Report of the Annual Meeting of Assessment-related Working Group Chairs (AMAWGC)

AMAWGC 2007 has focussed on the following areas of work:

· Disseminating results of relevant working groups (section 1.3)

· Evaluation of management strategies (section 3)

· Incorporation of ecosystem aspects in fisheries advice (both environmental

drivers and fisheries effects on the ecosystem) (section 4)

· The incorporations of mixed fisheries issues into the advice (section 5)

· Updating biological reference points (section 6)

· Improving stock assessment practices and processes (section 7)

· Reform of the advisory process (section 9)