Document Number:    
                  WG-FSA-17/47
              
      Submitted By:    
                  Dr Marta Söffker (European Union)
              
      Approved By:    
                  Dr Chris Darby
              
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                  Request permission to release each time (RP)
              
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      Abstract    
                  A stratified bootstrap of icefish catch density based on the UK 2017 demersal fish survey catch rate data indicated a biomass of 91 531 tonnes (lower one sided 5th percentile: 47 424 tonnes) within Statistical Subarea 48.3. Projections for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons applying the CCAMLR harvest control rule lead to catch limits (TAC) of 4 733 tonnes for 2017/18 and 3 269 tonnes for 2018/19.