Report of the Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon [Québec City, Canada, 12- 22 April, 1999]

i. provide an overview of salmon catches, including unreported catches and catch and 2.1 & 2.2 release, and wor1dwide production of farmed and ranch ed salmon in 1998; ii.evaluate non-catch fishing mortality for all salmon gear; 2.3 iii.rep<It on significant deve1opments which might assist NASCO with the management of 2.4 salmon stocks; iv.develop a framework for stock rebuilding programmes; 2.5 v. provide a compilation of egg collections and juveni1e releases in 1998; 2.6 vi.provide a compi1ation of mi~Totag, finclip and external tag releases by ICES Member 2.7 Countries in 1998.h) With respect to Atlantic salmon in the North-East Atlantic Commission area:i. describe the events of the 1998 fisheries and the status of the stocks; 3.1-3.4ii. update the evaluation of the effects on stocks and homewater fisheries of the suspension of 3.5 commercial fishing activity at Faroes since 1991;iii. further deve1op the age-specific stock conservation limiL' for smal1er stock unit~ in the 3.7 Commission area, where possib1e based upon individual river -based estimates;iv. further deve1op methods to estimate the expected abundance of salmon for small er stock units in 3.6 the Commission area;V. provide catch options or alternative managt!ment advice with an assessmcnt of risks relative to 3.8 the objective of exceeding stock conservation 1itnits;vi. provide an estitnate of the hy-catch of salmon post-smo1ts in pelagic fisheries; 3.9 vii.identify relevant data dcficiencies, monitoring needs and research requirements.3.10 c) With respcct to Atlantic salmon in the North American Commission area:i. demi be the events of the 1998 fishcries and the status of the slocks: 4.1&4.2ii. update the eva1uation of the effects on US and Canadian stocks and tisheries of management 4.3 measurcs itnp1emented after 1991 in the Canadian commercial salmon fisheries; -iii. update age-specific stock conservation limits based on new information as availab1e; 4.4 iv.provide catch options or alternative management advice with an assessment of risks relative to 4.5 the objective of exceeding stock conservatiou 1imits;v. identify relevant data deficiencies, monitoring needs and research requirements.4.6 f!!li d) With respect to Atlantic salmon in the West Greenland Commission area: i. describc the events of the 1998 fisheries and the status of the stocks; l iL evaluate lhe effects on European and Norlh American stocks of lhc West Greenlandic 5.3 management measures since 1993;iii. provide a detailed explanation of an y changes to lhe model used to provide catch advice and of 5.4 lhe impacts of an y changes to lhe model on lhe calculated quota; iv.provide age-specific stock conservation limits (spawning targets) for all stocks occurring in lhe 5.5Cornmission area based on best available information;v. provide catch options or alternative management advice wilh an assessment of risks relative to 5.6 lhe objective of exceeding stock conservation limits;vi. identify relevant data deficiencies andresearch requirements; 5.7 vii.comment on tlle report of Workshop on Peer Rcvicw of ICES Salmon Model or in the 5.8absence of a Workshop, examine critically lhe model used to provide catch advice, looking at all lhe assumptions, and comment on lhe confidence limits on lhe output from lhe model.

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