Report of the Workshop on Age Reading of Sebastes spp.

The Workshop on Age Readmg of Sebastes spp. met in Bremerhaven, Germany at the Branch Office of the Institute for Sea Fisheries during 4 - 8 December, 1995. The terms of reference for the Workshop as set by the Council's resolution, passed at the 82nd ICES Statuatory Meeting (C. Res. l994/2:33) were to:

1. evaluate the various methods for determining age in redfish species and investigate the reasons for the differences in results between methods;

2. examine the validity of using age-conversion factors between different parts of the time series.