| | Report of the Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology |
| | 2,92 | | MB | (WGMME) |
| | 55 | | stron |
| | 5383 | | ID | International Council for the Explorations of the Sea |
| | 2006 | | rok |
| | Content |
| | 1 Executive summary .1 |
| | 2 Opening of the meeting .2 |
| | 2.1 Acknowledgements .2 |
| | 3 TOR A) Population sizes, bycatches and mitigation measures of marine mammals.3 |
| | 3.1 New information on population sizes3 |
| | 3.2 New Information on Bycatches.4 |
| | 3.2.1 Harbour porpoises in the North Sea .4 |
| | 3.2.2 Common dolphins in pelagic trawl fisheries: .4 |
| | 3.2.3 Common dolphins in VHVO bottom pair trawlers.5 |
| | 3.2.4 Other marine mammal bycatch observations-Spanish vessels .6 |
| | 3.2.5 Baltic seals:.6 |
| | 3.2.6 Baltic Harbour Porpoises:.6 |
| | 3.2.7 Russian Data on Barents Sea Seals: .7 |
| | 3.2.8 Bycatch Monitoring Schemes in Norway.7 |
| | 3.2.9 Bycatch Observation schemes under EU Reg 812/2004: .8 |
| | 3.3 New Information on mitigation measures: 12 |
| | 3.3.1 Fishery Restrictions:.12 |
| | 3.3.2 Technical measures 12 |
| | 3.4 References 13 |
| | 4 TOR B) The prey of marine mammals in each WGRED region.15 |
| | 4.1 Summary 15 |
| | 4.2 Introduction 17 |
| | 4.2.1 Interpretation of the Terms of Reference17 |
| | 4.2.2 Review of methods used in marine mammal diet studies.17 |
| | 4.2.3 Dietary variability and change20 |
| | 4.2.4 Data for models 21 |
| | 4.3 Regions.21 |
| | 4.3.1 Region A. Iceland Greenland 21 |
| | 4.3.2 Region B. Barents Sea23 |
| | 4.3.3 Region C. Faroe Plateau .25 |
| | 4.3.4 Region D. Norwegian Sea 25 |
| | 4.3.5 Region E. Celtic Seas .26 |
| | 4.3.6 Region F. North Sea .27 |
| | 4.3.7 Region G. Bay of Biscay and Iberian Seas.29 |
| | 4.3.8 Baltic 30 |
| | 4.4 References 30 |
| | 5 TOR C) Workshop planning 38 |
| | 5.1 WGMME Workshop on Environmental quality and Marine Mammal health 38 |
| | 5.2 References 40 |
| | 6 TOR D) WGMME cooperative research reports current status and future format41 |
| | 6.1 Alternative to cooperative research reports .41 |
| | 6.2 Concerns.41 |
| | 6.3 Draft for web page design .42 |
| | 7 TOR E) Review REGNS North Sea ecosystem assessment43 |
| | 7.1 Introduction 43 |
| | 7.2 Parameters 43 |
| | 7.3 References 46 |
| | 8 Recommendations for future activities48 |
| | 8.1 Recommendation I 48 |
| | 8.2 Recommendation II .48 |
| | 8.3 Recommendation III48 |
| | 8.4 Future meeting48 |
| | Annex 1: List of participants .49 |
| | Annex 2: Agenda .50 |
| | Annex 3: WGMME terms of reference 2007 .51 |