Report of the Joint NAFO/ICES Pandalus Assessment Working Group (NIPAG)

The NAFO/ICES Pandalus Assessment Group (NIPAG) met at the NAFO Secretariat, Dartmouth, NS, Canada during 12-19 October 2013 to review stock assessments referred to it by the Scientific Council of NAFO and by the ICES Advisory Committee. Due to unforeseen circumstances the STACFIS Chair, Jean-Claude Mahé was unable to attend this meeting and so the Chair of Scientific Council, Carsten Hvingel agreed to chair is his place. Representatives attended from Canada, Denmark (in respect of Faroe Islands and Greenland), European Union (Denmark, Estonia, France, Spain and Sweden), Norway, Russian Federation. The NAFO Scientific Council Coordinator was also in attendance.