It was decided at the Statutory Meeting in Copenhagen in 1984 (C.Res. 1984/2:4:14) that the Working Group on Methods of Fish Stock Assessment (Chairman: Dr J.G. Shepherd) would meet at ICES headquarters from 20-26 November 1985 to examine:
i) sensitivity of assessment techniques to concerning natural mortality, assumptions
ii) effects of discarding on assessment calculations especially mesh assessments,
iii) advances in simpler methods of assessment (especially those based on size composition).
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Working Group on Methods of Fish Stock Assessments