Publications by NAFO Scientific Council

Throughout its existence, NAFO has strived to apply state of the art science to fishery management. For this purpose and in addition to its reports and assessment documents, NAFO (or ICNAF before 1979) has maintained broader scientific publications since 1949. For many NAFO documents, the online archive does not extend to more than the most recent years. Please, contact the Secretariat for electronic versions of older publications.

	Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science: The NAFO Journal is maintained on its own website. It provides an international forum for the primary publication of original research papers, with emphasis on environmental, biological, ecological and fishery aspects of the living marine resources and ecosystems.
	Reports (Redbook): The NAFO Scientific Council Reports are a compendium of the reports of the meeting published on a calendar year basis.
	Scientific Council Studies: The NAFO SC Studies provide a means to publish technical scientific information, e.g. manuals, methodologies, etc, of interest to NAFO Scientific Council. In the past (until 2002), the SC Studies also served for publication of peer-reviewed scientific papers.
	Research Documents (SCR): SCR Documents are used in the stock assessment process and elaboration of the scientific advice to NAFO Fisheries Commission. Historical documents are now being digitized and will be uploaded as they are completed.
	Summary Documents (SCS): SCS documents contain miscellaneous information and metadata that are used by Scientific Council for their assessment work in addition to the Research Documents (SCR). Historical documents are now being digitized and will be uploaded as they are completed.
	Annual report: Summaries of detailed meeting reports are compiled in the electronic Annual Report.
	The NAFO Scientific Council has published a monograph entitled "Early Stages of Fishes in the Western North Atlantic Ocean" by Michael P. Fahay
	In 2009, NAFO has published a Coral Identification Guide