Report of the Working Group on the Assessment of Southern Shelf Demersal Stocks (WGSSDS)

The Working Group on the Assessment of Southern Shelf Demersal Stocks [WGSSDS]

(Chair: W. Demaré, Belgium) from 26 June to 5 July 2007 at ICES HQ, to:

a) assess the status of and provide catch options for 2008 for cod, haddock, whiting, and

plaice in Divisions VIIbc, VIIe, VIIfg, and VIIh-k;

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b) update the catch information for Nephrops in Divisions VIIfgh and VIIa south of

53ºN;

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c) for the stocks mentioned in a) perform the tasks described in C.Res.

2006/2/ACFM01.