Download FAR 2022/65 Using trawl surveys to provide partial quantitative assessments for rough skate (Zearaja nasuta) and smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)

Collated analyses for 10 trawl survey series were assessed to judge which provided sufficiently reliable relative abundance time series for partial quantitative assessment of rough skate (Zearaja nasuta, RSK) and/or smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus, SSK). Putative assessments were conducted using six survey series. Two assessments were accepted as the basis for forming advice, for RSK in quota management area 3 (RSK 3), and SSK in quota management area 7 (SSK 7).