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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

An additional session of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Demersal Species (WGSAD) dedicated to giant red shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea; ARS) and blue and red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus; ARA) in the eastern–central Mediterranean was held online on 8–11 February 2022. The main objective of this meeting was to advance the assessment of these two species in the two subregions, towards the provision of advice.

Out of the seven assessments presented, two new assessments were validated as providing quantitative advice, while the other five were considered in need of further work or additional data collection. All three validated assessments indicated stocks either in overexploitation (ARA in geographical subareas (GSAs) 18–19) or overexploited and in overexploitation (ARS in GSAs 12–16 and 21). In addition, the assessment for ARS in GSA 18–19 validated by the WGSAD in January 2022 was presented for completeness.