Final report of Work Package 2 in the FarFish project

In this report we review the main findings, lessons learnt, and provide recommendations based on the nine deliverables that correspond to the five main tasks of WP2 (Advancing biological knowledge and evaluation of current stock assessment models) of the FarFish project. For each task, a summary is provided of the main findings and lessons learnt and recommendations made, based on the deliverables corresponding to each task:

Task 2.1: Case study characterization
               • D2.1 Case study characterization
Task 2.2: Create a Data Management Plan under the H2020 Open Research Data Pilot
                • D2.2: Data Management Plan under the H2020 Open Research Data Pilot
Task 2.3: Advancing biological and ecological knowledge
                 • D2.3: Report on biological and ecological data in FFDB pilot version 1
                 • D2.6: Report on biological and ecological data in FFDB pilot version 2
                 • D2.8: Report on biological and ecological data in FFDB
                 • D2.10: Report on data collected on small pelagics and environmental forcing on the west coast of Africa
Task 2.4 Evaluation of current stock assessment models
                 • D2.5: Report on the evaluation of current stock assessment models used in CS
Task 2.5 Self-sampling programme:
                 • D2.4: Templates and protocols for self-sampling
                 • D2.7: Report on the success of the self-sampling programme