Report of the ICES Advisory Committee on Fishery Management, 1998 Part 1

The ICES Advisory Committee for Fishery Management met twice in 1998, 13-22 May and 20-29 October 1998. Both meetings were held at the ICES Headquarters, Palregade 2 4 , Copenhagen. Attendance is listed on the following pages. ACFM in its advice includes a proposal for how the Precautionary Approach can be interpreted. This proposal was developed between the May and October meetings and the format of the report therefore changed between these two meetings. The proposal on the Precautionary Approach is described in the introductions to the meeting reports. The reports are in response to requests from Management Commissions (EC, IBSFC, NEAFC, and NASCO) and from member countries. These requests are summarised in Sections 1 and 2. The management advice is presented stock by stock in Section 3 where also the answers to special requests are given.