Working Group on Multispecies Assessment Methods (WGSAM)

The Working Group on Multispecies Assessment Methods (WGSAM) works on the development of multispecies and ecosystem models that have potential or actual application for supporting advice on management of fish stocks and fisheries and assessing the implications of multispecies interactions. This report describes key-runs (standardized model runs updated with recent data) of multispecies and ecosystem models for the Baltic and Irish Sea. Model key-runs are used in ICES advice processes, and WGSAM provides critical expert review of these key-runs to recom-mend appropriate use of results...