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Plugging the gaps - workshop focuses on knowledge required for integrated assessments
What are integrated ecosystem assessments? And what problems are they aimed at solving? Report now published on a recent workshop that brought together regional seas commissions and expert group chairs to look to the future of such assessments in ICES.
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Press release - ICES Science Fund: supporting innovation in ICES
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) today announced the Call for Proposals for the ICES Science Fund.
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Press release - ICES open to stakeholder collaboration
As part of its close collaboration with stakeholders, ICES hosted its annual meeting with observers to the advisory process in Copenhagen this week.
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Press release - ICES opens Annual Science Conference Call for papers
Today, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) opens the Call for papers for its Annual Science Conference (ASC) 2015.
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Tuning acoustics for ocean observations
ICES to contribute acoustic database to AtlantOS, a project which will see existing Atlantic Ocean observation efforts pulled together into a single cohesive system.
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New Identification Leaflets in the library
Documents on hyperpigmentation, Pseudomoniasis, and bacterial kidney disease in species of fish now available online
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Supporting innovation and strengthening collaboration
As ICES Science Fund seeks new project proposals, we catch up with the progress of some of the 2014 ventures.
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Copenhagen calling!
ICES Annual Science Conference 2015 Call for papers open. Submit your work for presentation at the marine science event of the year.
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ICES to host an aquaculture dialogue meeting with stakeholders
ICES brings together experts to identify science and advisory needs for sustainable aquaculture.
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Nominations open for ICES awards
Do you know someone whose scientific contribution to ICES has stood out and deserves to be recognized? Then put them forward for a prestigious ICES award.
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Feature article – Hazard awareness: managing oil spill risk in the Baltic Sea
In the first of our new feature article series, we explore a new frontier for ICES: maritime risk management in the field of oil spills in the Gulf of Finland and Baltic Sea, and the expert group to provide the science behind risk assessments.
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Cephalopod larva and alien species: new reports in ICES library
Cooperative Research Reports (CRRs) on identification of octopus, squid and cuttlefish (cephalopods) paralarvae and invasion of alien species are now available online.
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First advice of the year published with improved stock assessment graphs
ICES advice on the sustainable exploitation levels of sandeel, published today, includes an updated design for stock assessment graphs.
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Sharing science with students
Delegation from World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö visits ICES Secretariat to learn about the workings of the organization and potential future areas for cooperation.
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ICES continues MSFD descriptor guidance workshops
Taking place over the month of February, ICES welcomed stakeholders to participate in workshops on Descriptor 3 (Commercial fish and shellfish), Descriptor 4 (Food webs), and Descriptor 6 (Seafloor integrity).
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IJMS Editor’s Choice – Pop-up satellite archival tags informing selectivity in stock assessment models
A selected Editor’s Choice article from the latest issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science is now freely available. This month read more about how pop-up satellite archival tags can be used to estimate selectivity when assessing stocks.
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The acid test: ICES/OSPAR Joint Study group on Ocean Acidification
Driven primarily by rapid increases in CO2 uptake by the oceans from the atmosphere, ocean acidification is a relatively new field of research with most studies published in the past decade.
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Enlisting for CITES-listed European eel
Experts gathered this week to consider the conditions under which potential future trade in CITES-listed European eel may be permitted to or from Europe.
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Press release - ICES recommends increased consideration of ecosystem functioning in its review of the MSFD
ICES review highlights the need for the MSFD to consider how humans impact the functioning of the ecosystem.
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Climate change and UK fisheries – perceptions of risk and possible adaptation options
This week, the Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans takes place in Santos, Brazil and we are featuring a number of articles throughout the week from speakers at the symposium.
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From observation to action: climate adaptation and southern marine species
This week, the Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans takes place in Santos, Brazil and we are featuring a number of articles throughout the week from speakers at the symposium.
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Forecasting climate change impacts on large pelagic fish populations and fisheries
This week, the Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans takes place in Santos, Brazil and we are featuring a number of articles throughout the week from speakers at the symposium.
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Biodiversity consequences of climate change in the deep ocean and sustainability in the 21st century
This week, the Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans takes place in Santos, Brazil, and we are featuring a number of articles throughout the week from speakers at the symposium.
