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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The data preparation meeting for eastern Mediterranean stocks1 was held in Rome in hybrid modality, from 22 to 25 November 2022. The main objective of the meeting was to provide a platform to review, discuss and analyse input data for the assessment of eastern Mediterranean stocks in advance of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Demersal Species (WGSAD) and the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic Species (WGSASP) to be held in December 2022. Information on seven stocks were presented and discussed: red mullet (Mullus barbatus) in geographical subarea (GSA) 24, lizardfish (Saurida lessepsianus) in GSAs 24 and 27/Palestine (preliminary), goldband goatfish (Upeneus moluccensis) in GSA 27/Palestine, Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in GSA 27/Palestine (preliminary), and round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) in GSAs 24 and 26.