ICES Working Group on Recreational Fisheries Surveys (WGRFS; outputs from 2019 meeting). ICES Scientific Reports. 2:1

ANSSI AHVONEN; JEROME BAUDRIER; HUGO DIODO; ARNAU DUNTON; ANA GORDOA; FABIO GRATI; BRUCE HARTHILL; JAN HINRIKSSON; DAVID GIMENEZ ALVARADO; ANDERS KAGERVALL; LINA KAIRYTE; KOSTAS KAPIRIS; MARTIN KARLSSON; JEROME LAFON; MARTIN LAPORTA; ADAM LEJK; ROI MARTINEZ; ESHA MOHAMED; PENTTI MOILANEN; ESTANIS MUGERZA; HANS JAKOB OLESEN; ANASTASIOS PAPADOPOULOS; PABLO PITA; JOAO PONTES; JUSTAS POVILIUNAS; ZACHARY RADFORD; KRZYSZTOF RATDKE ; MAFALDA RANGEL; DALIA REIS; OSCAR SAGUE PLA; CHRISTIAN SKOV; HARRY V. STREHLOW; ANDREAS SUNDELOF; BRYONY TOWNHILL; DAVID TURNBULL; DIDZIS USTUPS; TESSA VAN DER HAMMMEN; PEDRO VEIGA; LEONARDO A. VENERUS; THOMAS VERLEYE; JON HELGE VOLSTAD; JOSEPH WATSON; SIMON WELTERSBACH; KENO FERTER (EDITOR); KIERAN HYDER (EDITOR)

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El presente Informe Científico corresponde a la reunion anual del Working Group on Recreational Fisheries Survey (WGRFS) del ICES, llevado a cabo en A Coruña, del 10 al 14 de junio de 2019.Executive summary: The ICES Working Group on Recreational Fisheries Surveys (WGRFS) role is to summarise andquality assure recreational fishery data collected in European countries, and feed into the ICESadvisory process on recreational fishing issues. In 2019, WGRFS shared and evaluated currentnational surveys; assessed the validity of new survey designs; assessed the use of survey data instock assessments and the impact of catch and release; discussed the treatment of outliers in theanalysis of survey data; reviewed the potential impacts of climate change on species distributionand updated the species list for collection under the Data Collection Framework (Regulation((EC) No 2017/1004)); reviewed European and regional coordination; assessed data storage options; assessed novel survey methods; and discussed the ICES Workshop on Integrating HumanDimensions into the Management of Marine Recreational Fisheries (WKHDR).WGRFS provides a useful network for individuals developing surveys to test their ideas anddesigns that will increase the quality of data delivered. WGRFS has engaged with the RegionalCoordination Groups, providing input into meetings and support for issues around recreationalfisheries. The profile of the group has been raised through scientific presentations at conferences,and contribution to the development of a theme set in the ICES Journal of Marine Sciences titled?Marine recreational fisheries - current state and future opportunities?. Over the last year, themembers of the group have published several publications facilitated by the WGRFS includingan assessment of the impacts of recreational fishing on key European fish stocks, a review on thepotential environmental impacts of recreational fisheries on stocks and ecosystems, and a reviewon digital camera monitoring of recreational fishing effort.At the 2019 meeting, further progress was made in key areas. Updates were provided on nationalsampling programmes, with surveys underway in almost all countries, and the most recent estimates collated. The design and implementation phase of the Galician (Spain), Swedish, and Danish programmes were assessed using the WGRFS quality assurance tool. The need for novel approaches for inclusion of recreational data in stock assessment for a broader range of stocks washighlighted, and approaches for catch allocations were discussed. Furthermore, the potential impacts of climate change on species caught by recreational fisheries and how that could impact onspecies lists for collection under the DCF was assessed. Approaches for European and regionalcoordination of data collection were discussed. Novel methods for data collection were highlighted, and need to be reviewed regularly as the landscape is changing very quickly.Intersessional work was agreed on: analysis and inclusion of data in stock assessments; compiling methods for catch allocation between user groups; and updating the quality assessment tool.The WGRFS recommendations were: developing a database that compiles estimates of recreational fisheries catches; to include recreational fisheries in more stock assessments and advice;that further work on the impacts of catch and release should be funded; and a workshop to review the impact of recreational fisheries based on the outcomes from EU-MAP pilot studies.