Report of the AWMP Workshop on Greenlandic Fisheries

摘要

The Workshop was held at the National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU-Aqua), Dept. of Marine Fisheries, Charlottenlund Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark from 26-29 March 2008. The list of participants is given as Annex A. Donovan welcomed the participants. He noted there has been a fundamental difficulty in the AWMP discussions in determining whether sex ratio data alone are a sufficient basis for management advice and for the development of a Strike Limit Algorithm (SLA) for common minke whales {Balaenoptera acutorostrata). He emphasised that it is essential that this issue be resolved as soon as possible. He also referred to the successful development of an assessment method for fin whales {Balaenoptera physalus) at the 2007 Annual Meeting, noting that work can now begin on developing an SLA for this stock. Finally, he noted that there are also a number of questions remaining with respect to assessing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off West Greenland.