Greater-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus stellaris) in subareas 6 and 7 (West of Scotland, southern Celtic Sea, and the English Channel)

ICES advises that when the precautionary approach is applied, catches in 2016 should be decreased by 6% compared to the average of 2012–2014, with the catch value advised for 2016 also applicable to 2017. ICES is not able to quantify the resulting catches  or  landings.  The  exact  levels  of  catch  are  unreliable  as  discard  levels  are  considered  to  be  high and  highly  variable, with a substantial part of the landings not reported at species level.