Report of the Working Group on Widely Distributed Stocks (WGWIDE)

The Working Group (WG) on Widely Distributed Stocks (WGWIDE) met at ICES HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 26 August to 1 September 2014. The meeting was attended by 31 delegates from Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Norway, Portugal, Iceland, United Kingdom (England and Scotland), Faroe Islands, Greenland, Denmark, Russia and Germany. Other fisheries scientists participated by correspondence. The WG reports on the status and considerations for management of northeast Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting, western and North Sea horse mackerel, northeast Atlantic boarfish and Norwegian spring spawning herring stocks.

WGWIDE also replied to one special request regarding the short term forecasting of blue whiting stocks.