic waters (in ICES Divisions Va and XIV) is to be treated as one biological stock, separated from the demersal S. mentella found on the continental slopes of Greenland (Division XIV) and Faroe Islands (Vb).