Report of the Workshop on Baltic Trawl Experiments (WKBTE)

According  to  the  resolution  C.Res.  1998/2:64  adopted  at  the  1998  ICES  Annual  Science  Conference  (86th  Statutory Meeting, Cascais/Portugal) it was decided to held a Workshop on Baltic Trawl Experiments (WKBTE) under the Co-Chairmanship of H. Hovgard, Denmark and P. Ernst, Germany in Rostock (Germany) from 11-14 January 1999 to:

a)   Organise  experiments  for  1999  with  the  objective  to  optimise  the  rigging  and  gear  protocol  for  the  newstandard trawl;

b)plan intercalibration experiments between vessels equipped with the new standard trawl;

c)  compile depth strata information and identify appropriate trawls tracks, indicating these depth strata.