Report of the 1st meeting of the permanent working group on stock assessment
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The first meeting of the EASTMED Permanent Working Group on Stock Assessment was held in Demre (Turkey), from 27 June to 1 July 2011. It was attended by experts from Egypt, Gaza Strip and West Bank, Greece, Lebanon and Turkey, as well as one representative of the European Commission, FAO staff and consultants. The meeting had three main general objectives i) to identify candidate shared stocks and priority stocks in the region, which are in need of scientific advice from stock assessments and to prioritise these stocks at sub-regional and national level; ii) to determine the main data available for stock assessment purposes, identify the gaps in data collection and suggest actions to fill the gaps; iii) to identify the most adequate approaches for the estimation of growth parameters and suitable models to assess the stocks in the region according to the data available. During the meeting the experts presented information on the biology and fisheries of commercial stocks and potentially shared stocks in their countries and GSAs. Based on the definitions adopted by GFCM, the group identified a set of criteria to be used for the identification of shared stocks in the region and provided a list of candidate shared stocks. Similarly, the group identified a list of priority stocks for each country and GSAs on which to focus future stock assessments. For each identified shared and priority stock, the main data available and the met hods applicable for their assessment were determined. The ToR of the next meeting of the WG were also discussed and agreed.