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All herring stocks in the North-East Atlantic

Assessments and Stocks Summary
year	2000 (WGs 2001) (changes to previous year are indicated)
number of stocks	at least 14 (large ones covered completely)
assessment types	single species, ICA (6), ADAPT (1), XSA (3)
assessment quality	no assessment/unknown: good: medium: poor:	4 stocks 2 stocks 2 stocks 5 stocks
total catch	at least 2'127'100 t (1999: 2'121'000 t)
total spawning stock biomass	at least 9'171'000 t (1999: 10'206'000 t)
state of the stock	outside safe biological limits *: inside safe biological limits *: unknown:	5 stocks 4 stocks 4 stocks
perspectives for the stock size	stable: increase expected: decline expected: uncertain:	4 stocks 2 stocks 3 stocks 4 stocks

* The term safe biological limits refers to fishery biological criteria with respect to the reproductive potential of the stock and optimum harvest strategies. It does not imply that neither the stock nor the species is in the immediate threat of biological extinction.

Sources
ICES Working Group for the Assessment of Herring South of 62°N 2000, ICES CM 2000/ACFM:10, and 2001, ICES CM 2001/ACFM:12
ICES Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group 2000, ICES CM 2000/ACFM:14, and 2001, ICES CM 20010/ACFM:16
ICES Northern Pelagic and Blue Whiting Working Group 2000, ICES CM 2000/ACFM:16, and 2001, ICES CM 2001/ACFM:17

Data entered/updated by (Date)
Christopher Zimmermann (21-09-00/22-08-01)

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