Report of the Working Group on Redfish and Greenland Halibut in Region 1

At the last Statutory Meeting the Council adopted the following resolution (C.Res. 1983/2:8:151):

The Working Group on Redfish and Greenland Halibut (Chairman.Mr C Rsrvikl should meet at the ICES headquarters from 22-27 February 1984 to:

(i) consider the findings of the Redfish Age-Reading Workshop.

(ii) assess catch options for redfish and Greenland halibut in Region 1 for 1985 and. where meaningful. for 1986.

(iii) evaluate available data, including information on cod, in relation to the 'Mentella box" and the present mesh size regulation.

(iv) analyse the effect of the changes in the data sets of weight at age and age at first .maturity on the time series of the stock and spawning stock biomass.