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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The data preparation meeting for Adriatic Sea demersal stocks of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Demersal Species (WGSAD) was held online from 15-18 October 2024. The meeting was attended by 15 experts from Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia as well as from the GFCM Secretariat. The main objective of this meeting was to provide a platform to review, discuss and analyse input data for the assessment of demersal stocks in the Adriatic Sea in advance of the WGSAD to be held in December 2024. Information on seven stocks was presented and discussed: red mullet (Mullus barbatus) and European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in geographical subareas (GSAs) 17 and 18, common sole (Solea solea), common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) and spottail mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) in GSA 17, horned octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) in GSA 18 and deep water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in GSAs 17 to 20.