Report of the Workshop to consider reference points for all stocks (WKMSYREF)

Terms of Reference

WKMSYREF, chaired by Carl O’Brien, UK, will meet at ICES Headquarters, 23–25 January 2013, for the stocks covered by the working groups AFWG, HAWG, NWWG, NIPAG, WGWIDE, WGBAST, WGBFAS, WGNSSK, WGCSE, WGEF, WGDEEP, WGHMM, and WGANSA, to: 

a) On basis of work in WKFRAME2 and WGMSE, evaluate the basis for reference points for fish stocks for which ICES is requested to provide advice and propose op-erational definitions. This relates to the reference points within the ICES MSY framework (MSY Btrigger, FMSY) and Blim and, where relevant, Bescapement. For FMSY, consider principles for identifying FMSY as a range which can be used for instance when advising on fisheries options in a mixed fisheries context.
b) Evaluate the consistency of these reference points for stocks for which such reference points have been identified and propose modifications wherever such reference points are found to be inconsistent.
c) Evaluate the options and propose candidate reference points for stocks for which no MSY reference points were indentified in the 2012 advice.