International Review Panel Report for the 2008 International Fisheries Stock Assessment workshop

The Panel recognised the very high quality of the research presented at the 2008 International Fisheries Stock Assessment Review Workshop. This included research on humpback whales, and Southern African hake, sardine, penguins and kingklip resources, as well as new methods for conducting stock assessments where the main data sources are indices of abundance and catch. The Panel thanked the workshop participants for their hard work preparing and presenting the workshop papers, for the extra analyses undertaken during the workshop, and for the informative input provided during discussions.

This report summarizes the recommended further work concerning each fishery. Much of this report reflects responses to the questions posed by DAFF Research.