STOCKS: North-East Atlantic

. North Sea Autumn Spawning herring

Catch of North Sea Autumn Spawners and Western Baltic Spring Spawners in the North Sea (Div IV), the Kattegat/Skagerak (sub-Div IIIa) and the Eastern Channel (VIId) by fleet in 2000 (assessment 2001).

Fleet definitions:
A: for human consumption purposes in the North Sea
B: bycatch in the industrial fishery in the North Sea
C: for human consumption purposes in Sub-Div IIIa
D: small meshed fishery, mainly for industrial purposes in Sub-Div IIIa (including the former mixed clupeoid [D-fleet] and other industrial [E] fleets)

Year 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
1996
 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
TAC (IV and VIId) Sub-Area IV and Division VIId
Recommended Div IVa, b1
484
373/332
3636
352
2907
2967
38911
156
159
254
265
265
265
Recommended Div IVc, VIId
30
30
50-606
54
50
50
50
-14
-14
-14
-14
-14
-14
Expected catch of spring spawners      
10
8
              
Agreed Divisions IVa,b2
484
385
3706
380
380
390
390
263/13113
134
229
240
240
240
Agreed Div. IVc, VIId
30
30
506
50
50
50
50
50/2513
25
25
25
25
25
CATCH (IV and VIId)
National landings
Divisions IVa,b3
639
499
495
481
463
421
456
176
144
241
255
 263
Unallocated landings
Divisions IVa,b
-2
-14
30
14
1
6
47
39
3616
37
25
 16
Discard/slipping
Divisions IVa,b4
3
4
2
3
1
1
0
1
3
2
2
 6
Total catch Divisions IVa,b5
638
516
527
498
463
428
503
216
18316
281
282
 285
National landings
Divisions IVc, VIId3
30
24
42
37
40
42
45
25
26
23
31
 23
Unallocated landings
Divisions IVc,VIId
48
32
16
35
43
30
18
24
22
23
20
 21
Discard/slipping
Divisions IVc, VIId
1
5
3
2
2
2
-
1
3
2
3
 0.2
Total catch Divisions IVc, VIId
79
61
61
74
85
74
63
50
51
48
54
 44
Total catch IV and VIId as used by ACFM5
717
578
588
572
548
498
566
266
23416
329
336
 329
CATCH BY FLEET/STOCK (IV and VIId)10
North Sea autumn spawners directed fisheries (Fleet A)
Not available
446
441
438
447
504
226
22016
306
316
 304
North Sea autumn spawners industrial (Fleet B)
Not available
134
124
101
38
65
38
13
14
15
 18
North Sea autumn spawners total (Fleets A+B)
696
569
580
564
539
485
559
265
23316
320
331
 322
Baltic-IIIa-type spring spawners
20
8
8
8
9
13
10
0.9
0.9
8
5
 7
Coastal-type spring spawners
2.3
1.1
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
 0.1
TAC (IIIa) Division IIIa
Predicted catch of autumn spawners  
96
153
102
77
98
48
35
80
43
67
Recommended spring spawners
84
67
91
90
93—113
-9
-12
-12
-15
-15
-15
 -15
 -15
Recommended mixed clupeoids
80
60
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
 -
 -
Agreed herring TAC
138
120
104.5
124
165
148
140
120
80
80
80
80
80
Agreed mixed clupeoid TAC
80
65
50
50
45
43
43
43
Bycatch ceiling in the small-mesh fishery
20
17
19
21
21
CATCH (IIIa)
National landings
192
202
188
227
214
168
157
115
83
12016
86
108
Catch as used by ACFM
162
195
191
227
214
168
157
115
83
10516
86
 108
CATCH BY FLEET/STOCK (IIIa) 10
Autumn spawners human consumption (Fleet C)
Not available
26
47
44
42
21
23
34
54
3117
 37
Autumn spawners mixed clupeoid (Fleet D)
Not available
13
23
25
12
6
12
4
5
817
13
Autumn spawners other industrial landings (Fleet E)
Not available
38
82
63
32
43
7
2
Autumn spawners total
91
778
77
152
132
86
70
42
40
59
3917
 50
Spring spawners human consumption (Fleet C)
Not available
68
53
68
59
59
69
34
43
4417
 53
Spring spawners mixed clupeoid (Fleet D)
Not available
5
2
1
1
2
1
1
  3
 317
 5
Spring spawners other industrial landings (Fleet E)
Not available
40
20
12
24
29
3
1
Spring spawners total
71
118
113
75
81
84
90
73
37
46
4717
 58
North Sea autumn spawners
Total as used by ACFM
787
646
657
716
671
571
629
307
27316
380
37017
 372

1Includes catches in directed fishery and catches of 1-ringers in small mesh fishery up to 1992. 2IVa,b and EC zone of IIa. 3Provided by Working Group members. 4One country only. 5Includes spring spawners not included in assessment. 6Revised during 1991. 7Based on F=0.3 in directed fishery only; TAC advised for IVc, VIId subtracted. 8Estimated. 9130-180 for spring spawners in all areas. 10 Based on sum-of-products (number x mean weight at age). 11Status quo F catch for fleet a. 12The catch should not exceed recent catch levels. 13 During the middle of 1996 revised to 50% of its original agreed TAC. 14 Included in IVa,b. 15 Managed in accordance with autumn spawners. Weights in '000t. 16 Figure altered in 2000. 17 Figure altered in 2001.

Source
ICES Working Group for the assessment of Herring South of 62°N 2001, ICES CM 2001/ACFM:12. This table is known as "The Wonderful Table", but unfortunately it is notoriously error-prone...

Data entered/updated by (Date)
Christopher Zimmermann (07-06-00)/ John Simmonds (17-07-00)/Christopher Zimmermann (21-06-01)

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