Direct
engagement of the fishing industry in the provision and co-creation of
knowledge and data for research and management is becoming increasingly
prevalent worldwide. In the ICES region, recent years have seen examples of
scientific professionalisation of the fishing industry. Industry initiatives
for data collection and data provision create opportunities for ICES, while at
the same time raising important questions in relation to the standards for
scientific information that is to be used as basis for scientific advice.
Industry
engagement with science has waxed and waned over time and can be sensitive to
the timing of prevailing issues related to management. What is the appetite and
capability of industry to make meaningful contributions to scientific
understanding? How does that match with the needs for scientific information
to address short or long term issues relevant to the ICES community and its
clients?
We
anticipate addressing the following topics/questions in the networking session:
- towards a typology of data
needs and a typology of ways for industry to meet them: developing a
framework with examples highlighting the possibilities
- new technologies enabling the
collection and uptake of data generated by the fishing industry to make
better use of a fleet of potential flexible research platforms
- what are the main incentives to
initiate and maintain data and information streams between industry and
science
- assessing the potential of
collaborations between fishers from different coastal states to create a
common knowledge base for shared fish stock
- validation, transparency, and
accountability: issues and opportunities around the generation and
provision of reliable data
- creating efficient feedback
mechanisms: from industry to science and from science to industry
- how to bring in fishers' experiential knowledge
in a consistent way into the scientific process
