This forty-fourth issue of NAFO Scientific Council Reports containing reports of Scientific Council Meetings held in 2022, is compiled in five sections: Part A –NAFO Scientific Council Meeting, 03 - 16 June 2022; Part B – NAFO Scientific Council Meeting, 27 July 2022; Part C – NAFO Scientific Council and STACFIS Shrimp Assessment Meeting, 12 – 16 September 2022; Part D – NAFO Scientific Council Meeting, 19 – 23 September 2022; and Part E—the Agendas; Requests; Lists of Research and Summary Documents; List of Representatives, Advisers, Experts and Observers; Merit Awards; and List of Recommendations relevant to Parts A-D.
For the meeting reports of the NAFO Precautionary Approach Working Group (PA-WG), and the NAFO Scientific Council Working Group on Ecosystem Science and Assessment (WG-ESA), visit the NAFO website.

This issue of the Meeting Proceedings of the Commission contains the meeting reports of the Commission (COM) and the joint Commission-Scientific Council (COM-SC), including their subsidiary bodies and working groups held between 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022. This follows a NAFO cycle of meetings starting with an Annual Meeting rather than by calendar year.