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1.5 The Report of the Multispecies Assessment Working Group The report of the Multispecies Assessment Working Group was briefly discussed and it was noted that,

The abundance index for 0-group long rough dab (Table 2) increased somewhat from last year but is lower than the average for 1985-1999. The estimated length distribution was

At its last meeting, the Working Group concluded that detailed information concerning the techniques used was required in order to evaluate the Soviet aerial surveys of

The Planning Group on Aerial and Acoustic Surveys for Mackerel (PGAAM) was established after discussion during Working Group on the Assessment of Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Sar-

This meeting of the Study Group on Survey Trawl Standardisation (SGSTS) was focussed on the planning for the publication of an ICES Cooperative Research Report on this subject. As

The Study Group on the Development of Fish Pots for Commercial Fisheries and Survey Purposes (SGPOT) was established according to the recommendation from the topic group

The assessment presented by the WG this year is, therefore, based on survey data which is the same approach as that adopted in the 2010 assessment, as well as an

In  2001  the  Study  Group  was  re‐established  as  the  Working  Group  on  the  Biology  and Assessment of  Deep‐Sea