DEMERSTEM: WP1 – Stock identification Pagrus caeruleostictus – Guinea Bissau and Guinea

The bluespotted seabream P. caeruleostictus is assessed by CECAF as one single stock of “seabreams” (Sparidae) for Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Taking into account the mix of 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