Report of the Study Group on Young Fish Surveys in the Baltic

At the 79th Statutory Meeting of ICES, it was decided (C.Res.1991/2:25) that the Study Group on Young Fish Surveys in the Baltic should meet in Pämu, Estonia, from 4-9 May 1992. It was later decided that the meeting would be held in Pämu from 24 to 29 August 1992 in order to:

a) evaluate in detail young fish survey data from the Baltic including those for pelagic species and differences in distribution by area and depth;

b) evaluate, by eomparative age readings, the criteria to be used for age determination of Baltic cod, especially conceming the interpretation of the timing of the hyaline and opaque zone formation;

c) evaluate the feasibility of including herring and sprat in the Young Fish Survey database and specify a record format;

d) report to the 1992 meetings of the working Group on Multispecies Assessments of Baltic Fish and the Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Stocks in the BaItic.