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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The data preparation meeting for central Mediterranean stocks was held in Rome, Italy, in hybrid modality, from 22 to 25 November 2022. The main objective of this meeting was to provide a platform to review, discuss and analyse input data for the assessment of central Mediterranean stocks in advance of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Demersal Species (WGSAD) and the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic Species (WGSASP) to be held in December 2022. Information on 14 stocks was presented and discussed: European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in geographical subareas (GSAs) 12 to 16, red mullet (Mullus barbatus), striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) and Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in GSAs 12 to 16 as well as European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in GSAs 12 to 14 and 16.