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Multi-scale physical-biological interactions in the ocean: the importance of submesoscale processes
This week, the Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans takes place in Santos, Brazil, and we are featuring a number of articles throughout the week from speakers at the symposium.
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Looking back to go forward: Do past management actions foreshadow management responses to climate change?
This week, the Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans takes place in Santos, Brazil, and we are featuring a number of articles throughout the week from speakers at the symposium.
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Mapping the problem space and the opportunity space
At the recent Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans in Santos, Brazil, Chris Fields, Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group II, discusses the risks and mitigation of climate change.
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Tip of the Month: Find ICES popular advice
Every month, ICES Website wizard provides users with a useful tip on how to improve their website experience.
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Bringing students up to date with VMS and logbook data
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and EU logbook data training course instructors Niels Hintzen and Katell Hamon talk about the course background, why it was set up and how those already working with VMS can benefit.
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Mutual understanding: fisheries management and biodiversity conservation training
Instructors Mark Tasker and Jake Rice look forward to a training course this summer which focuses on understanding the interface between fisheries and biodiversity issues.
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Immersion in the world of stock assessments: training course preview
As one of three training course taking place at ICES this June, co-instructor Steve Cadrin answers some questions on his introduction to stock assessments programme.
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First cycle concludes for ICES aquaculture experts
Trio of major research themes amongst highlights as ICES Working Group on Aquaculture (WGAQUA) comes to the end of its first three-year cycle.
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In memoriam - Manolo Meixide
ICES is saddened to inform about the passing of our colleague Manolo Meixide.
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Press release - Identifying the science and advisory needs for sustainable aquaculture
ICES will hold an Aquaculture Dialogue Meeting that brings industry, stakeholders, policy-managers, and scientists together to discuss how science can advise and support sustainable aquaculture.
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Strengthening transatlantic research cooperation
ICES is participating in the 'Atlantic Our Shared Resource: Making the Vision a Reality' event in Brussels this week.
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The battle for food in the Barents Sea: cod versus the marine mammals
In the second of our feature article series, we examine how resource availability affects top predators in the Barents Sea ecosytem and why this is important in predicting the future functioning of ecosystems.
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Arctic update
A conference and a future workshop represent two highlights of ICES continuing work in an area of strategic importance, the Arctic.
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The Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture
JRC hosts ICES Working Group on the Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture.
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ICES Science Fund helps further the understanding of the marine ecosystem
Successful ICES Science Fund projects announced.
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Oceans Past V - Historical ecology of sharks
The fifth chapter of the ICES Oceans Past conference series takes place this week in Tallinn, Estonia, providing a forum where the latest research in marine environmental history and historical marine ecology can be presented and debated.
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Oceans Past V - The evolution of the impact of bottom-trawling on demersal fish populations and the benthic ecosystem
The fifth chapter of the ICES Oceans Past conference series takes place this week in Tallinn, Estonia, providing a forum where the latest research in marine environmental history and historical marine ecology can be presented and debated.
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ICES Symposium on Marine Ecosystem Acoustics - From scatters to processes
ICES Symposium on Marine Ecosystem Acoustics takes place this week, 25-28 May, in Nantes, France and will review and discuss recent developments in acoustic methods and technologies used to characterize and manage marine and freshwater ecosystems.
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Setting the science for the ASC 2016
Submit a theme session proposal for next year’s Annual Science Conference (ASC), taking place in the Latvian capital, Riga
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Widening the web for fisheries
ICES facilitates a workshop on the shared challenges for fisheries brought about by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
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New publication on acoustic instrument calibration
ICES Cooperative Research Report (CRR) on calibration of acoustic instrument now published and available online.
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Tips for acoustic scientists on exploiting the gold mine: integrated ecosystem assessments
Acoustic science for assessing the ecosystem and managing human pressures is the topic on the final day of the ICES symposium on “Marine Ecosystem Acoustics – observing the ocean interior in support of integrated management” (SOMEACOUSTICS).
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Fresh style for Baltic stock advice
Advice on Baltic Sea fish stocks released today is first major batch to include format changes.
