The workshop aims to review and
discuss the data and information collected for the Bay of Biscay and Iberian
Coast Aquaculture Overview (AO), identify gaps and agree on the next steps to
complete the draft overview.
The Bay of Biscay and the Iberian
Coast 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.
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 Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast (AO) will be
the fourth ecoregion to be published in the series of ICES
Aquaculture Overviews.
