Baltic Fisheries Assesment Working Group (WGBFAS)
ICES
Abstract
<p>The main ToR of WGBFAS is to assess the status and produce a draft advice on fishing opportu‐ nities for 2022 for the following stocks: \n<br>\n• Sole in Division 3.a, SDs 20–24 (Skagerrak and Kattegat, western Baltic Sea; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Cod in Kattegat SD 21 (catch advice) \n<br>\n• Cod in SDs 22–24 (western Baltic; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Cod in SDs 24–32 (eastern Baltic; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Herring in SDs 25–27, 28.2, 29 and 32 (central Baltic Sea; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Herring in SD 28.1 (Gulf of Riga; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Herring in SDs 30‐31 (Gulf of Bothnia; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Sprat in SDs 22–32 (Baltic Sea; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Plaice in SDs 21–23 (Kattegat, Belt Seas, and the Sound; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Plaice in SDs 24–32 (Baltic Sea, excluding the Sound and Belt Seas; catch advice) \n<br>\n• Flounder in SDs 24–25 (west of Bornholm and southwestern central Baltic; stock status advice) \n<br>\n• Flounder in SDs 26+28 (east of Gotland and Gulf of Gdansk; stock status advice) \n<br>\n• Flounder in SDs 27+29–32 (northern central and northern Baltic Sea; stock status advice) \n<br>\n• Brill in SDs 22–32 (Baltic Sea; stock status advice) \n<br>\n• Turbot SDs 22–32 (Baltic Sea; stock status advice)\n<br>\n</p>