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Press release - ICES dialogue meeting to identify science and advisory needs for sustainable aquaculture
Today, ICES begins a two-day Aquaculture Dialogue Meeting in Bergen, Norway, that brings together industry, stakeholders, policy-managers, and scientists to discuss how science can advise and support sustainable aquaculture.
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Marine litter indicators: plastic in fish stomachs
Pioneering protocol established by ICES to monitor plastics in the marine environment.
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IJMS Editor’s Choice – Estimating seafloor pressure from fishing gears based on gear design and dimensions
A selected Editor’s Choice article from the latest issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science is now freely available. Here, read about how the design and dimensions of bottom contacting fishing gear can help predict the physical impact on the seabed.
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Reporting on all things cephalopod
ICES latest CRR focuses on cephalopod species.
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Making integrated Baltic monitoring a reality
New action plan stemming from the Baltic marine environment monitoring project BALSAM will see the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) and ICES move towards superior data management and infrastructure in the region.
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Guiding plankton knowledge for marine change
Advice provided on revision of OSPAR guidelines for phytoplankton monitoring.
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Feature – Genetics in mariculture and beyond
In the third feature article in our series, we look at the field of genetics and genomics in wild and farmed fish and related issues such as interbreeding, escapement, and conservation.
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Let's talk about sustainable aquaculture
Participants in the recent Aquaculture Dialogue Meeting offer their perspectives on the conference and the role of ICES in sustainable aquaculture.
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Science and industry jump into (a gravel) bed
A mapping workshop for herring spawning grounds gave stakeholders the opportunity to share knowledge.
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All systems go for Arctic assessments
A new workshop focusing on the marine ecosystem known as the Central Arctic Ocean asked the question: how do you set the geographic and thematic boundaries for Integrated Ecosystem Assessments in this critical area?
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Press release - Positive state of ICES fish stocks presented to European Commission
Today, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) delivered an overview of the status of a host of fish and shellfish stocks across the Northeast Atlantic for which the organization has provided advice on this year.
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From the bottom up
‘Fishing for data’ blog to report on biological sampling and monitoring of North Sea demersal fish species and more as part of the Norwegian leg of the International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS).
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Press release - ICES publishes new introduction to advice
Today, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) issues advice on fishing opportunities in 2016 for southern horse mackerel, anchovy, and sardine stocks in the Northeast Atlantic.
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Connecting the dots: ICES ASC Theme session S
In the lead up to ICES ASC 2015, discover this year's theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work.
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Operationalizing ecosystem-based fisheries management
In the lead up to ICES ASC 2015, discover this year's theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work. Here we look at theme session B, Operationalizing ecosystem-based fisheries management.
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Connecting the dots: ASC Theme session P
In the lead up to the 2015 Annual Science Conference, discover this year's theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work.
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Hypoxia in the spotlight
Connecting the dots: In the lead-up to the 2015 Annual Science Conference, discover this year's theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work. This time, theme session R
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Taking stock of assessment methods
Connecting the dots: In the lead-up to the 2015 Annual Science Conference, discover this year's theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work. This time, theme session A on stock assessment methods.
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Joining in with genetics
Connecting the dots: In the lead-up to the Annual Science Conference, discover the theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work. Here, theme session T on using genetic stock identification for the conservation and management of diadromous fish.
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Ecosystem monitoring in practice
Connecting the dots: In the lead-up to the Annual Science Conference, discover the theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work. Here, theme session C on ecosystem monitoring in practice
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Beyond ocean connectivity
Connecting the dots: In the lead-up to the Annual Science Conference, discover the theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work. Here, theme session E on integrating early life and adult stage connectivity with applied fisheries science.
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Data collection needs for recreational fisheries
ICES releases advice on data collection needs for recreational fisheries.
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Mapping benthic habitats, seabed damage, and monitoring
Advice released on trio of biodiversity indicators for OSPAR and on fishing activity pressure for HELCOM.
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Feature: the challenges of bycatch
In the fourth feature article in our series, we look at the field of bycatch of vulnerable and protected species: the issue itself, the work being done to monitor it, and the challenges for management.
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Spotlighting the ASC speakers
With this year's Annual Science Conference (ASC) in Copenhagen around the corner, the three experts set to deliver keynote speeches answer questions on their presentations and fields of interest.
