Scientific Advice from ICES

NASCO seeks to base its management measures on the best available scientific information.

Advice on the status of stocks, the effectiveness of management measures, monitoring needs and research requirements, and catch options (or alternative management advice) are provided annually by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), under the Memorandum of Understanding between NASCO and ICES.

The latest Report of the ICES Advisory Committee was published in May 2021.

The ‘Report of the ICES Advisory Committee’ from previous years, and NASCO’s annual ‘Request for Scientific Advice from ICES’ can be found on the NASCO Annual Meeting Pages.