The Working Group on Nephrops Surveys (WGNEPS) is the international coordination group for Nephrops underwater television and trawl surveys within ICES. This report summarizes the national contributions on the results of the surveys conducted in 2024 together with time series covering all survey years, problems encountered, data quality checks and technological improvements.In total, 22 surveys covering 25 functional units (FU’s) in the ICES area and 1 geographical subarea (GSA) in the Adriatic Sea were discussed and further improvements in respect to survey design and data analysis standardization and the use of most recent technology were reviewed.The group agreed to have intersessional meetings in 2025 to address burrow size estimations to update correction factors and have an extra day for ToR g discussion on the meeting in Hafnarfjörður in 2025.Plans are being progressed for an international Nephrops UWTV database to be established at the ICES data centre with a sub-group.
Working Group on Nephrops Surveys (WGNEPS; outputs from 2024 meeting)
Michela Martinelli;
2025
Abstract
The Working Group on Nephrops Surveys (WGNEPS) is the international coordination group for Nephrops underwater television and trawl surveys within ICES. This report summarizes the national contributions on the results of the surveys conducted in 2024 together with time series covering all survey years, problems encountered, data quality checks and technological improvements.In total, 22 surveys covering 25 functional units (FU’s) in the ICES area and 1 geographical subarea (GSA) in the Adriatic Sea were discussed and further improvements in respect to survey design and data analysis standardization and the use of most recent technology were reviewed.The group agreed to have intersessional meetings in 2025 to address burrow size estimations to update correction factors and have an extra day for ToR g discussion on the meeting in Hafnarfjörður in 2025.Plans are being progressed for an international Nephrops UWTV database to be established at the ICES data centre with a sub-group.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
