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Working Group I meeting

25 April 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands

Agenda

Working Group I, 25 April 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands

10:00 Opening of the meeting 10:05 Adoption of the agenda 10:10 Follow-up on action items 10:30 Effects of seismic surveys on herring spawning grounds

• Documents provided by Irish South & West

PO

• Way Forward

11:00 North Sea herring

• Update MSE by Benoit Berges

11:30 Blue whiting

• Presentation Fmsy project by Henrik

Sparholt

Agenda

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12:00 Herring genetics project DTU Aqua

• Presentation by Dorte Bekkevold

12:30 AOB 12:45 End of meeting Lunch will be served from 12:45 to 13:45 hrs.

Action items

General

• Discuss possibilities for continuation of PELAC Ecosystem FG with other

NGO’s – ongoing (Gonçalo Carvalho)

• Monitor wording around mesh sizes in pelagic fisheries in new draft

proposal TM regulation (chairman, Working Group members) –

• ngoing
• Invite DTU Aqua to present genetics project at April WGI meeting

(chairman, secretariat) ✓

• Raise formal request to Commission and MS on accounting for the de

minimis exemption in setting of TACs (chairman, secretariat) ✓

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Action items

North Sea herring herring

• Map effects of seismic surveys on herring spawning grounds- carried

forward (Ecosystem FG)

• Bring issue of seismic surveys and herring spawning grounds forward

to NSAC Ecosystem FG agenda, follow this FG and liaise back to PELAC (Irene Kingma, secretariat) - ongoing

• Return to topic of seismic surveys and herring spawning grounds at

April meeting (chairman, secretariat) ✓

• Write letter to Commission regarding banking and borrowing

principles - carried forward (chairman, secretariat) - ongoing

• Develop long term management strategy (WMR)- ongoing

Working Group I, 12 April 2018, Den Haag, The Netherlands

Action items

Atlanto - Scandian herring

• Secure quality of the stock assessment (chairman, WG members) - ongoing
• Follow developments on reference points (chairman, WG members) -
• ngoing

Western Baltic spring spawning herring

• Secure quality of the stock assessment (chairman, WG members) - ongoing
• Coordinate efforts with BSAC on rebuilding plan (chairman, secretariat) -
• ngoing
• Follow EU/NO negotiations on TAC setting mechanism for 3a (chairman, WG

members) – Autumn 2019

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Action items

Blue whiting

• Develop management strategy to address recruitment fluctuations

(Focus Group) - ongoing

• Invite Coastal State stakeholders and coordinator of international

blue whiting egg survey to blue whiting FG in April (secretariat, chairman) ✓ (but unsuccessful)

• Draft explanation for why standard ICES Fmsy rule is problematic for

a stock like blue whiting (Claus Reedtz-Sparrevohn, chairman) -

• ngoing
• Invite Henrik Sparholt to present Fmsy project at April meeting

(chairman, secretariat) ✓

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Action items

North Sea horse mackerel

• Continue genetic stock ID project and work on historical catch rates

– carried forward (industry members)

• Explore options with the demersal sector on how to reduce bycatch

(all) - ongoing

• Provide secretariat with info on North Sea horse mackerel bycatch –

carried forward (all) (no input received)

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Effects Seismic surveys on herring spawning grounds

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• Documents provided by Irish South and

West Fish PO

• Minutes NSAC Ecosystem FG held 19 March

North Sea herring

Working Group I, 25 April 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands

• Presentation management strategy evaluation

by Benoit Berges

Blue whiting

Working Group I, 25 April 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands

• Presentation Fmsy project

by Henrik Sparholt

Herring genetics project DTU Aqua

Working Group I, 25 April 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands

• Presentation by Dorte Bekkevold

AOB

Working Group I, 25 April 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands

Thank you!

Working Group I, 25 April 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands