Report of the Working Group on the Assessment of Southern Shelf Demersal Stocks - Part 1 of 2

At the 80th Statutory Meeting, it was decided (C. Res. 1992/2:8: 16) that the Working Group on the Assessment of Southern Shelf Demersal Stocks (Chairman: B. Mesnil, France) should meet at ICES Headquarters from 6-15 September 1993 to:

a) assess the status of and provide catch options for 1994 and, if appropriate, 1995 for stocks of cod, whiting, plaice and sole in Divisions VIIe-k, and sole in Sub-area VIII;

b) provide information on the state of exploitation and, where possible, provide catch possibilities and advise on management options for hake stocks in Sub-areas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII and IX and for stocks of anglerfish and megrim in Sub-areas VII, VIII and IX;

c) if possible, evaluate options for technical measures appropriate to the fisheries taking into account technical interactions between the component fleets and species