BIM, Dun Laoghaire, Co.Dublin
Agenda - FG Skates and Rays - 16 and 17 November 2016
Presentations
Item 3. Presentation by Jim Ellis (CEFAS) on ICES advice, status of stocks and management issues
Item 4. Presentation by Pascal Lorance (Ifremer) on stock assessments and data requirements
Item 5. Presentation by Tom Catchpole (CEFAS) on selectivity options and survivability exemption requirements
Item 7. National concerns, issues and relevant projects
France (in French)
United Kingdom
The Netherlands
Ireland
Item 8. Presentation by Dave Reid (Marine Institute) on spatial management options in the Irish Sea
Item 8. Presentation by Stuart Hetherington (CEFAS) on spurdog by-catch avoidance programme
Item 8. Presentation by Irene Kingma (Dutch Elasmobranch Society) alternatives for combined TACs
Background documents
STECF 16-13 - Methods and data requirements for LO
STECF 16-10 - Evaluation of LO joint recommendations
ICES WKMEDS 5 report 2016 Workshop on Methods for Estimating Discard Survival - special focus on Status of critical reviews of discard survival data for Nephrops, plaice, sole and skates and rays
Relevant papers provided by Jim Ellis (English only)
Ellis et al 2005 - Assessing the status of demersal elasmobranchs in UK waters: a review
Enever et al 2009 - The survival of skates (Rajidae) caught by demersal trawlers fishing in UK waters
Ellis et al 2010 - UK fisheries for skates (Rajidae): History and development of the fishery, recent management actions and survivorship of discards
Ellis et al 2011 - Preliminary observations on the life history and movements of skates (Rajidae) around the Island of Jersey, western English Channel
Ellis et al 2012- An overview of the biology and status of undulate ray Raja undulata in the north-east Atlantic Ocean
McCully et al 2012 - Lengths at maturity and conversion factors for skates (Rajidae) around the British Isles, with an analysis of data in the literature
Silva et al 2012 - Species composition of skates (Rajidae) in commercial fisheries around the British Isles and their discarding patterns