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Report of the Working Group on the Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities (WGECO)

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posted on 2022-03-02, 12:10 authored by ICESICES
The 2014 meeting of WGECO was held at the ICES HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark from the 8–15 April 2014. The meeting was attended by 20 delegates from 15 countries, and was chaired by Anna Rindorf (Denmark). The work conducted was centred on six Terms of Reference concerning foodweb indicator development, the development of Large Fish Indicators (LFIs), possible consequences of “balanced fishing” regimes, effects of fishing on the seabed, ecosystem effects of a landing obligation, ecosystem consequences of rebuilding predatory stocks and two incoming requests from other working groups.

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ICES. 2014. Report of the Working Group on the Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities (WGECO), 8–15 April 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark. ICES CM 2014/ACOM:26. 174 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5676