Report of the Mackerel Working Group

At the 65th Statutory Meeting of ICES it was decided (C. Res. 1977/2:29) that the Mackerel Working Group should meet to " ..... re-assess the mackerel stocks in Sub-areas III, IV, VI, VII and VIII". 

Further, the ICES Advisory Committee on Fishery  management (ACFM) has requested a review of biology, distribution, state of exploitation, and distribution of fisheries on shared stocks, or revisions of draft reviews made previously. For the Mackerel Working Group this relates to the species: mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard.