Age determination is an essential feature in fish stock assessment and fish age data is provided by different countries. The most common method in order to determine the age of a fish is by means of counting annual ring structures in the fish otoliths.
From 12 to 16 October 2015, the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries in cooperation with the Institute of Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science (IHF) of the University of Hamburg will host the ICES Workshop on Egg staging, Fecundity and Atresia in Horse mackerel and Mackerel (WKFATHOM).
The Workshop on scrutinisation procedures for pelagic ecosystem surveys (WKSCRUT) of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) will provide updates on agreed and recommended methods for the Working Group of International Pelagic Surveys (WGIPS) which will then be published in…
WKPASM aims to develop a protocol on the combined use of Bayesian Belief Networks and Bow-tie analysis to support risk based decision making spatial management. The workshop discussions and analysis will build upon a case study set within the Great Lakes in North America.
AFWG assesses the stocks of Northeast Arctic cod, haddock, saithe, and Greenland halibut as well as Barents Sea capelin, Norwegian coastal cod, golden redfish, and beaked redfish in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea (ICES Sub-Areas I and II).
On January 8th and 9th in 2015, the Programme towards a Rich Wadden Sea (PRW), the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries (TI) and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) are organizing a workshop focusing on the Conservation Management of Fish Populations in the Wadden Sea.