ICES Advice 2005, Volume 10 - Deepwater fisheries resources south of 63ºN

1 DEEPWATER FISHERIES RESOURCES SOUTH OF 63ºN 1

1.1 The ecosystem 1

1.2 The human use of the ecosystem 1

1.2.1 The species 1

1.2.2 The fisheries 2

1.3 Assessments and advice 7

1.3.1 Advice for fisheries management 8

1.3.2 Special Requests 10

1.3.2.1 Advice on deepwater stocks (DG Fish) 10

1.3.3.2 Advice on Seamounts, Distribution of cold-water corals and other vulnerable deep- water habitats (NEAFC and OSPAR) 20

1.4 Stock summaries Deepwater fisheries resources South of 63ºN

1.4.1 Deepwater sharks in the northeast Atlantic (ICES Subareas V XIV, mainly Portuguese dogfish and leafscale gulper shark) 28

1.4.2 Kitefin shark (Subareas V XIV, but mainly X) 33