NASCO request - Atlantic Salmon from the Northeast Atlantic (2011)

Advice f or 2011

On the basis of the MSY approach, ICES advises that  fishing should only take place on maturing 1SW salmon and non-maturing 1SW salmon from rivers where stocks have been shown to be at full reproductive capacity. Furthermore, due to the different status of individual stocks within the stock complex, mixed-stock fisheries present particular threats to stock status. The management of a fishery should ideally be based on the status of all stocks exploited in the fishery. Given the current abundance levels from the NEAC run reconstruction model and associated Bayesian abundance forecasts, the following advice on management is provided for the two age groups in the Northern and Southern NEAC stock complexes (Figures 10.2.1, 10.2.2; Table 10.2.1). Northern European 1SW stocks: For 2011 to 2014, this stock is forecasted to be

at risk of suffering reduced reproductive capacity prior to the commencement of distant-water fisheries. This stock complex therefore offers no mixed-stock fishing opportunities. Northern European MSW stocks: For 2011 and 2012, this stock is forecasted to be at full reproductive capacity prior to the commencement of distant-water

fisheries. For 2013 and 2014, the stock is at risk of suffering reduced reproductive capacity prior to the commencement of distant-water fisheries. There are mixed-stock fishing opportunities on this stock complex only in 2011 and 2012. Southern European 1SW stocks: For 2011 to 2014, the stock is forecasted to be at risk of suffering reduced reproductive capacity prior to the commencement of distant-water fisheries. This stock complex therefore offers no mixed-stock fishing opportunities.. Southern European MSW stocks: For 2010 to 2014, the stock is forecasted to be at risk of suffering reduced reproductive capacity prior to the commencement of distant-water fisheries. This stock complex therefore offers no mixed-stock fishing opportunities..