On behalf of the Specific Contract No. 03 (SC03) Support to a robust model assessment, benchmark and development of a management strategy evaluation for cod in NAFO Division 3M under the Framework Contract EASME/EMFF/2016/008 Provision of Scientific Advice for Fisheries beyond EU Waters, the NAFO 3M cod assessment Workshop was held at the Instituto Español de Oceanografia (IEO), Vigo-Beiramar, Spain, during 21st-23rd March 2017.
With the inclusion of the following three new points the provisional agenda (ToRs for Task 1 of SC03) was approved (Annex 1):
Presentation of the Specific Contract No. 03 (SC03) Support to a robust model assessment, benchmark and development of a management strategy evaluation for cod in NAFO Division 3M.
Proposals to be submitted to the 2017 June NAFO Scientific Council (SC) meeting.
Recommendations from this Workshop on matters that need to be deeper studied during the benchmark process.The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME