DEMERSTEM: WP1 – Stock identification. Pseudotolithus senegalensis – Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

The Cassava croaker P. senegalensis is assessed by CECAF within one single stock of croakers (Pseudotolithus spp.), for Côte d´Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin. Taking into account the mix of three species, the consideration of one single stock for these four countries follows practical reasons and has no any biological basis.N

Stock identification: advancing in the knowledge of stock structure as a requirement for stock assessment

DEMERSTEM- Objectives of WP 1: -Improve the knowledge on the selected demersal stocks with a particular effort to solve the problems of stock identification and improvement of the quality of the data used for the assessment. -This follows the recommendations regularly made by CECAF.Peer reviewe