The main objectives of the study presented in this report were to test the FLBEIA API, condition an operating model for the North Sea mixed fisheries and provide feedback on bioeconomic modelling limitations. Additionally, Fishrent and Fcube were also tested. FLR, FLBEIA, Fishrent and Fcube are...

The a4a initiative aims to provide timely and cost effective advice for the circa. 250 fish stocks that, through the EU Data Collection Framework, will have at least 10 years of data by the year 2020. Current processes for assessing the state of and managing fish stocks are intensive processes,...

The STECF Expert Working Group (EWG 12-07) on Management plans part 2 met in Edinburgh, Scotland from 18 to 22 of June 2012. The meeting provided two reports, one on Area and modelling options (STECF- 12-14) and this report considers management aspects relating to the revision of cod management...

This work deals with uncertainty on the estimation of MSY considering the most likely factors to affect the stocks subject to Fisheries Partnership Agreements. A Management Strategy Evaluation algoritm was used using three management procedures. The traditional assessment based MSY HCR with a...

The a4a aims to develop a set of common methods and procedures to build a minimal standard MSE algorithm, which should allow the development of MSE simulations in an operational time frame. The JRC organized a workshop, 30/01-03/02 in Ispra, Italy, which was a mix of hands-on coding and...