3/2/2015 Agenda 10:00 Opening of the meeting by the chairman, Esben Sverdrup- Jensen 10:05 Adoption of the agenda 10:10 Follow-up on action items 10:20 Evaluation of efforts and results in 2014 and priorities in 2015 Atlanto-Scandian herring North Sea herring Working Group I Western Baltic spring spawning herring Blue whiting North Sea horse mackerel meeting 11:40 AOB 11:45 End of meeting 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Action items Atlanto-Scandian herring Catches should be < 283.013 tonnes (Management plan) Explore with HAWG and WGMARS possibilities for mapping herring spawning grounds ( Ian Gatt, Esben Sverdrup-Jensen, Verena Ohms ) Agrees with ICES assessment and catch advice Submit suggestions and concerns to ICES regarding issues to be addressed at the herring benchmark in 2015 ( Working Group I ) TAC = 283.013 tonnes Find out whether the forward projection of SSB of Atlanto-Scandian Seek international agreement herring was based on the agreed TAC or whether it also takes into account Faroese catches which are higher than the agreed TAC ( John Simmonds ) No agreement. Preliminary EU TAC based on 283.013 tonnes. Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Atlanto-Scandian herring North Sea herring Catches should be < 461.664 tonnes 2015 priorities: (429.797 tonnes for the A fleet) • Securing a return to CS management of (2008 management plan) the stock. Agrees with ICES assessment • Preparing a strategic approach to ecosystem mapping of ASH, BLW and Follow 2014 management plan with F = 0.26 MAC. resulting in 445.329 tonnes for the A-fleet • Follow up on Norwegian developments on aqustic assesment of the stock. 445.329 tonnes Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands 1
3/2/2015 North Sea herring North Sea Herring spawning areas ICES NSAS herring advice: • 2015 priorities: ICES advises, under precautionary considerations, that activities that have a • Adjustment of / adoption of 2014 negative impact on the spawning habitat of herring, such as extraction of marine aggregates management plan and marine construction on the spawning grounds, should not occur. • Mapping of spawning areas • Monitor development in herring stock, WGMARS: age structure, infections. ICES group meet the 2 nd -5 th December to map • the spawning areas of NSAS herring, • Monitor developments after • Input from Stakeholders, • introduction of discard ban. Historical maps, • Participation from European Dredging • Preparing a strategic approach to Association, • Report is expected shortly. ecosystem mapping Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Parasite: Ichthyophonus hoferi WBSS herring Parasite infecting a suite of fish including herring. It Catches should be < 44.439 tonnes (MSY) is an unicellular Protista, earlier believed to be an fungus. Present: • Agrees with ICES advice Observed in January in several North Sea Herring landings in both Norway and Denmark (estimated 3% of the catch being infected), • Has also been observed in Atlantoscandian herring (second hand information), No TAC advice, • Cannot be used for human consumption. Management plan and clear TAC setting Precedents: procedure needed • Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1954-1955): Prevalence 78%; Mortality 50%, 43 604 tonnes (including 50% transfer to NS) • North Sea, Western Baltic and Central Baltic herring stocks was infected between 1991 and 1994. Mortality range for 2-36% and decreased stocksizes with etimated 10-20%. Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands WBSS herring WBSS herring Long-Term Management Strategy 2015 priorities: TAC based on: 41% of WBSS MSY advice + 5,7% of NSAS. • Adopt management plan Including +-15% constraint. • Monitor mixing of stocks ICES Advice February 2015: • Monitor developments after ICES considers that the proposed Division IIIa TAC-setting introduction of discard ban. procedure is precautionary provided it includes a requirement to transfer at least 10% of the TAC from Division • Preparing a strategic approach to IIIa to the North Sea. With transfers of less than 10%, ICES ecosystem mapping considers that the procedure is not precautionary. Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands 2
3/2/2015 Blue whiting Blue whiting Catches should be < 839.886 tonnes 2015 priorities: (Management plan) • Securing a return to CS management of the stock. Agrees with ICES assessment and catch advice • Re-launch of PELAC management plan. • Preparing a strategic approach to Existing management plan is no longer appropriate, ecosystem mapping of ASH, BLW and Seek adoption of a new management plan with the MAC. Coastal States, Consider PELAC management plan from 2012 No agreement Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands North Sea horse mackerel North Sea horse mackerel Reduce catches by more than 20% 2015 priorities: corresponding to ˂ 15.200 tonnes • Preparing a strategic approach to ecosystem mapping • Improve knowledge base through data collection and Agrees with ICES assessment and catch advice analysis • Define stock boundaries and degree of mixing by: o Utilizing past catch records o Improve knowledge base through data Collecting samples for chromatographic and genetic analysis collection and analysis • Develop stock indicators o Use catch records to derive index of abundance based on search time 15 200 tonnes o Explore coupling of IBTS and CGSF survey Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands AOB Thank you! Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands Working Group I, 19 February 2015, Den Haag, The Netherlands 3
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