1. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Danish Institute for Fisheries Research Teunis Jansen, DIFRES 2006-WS on FishFrame Acoustics

2. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Danish Institute for Fisheries Research Agenda – Tuesday the 13 th 09:30 Welcome & Practical info 09:45 General presentation of Acoustics in FishFrame –Brief demonstration of the modules in FishFrame –Status 10:00 Coffee arrives 10:15 General presentation of Acoustics in FishFrame Continued 11:00 Presentation of the methodology descriptions –Overview –Differences between countries Combination of catches –Length frequencies –Species splitting Selection of homogeneous regions Calculation of mean cross section  ”. Not mean TS Estimation of unsampled strata –Differences between surveys BIAS (weight distribution, NAPES (All as rep. CA’s, 12:00 Lunch 12:40 Methodology discussion –Stratification –Calculation of “Stock detail” –Calculation of “Abundance” –Estimation of unsampled strata –Other international differences 14:00 Coffee arrives 14:15 Methodology discussion continued

3. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Danish Institute for Fisheries Research Agenda - Wednesday the 14 th 09:00 Order lunch!!! + Methodology discussion continued 10:00 Coffee arrives 11:00 Methodology discussion continued 12:00 Lunch 12:40 Planning and prioritizing development tasks 14:00 Coffee arrives 14:15 Any other issues –Seeking the EC’s DCR budget in 2006. Receive funding in 2007 –Modifications of Stage 1 exch. Format (compare BIAS, NAPES) –New features, reports, outputs, hydrographic data, BIAS, NAPES Prioritization –Interest in FishFrame Acoustics: HERAS countries, Norway, BIAS, NAPES –Other software solutions (Beam, BEI2, Faroese Access base, BIAS?)