List of ICES Advice

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ICES Advice is the publication series containing the advice from the three advisory committees (ACE, ACFM, and ACME).

The need for such an integrated report series is due to the introduction of integrated advice under the Ecosystem Approach. On this page, you will find advice from 2006.

Book I explains the conceptual and institutional framework for the assessments and advice. It contains a general introduction to the ICES advice.

Books II -VIII are regional reports. The structure has been further developed towards a regional based ecosystem approach, and each of these Books deals with an ecosystem/region.

An ecosystem overview;
A description of the human impacts on the ecosystem;
Answers to specific requests;
Assessments and advice; and
Stock summaries.

The fisheries advice includes some reflection on mixed fisheries issues in fisheries management. For those stocks for which mixed fisheries issues are known to be minor the advice is given on a stock basis. This applies mainly to pelagic stocks.

For most demersal stocks or stocks where mixed fisheries are known to be important the advice is based on an identification of the critical stocks and the overall advice is based on the requirements for those stocks. As a consequence of the need to take a fisheries perspective, the advice for all stocks is now given in the area overview section.

More about the ICES Advice

The report is produced by three advisory committees, all providing advice on behalf of the Council:

- The Advisory Committee on Ecosystems (ACE) has the prime responsibility for providing advice on ecosystems;

- The Advisory Committee on Fishery Management (ACFM) has the prime responsibility for providing advice on fisheries management; and

- The Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment (ACME) provides advice on human impacts on the marine environment, e.g. effects of contaminants.

The integration of the advice produced by ACE, ACFM and ACME is a result of the introduction of the Ecosystem Approach.

The members of an advisory committee include one designated scientist from each of the ICES member countries and the committee has an independently elected chair. The chairs of the Consultative Committee and some of the scientific committees are ex-officio members.

ACFM meets twice a year to review the status of fish stocks and to provide advice for fisheries in the coming year. ACE and ACME meet once every year. ICES has invited Client Commissions and some stakeholder groups to be present at advisory committee meetings in observer capacity.

The basis for the advice on fisheries is reports of fisheries assessment working groups. These assessment reports are peer reviewed by designated groups, each chaired by an ACFM member.

The review groups are composed of scientists who are not members of the assessment working group under review and who normally do not originate from countries with a strong interest in the stocks concerned.

A few review groups include invited reviewers not originating in research institutions normally involved in ICES stock assessments. The assessment working group chairs assist the review groups. For other topics, the advisory committee members provide the necessary review.

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