Report of the Study Group on the Herring Assessment Units in the Baltic Sea (SGHAUB)

At the 2000 Annual Science Conference it was decided to establish a Study Group on Herring Assessment Units in

the Baltic Sea [SGHAUB] (Co-Chairs: E. Ojaveer, Estonia and G. Kornilovs, Latvia) to meet at ICES Headquarters

from 22–25 January 2001 to:

a) update, review and evaluate the available information on herring stock components and their migration in the

Main Basin of the Baltic Sea (Sub-divisions 25-29, 32);

b) propose an assessment structure for the herring stocks in Sub-divisions 25-29+32 based on the review done under

a); finalise the compilation of data required for assessing stock components defined under b).