Report of the ICES Advisory Committee on Fishery Management, Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment and Advisory Committee on Ecosystems, 2006. Book 10: North Atlantic salmon stocks
International Council For The Exploration, O.The Sea
ICES Advice Book 10: i-iii, 1-58
2006
Document Number: 216948
Exploitation continued to decline and nominal catch of Atlantic salmon in 2005 was the lowest in the timeseries. Marine survival indices suggest that natural mortality remains high. The North American Commission 2SW stock complex is suffering reduced reproductive capacity. There are very few fisheries in this area and therefore other factors (fish passage, water quality, natural mortality) are contributing to continued low adult abundance. The Northern North East Atlantic Commission stock complexes (1SW and MSW) are at risk of suffering reduced reproductive capacity. The Southern North East Atlantic Commission stock complexes (1SW and MSW) are suffering reduced reproductive capacity. There are no catch options for the 2006-2008 fisheries at West Greenland and the Faroes that would allow the stated precautionary management objectives to be met. ICES notes that the percentage of coastal fisheries catches remains high in the NEAC and NAC Commission and in fact has risen slightly within the NAC Area. ICES advice has been to reduce exploitation in all mixedstock fisheries to allow river-specific conservation limits to be met. This is best achieved by only allowing fisheries in estuaries and rivers on stocks which are above their conservation limits.