ICES advice on Elasmobranch stocks
Special request, Advice September 2011
ECOREGION – Widely Distributed and Migratory Stocks
SUBJECT – NEAFC request on Northeast Atlantic elasmobranch species classification
Advice summary
A table classifying elasmobranch species found within the NEAFC area is provided. Advice on basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, and porbeagle, Lamna nasus, has remained unchanged for some years and new advice will be provided in 2012.
Advice September 2011
ECOREGION – Widely Distributed and Migratory Stocks
STOCK – Spurdog in the Northeast Atlantic
Advice for 2012
ICES advises on the basis of the precautionary approach that there should be no targeted fishery and that catches in mixed fisheries should be reduced to the lowest possible level. A rebuilding plan should be developed for this stock.