The Working Group on Nephrops Surveys (WGNEPS), is the international coordination expert group for Nephrops underwater Television (UWTV) and trawl surveys within ICES areas and in a preliminary and exploratory way in some Geographical subareas (GSA) in the Mediterranean and has a quality assurance and development role.The WGNEPS 2017 meeting took place on 28 November – 1 December 2017 and was kindly hosted by Nadia Papadopoulou and Chris Smith (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, HCMR) at Hotel Astoria Capsis in Heraklion, Greece. The meeting was chaired by Kai Wieland (DTU Aqua, Denmark) and Adrian Weetman (Marine Scot-land, UK) included the participation of 19 colleagues from the following countries: Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy and New Zealand. Additionally, 5 WG members attended part time via Skype.
History
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
EOSG
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Expert Group or Strategic Initiative
WGNEPS
Series
ICES Expert Group Reports
Recommended citation
ICES. 2017. Interim Report of the Working Group on Nephrops Surveys (WGNEPS), 28 November–1 December 2017, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. ICES CM 2017/SSGIEOM:19. 78 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.8679