Use of RBF gives a default 80 for 1.2.4. Overall timescale: 4 years Change to a lemon 1.2.1 Harvest Fisheries science Icelandic Cefas to NSAC members – sole TAC if Strategy and management Seachill peer review. ICES working groups necessary This action is being kept on hold expertise to at the moment. The Steering produce the The harvest strategy is Lowestoft PO For harvest strategy Group is currently not moving position paper responsive to the state and HCRs to be forward with year 2 & 3 and road map. of the stock and the sufficiently milestones due to significant elements of the harvest responsive to the potential change in management strategy work together MSC to state of the stock, a with the Landings Obligation and towards achieving stock introduce single species TAC the UK exiting the EU. The management objectives leads to is required. action will move forwards when reflected in PI 1.1.1 Danish contact a decision has been made on SG80. detailing the how the choke species requirements and recommendations are The harvest strategy road map for a implemented, and there is more may not have been single species TAC information on what future tested but evidence for lemon sole. management will look like. exists that it is achieving its objectives.
Use of RBF gives a default 80 for 1.2.4. 1.2.1 Harvest Strategy The harvest strategy is responsive to the state of the stock and the elements of the harvest strategy work together towards achieving stock management objectives reflected in PI 1.1.1 SG80. The harvest strategy may not have been tested but evidence exists that it is achieving its objectives. Change to a lemon sole TAC if necessary For harvest strategy and HCRs to be sufficiently responsive to the state of the stock, a single species TAC is required. detailing the requirements and road map for a single species TAC for lemon sole. Fisheries science and management expertise to produce the position paper and road map. Icelandic Seachill Cefas – to peer review. Lowestoft PO MSC to introduce leads to Danish contact NSAC members ICES working groups Overall timescale: 4 years This action is being kept on hold at the moment. The Steering Group is currently not moving forward with year 2 & 3 milestones due to significant potential change in management with the Landings Obligation and the UK exiting the EU. The action will move forwards when a decision has been made on how the choke species recommendations are implemented, and there is more information on what future management will look like.
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