ICES is the organisation that coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic.


We are an intergovernmental organisation and our 20 member countries are as follows:

Belgium, Canada, Denmark (including Greenland and Faroe Islands), Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Each of the member countries elects two delegates who represent their country on the ICES Council. The ICES Council is the principal policy and decision-making body of ICES.

There are also a number countries that have affiliate status with ICES. The Affiliate Countries are: Australia, Chile, Greece, Peru, and South Africa.

Non-governmental organizations with formal observer status: Worldwide Fund for Nature and Birdlife International.

ICES
H. C. Andersens -
Boulevard 44-46
DK-1553
Copenhagen V
Denmark
Tel: +45 3338 6700
Fax: +45 3393 4215
info@ices.dk