Report of the Study Group on Elasmobranch Fishes

After the meeting in 1995 (ICES, 1995), the Study Group decided that in order to be able to move forward in evaluating the status of clasmobranch stocks it should study those species for which there arc most data, preferably covering a range of habitats and life histories. Deep-water sharks, blue shark, spurdog and skates and rays were chosen. Information on fisheries, catches, landings and discarding will be found under those species headings. Other information on landings can be found in Appendix 2.