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...

Under the scope of the a4a Initiative a workshop dedicated to studying spatial effects on the stock dynamics of European Atlantic sardine took place in Ispra, Italy, the 14th to the 18th of December 2015, with the objectives of (i) explore a4a methods to assess the Southern sardine stock...

Current fisheries advice requires an increased consideration of bioeconomics and the interactions of fishing fleets with the biological stocks. This is particularly important when evaluating proposed multi-annual management plans. To achieve this, modelling tools need to be able to consider the...

An ad hoc Expert Group on 'Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy' composed of JRC experts was held on 1-5th February 2016 at JRC, Ispra, Italy. The ad hoc report was finalized and subsequently reviewed by the STECF by written procedure during March 2016.

An ad hoc Expert Group on 'Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy' composed of JRC experts was held on 1-5th February 2016 at JRC, Ispra, Italy. The ad hoc report was finalized and subsequently reviewed by the STECF by written procedure during March 2016. This report is a...

Developing and parameterising fisheries bioeconomic models is seen as playing an important role in the evaluation of proposed fisheries management strategies. One of the key challenges in doing this has been the different aggregation levels of the biological and economic data. For example,...

In terms of analysing and simulating fisheries management systems, implementation error can be considered to be the difference between management decisions (for example, the TAC or effort limits set for the following year) and what the fishing fleets actually do (for example, the actual catch...

The STECF was tasked with an analysis of the likely effects of proposed management plans for the Southwestern (Bay of Biscay and Iberia) and Northwestern (Celtic sea) waters. Quantitative analyses were carried out to compare the likely effect of those management plans and of the direct...

This document presents the protocol to compute indicators for monitoring the Common Fisheries Policy. A set of indicators both design-based and model-based are described mathematically. The list of stocks that should form the dataset on which the indicators are computed is also described as well...