Contact / Links
Responsible for the website is the co-ordinator - please contact Pablo Abaunza, IEO Santander, for any comments. Please also address general enquiries regarding the HOMSIR project to him. If you have specific questions to one of the workpackages or tasks within the project, please contact the respective partners as listed under participants.
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Useful links for more information on stock identification or horse mackerel (Trachurus sp.) research and assessment:
| Link | Organisation | Type of information |
| ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen | state of horse mackerel stocks in the North-East Atlantic |
| WG MHSA | ICES Working Group on the Assessment of Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Sardine and Anchovy | state of horse mackerel stocks in the North-East Atlantic - report downloadable |
| WG MEGS | ICES Working Group on Mackerel and Horse Mackerel Egg Surveys | Planning and evaluation of the triannial survey in the NE-Atlantic - report downloadable |
| WKHMO | ICES/EU workshop on horse mackerel age reading (Lowestoft Jan 1999) | Report of the workshop downloadable |
| WKMHME | ICES/EU workshop on identification and staging of mackerel and horse mackerel eggs (Lowestoft Dec 2000) | Report of the workshop downloadable |
| ACFM | ICES Advisory Committee on Fisheries Management | Stock summary sheets for Western horse mackerel (HOM_W), Southern horse mackerel (HOM_S) and North Sea horse mackerel (HOM_NS) - summary sheets downloadable |
| EFAN | European Fish Ageing Network | all kinds of information regarding fish ageing |
| FAO | The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation | Information on horse mackerel commercial catches world wide |
| DG Fish | European Commission, Directorate General Fisheries (DG IVX) | Information on organisation of the agency funding the project and the EU Common Fisheries Policy |
| marsource | International website on fisheries (of the DG Fish) | quotas, fishing fleets etc in Europe |
| Oceanportal | of the International Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Paris | all kinds of ocean-related information |
| FishBase | A global information system of all fishes in the world | Systematics, common names, biology, photos and much more |
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