ICES Advice 2006, Book 10 - North Atlantic Salmon Stocks

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 11 INTRODUCTION 11.1 Main Tasks 11.2 Management framework for salmon in the North Atlantic 21.3 Management objectives 31.4 Reference points and application of precaution 32 ATLANTIC SALMON IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AREA 52.1 Catches of North Atlantic Salmon 52.1.1 Nominal catches of salmon 52.1.2 Catch and release 52.1.3 Unreported catches 52.2 Farming and sea ranching of Atlantic salmon 62.3 NASCO has asked ICES to report on significant developments which might assist NASCO with the management of salmon stocks, including new or emerging threats to, or opportunities for, salmon conservation and management 62.3.1 Evaluation of options to develop a multi-year forecast of PFANA abundance 62.3.2 Post-smolt trawling in the Labrador Sea, Fall 2005 62.3.3 Fatty acid profiles and stock discrimination 62.3.4 Preliminary investigations into the deterrence of cormorants to reduce predation on migratory smolts 72.4 NASCO has asked ICES to report on developments in methods to identify origin of Atlantic salmon at a finer resolution than continent of origin (river stocks, country or stock complexes) 72.4.1 West Greenland mixed stock fishery 72.4.2 Spatio-temporal distribution of North American Atlantic salmon populations off West Greenland 72.4.3 St. Pierre and Miquelon mixed stock fishery 72.5 NASCO has asked ICES to describe sampling programmes for escaped farmed salmon, the precision of the identification methods employed and the reliability of the estimates obtained 82.5.1 Techniques for identifying escaped farmed salmon 82.5.2 Sampling programmes in different countries 9 2.5.3 Behaviour of escaped farmed salmon. 92.6 NASCO has asked ICES to provide an assessment of the minimum information needed which would signal a significant change in the previously provided catch advice for each Commission area 92.7 Compilation of tag releases and finclip data by ICES member countries in 2005 102.8 Analysis of historic tagging data 103 NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC COMMISSION 183.1 Status of stocks/exploitation 183.2 Management objectives 193.3 Reference points 193.3.1 Progress with setting river-specific conservation limits 193.3.2 National conservation limits 193.4 Management advice 193.5 Relevant factors to be considered in management 203.6 Pre-Fishery Abundance forecast for 2006 203.7 Pre-Fishery Abundance forecast for 2007–2008 213.8 Comparison with previous assessment 213.8.1 PFA forecast model 213.8.2 National PFA model and national conservation limit model 213.9 NASCO has requested ICES to describe the key events of the 2005 fisheries and the status of the stocks 213.9.1 Fishing at Faroes in 2004/2005 213.9.2 Significant events in NEAC homewater fisheries in 2005 213.9.3 Gear and effort 213.9.4 Catches 223.9.5 Catch per unit effort (CPUE) 223.9.6 Age composition of catches 223.9.7 Farmed and ranched salmon in catches 223.9.8 National origin of catches 223.9.9 Trends in the PFA for NEAC stocks 233.9.10 Survival Indices for NEAC stocks 233.10 NASCO has requested ICES to provide any new information on the extent to which the objectives of any significant management measures introduced in recent years have been achieved. 233.11 NASCO has requested ICES to update and further refine estimates of bycatch of salmon in pelagic fisheries (including non-catch fishing mortality) with an assessment of impacts on returns to homewaters 244 NORTH AMERICAN COMMISSION 324.1 Status of stocks/exploitation 324.2 Management objectives 324.3 Reference points 324.4 Management advice 324.5 Relevant factors to be considered in management 324.6 Revised forecast of 2SW maturing fish for 2006 324.6.1 Catch options for 2006 fisheries on 2SW maturing salmon 324.7 Catch options for 2007–2009 fisheries on 2SW maturing salmon 334.8 Comparison with previous assessment and advice 334.9 NASCO has requested ICES to describe the key events of the 2005 fisheries and the status of the stocks 334.9.1 Fisheries in 2005 334.9.2 Status of the stocks 344.10 NASCO has requested ICES to provide any new information on the extent to which the objectives of any significant management measures introduced in recent years have been achieved. 355 ATLANTIC SALMON IN THE WEST GREENLAND COMMISSION 405.1 Status of stocks/exploitation 405.2 Management objectives 405.3 Reference points 405.4 Management advice 415.5 Relevant factors to be considered in management 415.6 Pre-Fishery Abundance forecast for 2006 415.6.1 North American stock complex 415.6.2 Southern European MSW stock complex 415.7 Pre-Fishery Abundance forecast for 2007 and 2008 425.7.1 North American stock complex 425.7.2 5.7.2 Southern European MSW stock complex 425.8 Comparison with previous assessment and advice 425.9 NASCO has requested ICES to describe the events of the 2005 fishery and status of the stocks 425.9.1 Catch and effort in 2005 425.9.2 Biological characteristics of the catches. 43

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