Report of the Working Group on North Sea Young Herring Surveys, 1977

The ICES Statutory Meeting in 1976 decided that "The Working Group on North Sea Young Herring Surveys should meet for 3 days in May 1977 in IJmuiden to discuss the planning of these surveys and discuss further the standardization of gear and methods. The meeting of the Working Group should coincide in time and place with a similar meeting of the Gadoid-I Working Group, so that aspects of mutual interest can be resolved". (C. Re s.1976/2:10.) Consequently , both Working Groups met in IJmuiden on 24-26 May 1977. This report presents both the results of j oint sessions of the two Working Groups and the results of separate sessions of the herring group. Results from separate meetings of the gadoid group are presented in ICES 1977a.