This workshop constitutes an initial step to developing a roadmap to improve ecosystem based management in the Baltic Sea. It initiates work towards an operational Ecosystem Based Fisheries Advice for the Baltic stocks, including:
- A review of international ecosystem-based fishery management approaches (by ICES, NOAA etc.), including MSEs, relevant to the Baltic Sea;
- A review and gap analysis of ecosystem-indicators for the Baltic Sea, relevant for advice on future fishing opportunities;
- An evaluation of how of existing stock assessment and ecosystem models and their integration can be used to fill the gaps identified in ToR ii) and for giving advice on ecosystem-based catch options;
- Development of a roadmap on steps to utilize ecosystem information in fish stock assessment and advice in the Baltic Sea based on ToRs i) to iii), including consideration of the need for revising threshold reference points.
Registration
There is no fee to participate, but registration is required. If you plan to attend, please register at your earliest convenience by contacting Lise Cronne-Grigorov at ICES Secretariat. The deadline to register to this workshop is 1 November 2021.
Note: If the workshop is oversubscribed, ICES reserves the right, in consultation with the workshop chairs, to select the final workshop participants based on their expertise and geographical distribution.
