ICES Advice 2008, Book 4 - The Faroe Plateau Ecosystem

4 THE FAROE PLATEAU ECOSYSTEM 1

4.1 Ecosystem Overview 1

4.1.1 Ecosystem Components 1

4.1.2 Major environmental influences on ecosystem dynamics 5

4.2 Human impacts on the ecosystem 11

4.2.1 Fishery effects on benthos and fish communities 11

4.3 Assessments and advice 16

4.3.1 Fisheries advice 16

4.3.2 Assessments and advice regarding fisheries 18

4.4 Stock summaries 19

4.4.1 Faroe Plateau cod (Subdivision Vb1) 19

4.4.2 Faroe Bank cod (Subdivision Vb2) 27

4.4.3 Faroe haddock (Division Vb) 33

4.4.4 Faroe saithe (Division Vb) 43