Assessment approach for commercial fish Lena Bergstrm GEAR 23 May - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Assessment approach for commercial fish Lena Bergström GEAR 23 May 2017 Name 5/23/2017 Surname 1

ISSUE Solutions Unclarity about how the average was calculated Method clarified in the text. Best way of computing assessment values were Until more specific guidance is available, the current way considered was kept, to average over the assessment years + Clarify that ICES updated advice on MSFD will be followed when *Current way: Average over the assessment years available (+) Reflect the situation during 2011-2015 A fish drafting group consisting of SE, PL, DE revised text (+) reduced probability of erroneous results for stocks that are managed close to the reference level *Alternative way: Last assessment year (+) follow the most recent fisheries advice (-) will not reflect the situation during 2011-2015, only the situation during 201 * Alternative way: Majority rule (+) transparent (-) difficult to summarize in a short way (but doable) Question was also raised to EU Com at the meeting Name 5/23/2017 Surname 2

ISSUE Solutions Inconsistent results for chapter 4.6 (extraction of species In chapter 4 (”D3” both F and SSB are considered – fishing) and chapter 5.3 (biodiversity) For good status, both values need to achieve the threshold value, separately for each stock Question was also raised to EU Com at the meeting The same assessment results were use in chapter 5 (“D1”) in order to have comparable results between the two chapters Texts were updated After the meeting, the integrated assessment for the open sea fish using the BEAT tool has been redone Name 5/23/2017 Surname 3

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New results by species group Integrated score ICES SD Species included Demersal Pelagic ICES SD Species 21 0.43 0.45 Demersal Pelagic 22 0.33 0.30 21plaice, sole herring 22cod, plaice, sole herring, sprat 23 0.33 0.30 23cod, plaice, sole herring, sprat 24 0.15 0.30 24cod, sole herring, sprat 25 herring, sprat 25 0.53 26 herring, sprat 27 herring, sprat 26 0.53 28 herring, sprat 28.1 herring, sprat 27 0.53 29 herring, sprat 28 0.53 30 herring, sprat 31 Sprat 28.1 0.30 32 herring, sprat 29 0.53 30 0.43 Shifted from green to red: Sprat, Herring 28.1 31 0.15 Lowered input data (still green): Herring 30, Plaice 32 0.53 Name 5/23/2017 Surname 5