1 4. NEA mackerel 4. JAKFISH - P-RAC and BSRAC had joint workshop - - PDF document

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• 1.Opening of the meeting by Iain MacSween

2.Approval of the agenda 3.Approval of the minutes of ExCom meeting held on 17 September 2009

Opening of the meeting

Short presentation by Christian Olesen

• 4. Report from WG I
• John Spencer and Andrew Thomson

attended last WG

• Recommendations were agreed by WG
• AND communicated to the commission
• In summary:
• 4. Report from WG I
• The Pelagic RAC recommends that:
• the ICES advice is followed, i.e. that the

TAC is set in accordance with the LTM plan at 1 483 000 t.

• the Commission requests ICES to

investigate whether the plan delivers maximum yield in the long term

• 4. Atlanto-scandian herring

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• The Pelagic RAC:
• refrains from providing an advice on the

TAC for this stock, until managers have resolved the situation in relation to:

• excess TACs being set by third

countries and

• overshoot of the Southern component.
• 4. NEA mackerel
• P-RAC and BSRAC had joint workshop
• Due to time constraints, ICES has not

intensively evaluated HCR proposed by the EC

• And ICES has not explored other possible

control rules

• E.g. closing the fishery when SSB is under

Bpa is probably unnecessary

• 4. JAKFISH
• Scientists now in the opportunity to explore

management options, under project

• Results should be available in spring
• P-RAC and BSRAC jointly recommend that:
• EC postpones a proposal for a regulation

until after the results are available, so that they can be taken into account (no later than May 2010)

• 4. JAKFISH
• What are we hoping for?
• 4. JAKFISH

F SSB (kt) 0.25 - 110 Minimum 0.10 - F SSB (kt) 0.25 - 110 EC suggestion F SSB (kt) 0.25 - 110 F-targ B-trig

Short presentation by Sean O’Donoghue

• 5. Report from WG II

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• The Pelagic RAC:
• refrains from providing a TAC advice
• recommends that a benchmark

assessment is undertaken a.s.a.p and ICES is tasked to:

• evaluate the reference points
• develop a recruitment index
• Investigate stock components
• 5. Blue whiting
• The Pelagic RAC:
• Recommends a roll-over of the TACs,

considering that no new information is available

• 5. Horse mackerel stocks
• 6. CFP reform

Presentation by Sean O’Donoghue

• 7. Representation in CFCA

See annex

• 8. A.O.B.

European Anglers Alliance left the ExCom

End of ExCom Meeting Thank you for your attention