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Opening of the meeting ��������������������������� 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 ��������������������������� ����������� ��������������� 4. Report from WG I Short presentation by Christian Olesen 4. Report from WG I 4. Atlanto-scandian herring - John Spencer and Andrew Thomson - The Pelagic RAC recommends that: attended last WG - Recommendations were agreed by WG - the ICES advice is followed, i.e. that the - AND communicated to the commission TAC is set in accordance with the LTM plan at 1 483 000 t. - In summary: - the Commission requests ICES to investigate whether the plan delivers maximum yield in the long term 1

4. NEA mackerel 4. JAKFISH - P-RAC and BSRAC had joint workshop - The Pelagic RAC: - Due to time constraints, ICES has not - refrains from providing an advice on the intensively evaluated HCR proposed by the TAC for this stock, until managers have EC resolved the situation in relation to: - And ICES has not explored other possible - excess TACs being set by third control rules countries and - overshoot of the Southern component. - E.g. closing the fishery when SSB is under Bpa is probably unnecessary 4. JAKFISH 4. JAKFISH - Scientists now in the opportunity to explore - What are we hoping for? management options, under project - Results should be available in spring B-trig F F F EC suggestion Minimum F-targ 0.25 - 0.25 - 0.25 - - P-RAC and BSRAC jointly recommend that: 0.10 - SSB SSB SSB 110 110 110 (kt) (kt) (kt) - 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) 5. Report from WG II Short presentation by Sean O’Donoghue 2

5. Blue whiting 5. Horse mackerel stocks - The Pelagic RAC: - The Pelagic RAC: - refrains from providing a TAC advice - Recommends a roll-over of the TACs, - recommends that a benchmark considering that no new information is assessment is undertaken a.s.a.p and available ICES is tasked to: - evaluate the reference points - develop a recruitment index - Investigate stock components 6. CFP reform 7. Representation in CFCA Presentation by Sean O’Donoghue See annex 8. A.O.B. European Anglers Alliance left the ExCom End of ExCom Meeting Thank you for your attention 3