Report of the Multispecies Assessment Working Group

The terms of reference (C.Res.1987/2:3:17) are:

a) continue the assessment, development of multispecies methods of

b) consider and comment on the prototype questions proposed by ACFM in the minutes of its 4-14 May 1987 meeting,

c) consider the report of the EEC workshop on the Assessment of Technical Interactions in Mixed Fisheries and its implications for future work;

d) evaluate the possibility of a simple generalization of the MSVPA estimates of M for the North Sea stocks for application in other areas;

e) consider multispecies interactions with marine mammals and seabirds.