Stock assessment data sets for 58 quota fish stocks from 2003 to 2021
inclusive in the Celtic Seas and Greater North Sea and widely distributed were
collected from ICES international stock assessments database (ICES Stock
Information Database [year accessed 2023] ICES, Copenhagen, Denmark.
https://sid.ices.dk_). Stock assessment data sets for 62 non-quota
shellfish stocks from 1990 to 2019 inclusive in the Celtic Seas and Greater
North Sea were collected from national stock assessments reports and
publications.
The stock assessment data for fish and shellfish stocks of UK interest is used
to assess Good Environmental status for commercially exploited fish and
shellfish, descriptor 3 (Impact of fishing on target species) under the UK
Marine Strategy (UKMS). The 2024 UKMS assessment uses a stock assessment data
to calculate of percentage of stocks being within safe biological limits
considering 6-year period where required data is available to integrate two
indicators assessments, reproductive capacity (based on spawning stock
biomass) and fishing pressure (based on fishing mortality), considering
specific maximum sustainable yield reference points that are relevant for each
stock.
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https://sid.ices.dk/
