Report of the Arctic Fisheries Working Group, North-East Arctic Cod and Haddock Sub-group

The Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission requested ICES to review the stock status for the Northeast Arctic cod before the autumn ACFM meeting. ICES responded to the Commission that the Arctic Fisheries Working Group would hold an extraordinary meeting from May 9-12, 2000 at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen, Norway to reassess the status of, and re-consider catch options for, the year 2000 for the cod in Sub-areas I and II.