This 3-day workshop aims to:
- Review and discuss the data and information collected for the Bay of Biscay and Iberian
Coast Aquaculture Overview
- Identify gaps and agree on the next steps to
complete the draft overview
- Produce a workshop report detailing the data and information gathered
This workshop report will serve as the foundation for ICES Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast (BoBIC) ecoregion Aquaculture Overview. BoBIC will be
the fourth ecoregion to be published in the series of ICES
Aquaculture Overviews. This ecoregion covers the southwestern shelf seas and adjacent deeper eastern
Atlantic Ocean waters of the EU. The ecoregion includes parts of three
Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of EU Member States (France, Spain, and
Portugal) and a small portion of high seas.
View published aquaculture overviews workshop reports below:
About ICES Aquaculture Overviews
Aquaculture is a high-priority
topic for ICES and our work on aquaculture is part of a wider portfolio of
work that seeks to advance and share a scientific understanding of marine
ecosystems and the services they provide—and to use this knowledge to generate
state-of-the-art advice for meeting conservation, management, and
sustainability goals.
The objectives of aquaculture overviews are to:
- Summarize regional and temporal information on aquaculture activities, practices, and production of the cultured taxa;
- Describe the relevant policy and legal foundation as well as management frameworks;
- consider the environmental and socio-economic interactions of aquaculture activities and practices;
- Provide insights on the interaction of environmental, economic, and social drivers;
- Consider future projections and emerging threats and opportunities.
ICES workshops are open participation. We encourage participants from public institutes, universities, governments,
international organizations and conventions, public consultative bodies,
industry organizations, and environmental NGOs, as well as interested
individuals, to join and contribute with their expertise.
Registration deadline: 20 September 2023
