Report of the ICES Advisory Committee on Fishery Management and Advisory Committee on Ecosystems, 2004. Book 2, Part 4

Book 2 - Part 4

Introduction -North Atlantic Salmon stocks 2-974

Requests from NASCO to ICES 2-974

Management framework for salmon in the North Atlantic 2-975

Management objectives 2-976

Reference points and application of precaution 2-976

5 ATLANTIC SALMON IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AREA 2-978

5.1 Catches of North Atlantic Salmon 2-978

5.1.1 Nominal catches of salmon 2-978

5.1.2 Catch and release 2-978

5.1.3 Unreported catches of salmon 2-978

5.2 Production of farmed and ranched salmon 2-979

5.3 Significant developments towards the management of North Atlantic salmon 2-979

5.3.1 Update on the estimation of natural mortality at sea of Atlantic salmon 2-979

5.3.2 Alternative approach to setting Conservation Limits in Ireland 2-980

5.3.3 Examining the effects of reductions in fisheries on repeat spawning in Atlantic salmon stocks and implication for management advice 2-980

5.3.4 Long-term projections for stock rebuilding 2-981

5.3.4.1 Impact of mixed stock fisheries on stocks with different productivities 2-981

5.3.4.2 A Population Viability Analysis of North American and Northeast Atlantic Commission Groups 2-981

5.4 Compilation of tag releases and finclip data by ICES Member Countries in 2003 2-982

5.5 Other developments in progress 2-982

5.5.1 DNA-based analysis of the composition of the Foyle fishery in Northeast Ireland 2-982

5.5.2 Developing models for forecasting salmon pre-fishery abundance at the single-stock/river level 2-983

5.5.3 Distribution, behavior, and migration of salmon 2-984

6 NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC COMMISSION 2-996

6.1 Status of stocks/exploitation 2-996

6.2 Management objectives 2-996

6.3 Reference points 2-996

6.3.1 Progress with setting river-specific conservation limits 2-996

6.3.2 National Conservation Limits 2-997

6.4 Advice on management 2-997

6.4.1 Relevant factors to be considered in management 2-998

6.5 Catch forecast for 2004 2-998

6.6 Medium- to long-term projections 2-999

6.7 Comparison with previous assessment 2-999

6.8 NASCO has requested ICES to: describe the key events of the 2003 fisheries and the status of the stocks 2-999

6.8.1 Fishing in the Faroese area 2002/2003 commercial fishery 2-999

6.8.2 Significant events in NEAC homewater fisheries in 2003 2-999

6.8.3 Gear and effort 2-1000

6.8.4 Catches 2-1000

6.8.5 Composition of catches 2-1000

6.8.6 National origin of catches 2-1000

6.8.7 Elaboration of status of national stocks in the NEAC area 2-1000

6.8.8 Survival indices 2-1001

6.9 NASCO has requested ICES to: evaluate the extent to which the objectives of any significant management measures introduced in the last five years have been achieved 2-1001

6.10 NASCO has requested ICES to: provide estimates of bycatch of salmon in pelagic fisheries, and advise on their reliability 2-1002

6.10.1 Fisheries and gears with potential to take salmon as a bycatch 2-1002

6.10.2 Methods for estimating bycatch of salmon 2-1002

6.10.3 Estimates of bycatch of salmon in pelagic fisheries 2-1003

7 NORTH AMERICAN COMMISSION 2-1014

7.1 Status of stocks/exploitation 2-1014

7.2 Management objectives 2-1014

7.3 Reference points 2-1014

7.4 Advice on management 2-1014

7.5 Relevant factors to be considered in management 2-1015

7.6 Catch forecast for 2004 2-1015

7.6.1 Catch advice for 2004 fisheries on 2SW maturing salmon 2-1015

7.7 Medium- to long-term projections 2-1015

7.7.1 Catch advice for 2005 fisheries on 2SW maturing salmon 2-1015

7.8 Comparison with previous assessment and advice 2-1016

7.9 NASCO has requested ICES to: describe the key events of the 2003 fisheries and the status of the stocks 2-1016

7.9.1 Catch of North American salmon, expressed as 2SW salmon equivalents 2-1016

7.9.2 Gear and effort 2-1016

7.9.3 Catches in 2003 2-1017

7.9.4 Origin and composition of catches 2-1018

7.9.5 Elaboration on status of stocks 2-1018

7.9.6 Estimates of total abundance by geographic area 2-1019

7.9.6.1 Run-reconstruction estimates of spawning escapement 2-1020

7.9.7 Exploitation rates 2-1021

7.9.8 Pre-fisheries abundance 2-1022

7.10 NASCO has requested ICES to evaluate the extent to which the objectives of any significant

management measures introduced in the last five years have been acheived 2-1023

7.11 NASCO has asked ICES to provide an analysis of any new biological and/or tag return data to identify the origin and biological characteristics of Atlantic salmon caught at St. Pierre and Miquelon 2-1023

7.12 NASCO has asked ICES to provide descriptions (gear type and fishing depth, location, and season) for all pelagic fisheries that may catch Atlantic salmon 2-1023

7.12.1 Fisheries with bycatch potential 2-1024

8 ATLANTIC SALMON IN THE WEST GREENLAND COMMISSION 2-1042

8.1 Status of stocks/exploitation 2-1042

8.2 Management objectives 2-1042

8.3 Reference points 2-1043

8.4 Advice on management 2-1043

8.5 Relevant factors to be considered in management 2-1043

8.6 Catch forecast for 2004 2-1044

8.7 Medium- to long-term projections 2-1045

8.8 Comparison with previous assessment and advice 2-1045

8.9 NASCO has requested ICES to describe the events of the 2003 fishery and status of the stocks 2-1045

8.9.1 Catch and effort in 2003 2-1046

8.9.2 Biological characteristics of the catches 2-1046

8.9.3 Continent of origin of catches at West Greenland 2-1047

8.9.4 NASCO has requested ICES to provide information on the origin of Atlantic salmon caught at West Greenland at a finer resolution than continent of origin (river stocks, country, or stock complexes) 2-1047

8.9.5 Elaboration on the status of the stocks in the West Greenland Commission area 2-1048

8.10 NASCO has requested ICES to provide a detailed explanation and critical examination of any changes to the models used to provide catch advice 2-1049

8.10.1 Forecast models for pre-fishery abundance of 2SW salmon 2-1050

8.11 NASCO has requested ICES, with respect to stock rebuilding, to consider and evaluate various

alternative baseline measures for use in the risk analysis 2-1052

8.12 NASCO has requested ICES to evaluate the extent to which the objectives of any significant management measures introduced in recent years have been achieved 2-1052

9 NASCO has requested ICES to identify relevent data deficiencies, monitoring needs and research requirements, taking into account NASCO's international atlantic salmon research board's inventory of on-going research relating to salmon mortality in the sea 2-1071

9.1 Data deficiencies and research needs 2-1071