Benchmark Workshop for Harp and Hooded Seals (WKBSEALS)

The benchmark was tasked with evaluating proposed developments to the assessment model
used for two stocks of harp seals (East Ice [White Sea/Barents Sea, seh.27.1] and West Ice [Greenland, seh.27.125a14]) and one stock of hooded seals (West Ice [Greenland, sez.27.2514]) in the
Northeast Atlantic. The benchmark concluded that there were sufficient data to produce an assessment model for the West Ice (Greenland Sea) stock of harp seals but that data were insufficient for the East Ice (Barents Sea / White Sea) harp seal stock and too weak a signal for the West
Ice hooded seals for viable assessments for these stocks.