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The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) was established in 1902 by exchange of letters between participating countries. In 1964, through an agreed Convention, ICES received a legal foundation and full international status.

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The Inaugural Meeting 22 July 1902 in Copenhagen

Participants: Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Russia and United Kingdom

ICES Convention 1964

Copenhagen Declaration 2002

 

ICES member countries

 

The list indicates when member countries first joined ICES. 

1902: Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Russia, United Kingdom

1903: Belgium

1912: United States

1920: France, Portugal

1922: Poland

1923: Latvia

1924: Estonia, Spain

1925: Ireland

1938: Iceland

1967: Canada

2006: Lithuania

Italy was a member for four years from 1927–1931 and again from 1956–1974.

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