ICES Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group (WGBFAS) carries out stock assessments, catch forecasts and a first draft of the ICES advice for the fish stocks in the Baltic Sea and adjacent areas ranging from Kattegat to the Gulf of Bothnia.
WGBFAS meets annually in April to assess the state of Baltic stocks. For stocks with sufficient data this leads to a forecast of catch scenarios in the next year, while with data limited stocks, other approaches are used, such as an analysis of trends in abundance estimates or catches.
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