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Lifting the lid on the high-latitude lightscape
In a novel scientific perspective on the Arctic and associated changes in climate, the authors of a recent ICES Journal of Marine Science article explore what could happen as sea ice disappears leaving more light to permeate the region's ecosystem.
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Making shore of coastal habitat value
The Working Group on the Value of Coastal Habitats for Exploited Species (WGVHES) recently wrapped up its first three-year cycle. During this time, it discovered how much coastal habitats mean for the species of fish and shellfish advised on by ICES.
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New approaches to measure and assess biodiversity
Connecting the dots! In the lead-up to the Annual Science Conference, discover the theme sessions and how they relate to ICES ongoing work. Here, theme session D on new approaches to measure and assess biodiversity.
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Press release - ICES Annual Science Conference (ASC) to kick off in Copenhagen
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) will hold its Annual Science Conference (ASC) from 21-25 September 2015 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Press release - Outstanding scientist picks up award at ICES Annual Science Conference
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has today presented the Outstanding Achievement Award to Professor Adriaan D.Rijnsdorp at its Annual Science Conference (ASC) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Understanding species richness - Henrik Gislason delivers opening plenary lecture at ASC
Talk centres on biodiversity in the oceans, how the range of species is distributed and the fact that a lack of knowledge on the past makes it tough to predict the future.
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Deluged in digital age discoveries
Mapping migrations onto dynamic seascapes: "The most essential things are invisible to the eye"
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Too big to ignore – too important to fail
Professor Ratana Chuenpagdee brought small scale fisheries into the spotlight at ICES ASC 2015 during Thursday's plenary lecture.
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Press release - Scientists honoured at ICES Annual Science Conference in Copenhagen
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has unveiled the winners of merit awards for best poster and oral presentations at the closing ceremony of the Annual Science Conference (ASC) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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New CRR report out on marine spatial planning
Cooperative Research Report (CRR) No. 327 Marine Spatial Planning Quality Management System is now published and available in the website library.
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Journal of Plankton Research features ICES gelatinous plankton theme session as an open access virtual issue
The first ICES Annual Science Conference theme session on gelatinous plankton took place in 2014. Ten selected papers from that session have just been published in the current issue of the Journal of Plankton Research.
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Two new Identification Leaflets in library
Bacterial conditions known as furunculosis and francisellosis featured in the new publications.
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Developing reference point proxies for data-limited stocks
Fifth ICES Workshop on the Development of Quantitative Assessment Methodologies based on Life-history traits, exploitation characteristics and other relevant parameters for the ICES Data-limited Stocks takes place in Portugal.
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Learning inside the box
This week's 'Opening the Box' training course has enabled its students - who work in policy, industry and for NGOs - to have a look behind the scenes to see the inner workings of ICES advisory process. Meet a few of them here.
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Report published on prior information for Bayesian assessment
Comprehensive handbook guiding the use of prior information in Bayesian stock assessment and advice now available in library.
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In memoriam - Emygdio L. Cadima
ICES is deeply saddened to inform that Professor Emygdio Cadima passed away on 14 October 2015 at 88 years of age.
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Designer ecosystems versus risk avoidance in marine policy
ICES My Fish symposium takes place this week, 27–30 October in Athens, Greece and aims to "document and synthesise the best quality scientific approaches to management advice and implementation under potentially conflicting objectives".
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The journey to set targets and limits in fisheries management
ICES My Fish symposium takes place this week, 27–30 October in Athens, Greece, and aims to "document and synthesise the best quality scientific approaches to management advice and implementation under potentially conflicting objectives".
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Strategic management decision making in a complex world 'Quantifying, understanding, and using trade-offs'
ICES My Fish symposium takes place this week, 27–30 October in Athens, Greece, and aims to "document and synthesise the best quality scientific approaches to management advice and implementation under potentially conflicting objectives".
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Challenges and Opportunities with Fishery Targets and Limits
ICES My Fish symposium takes place this week, 27–30 October in Athens, Greece, and aims to "document and synthesise the best quality scientific approaches to management advice and implementation under potentially conflicting objectives".
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Press release - Cornelius Hammer elected new ICES president at Council meeting
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has elected Dr. Cornelius Hammer as its new President for a three-year term.
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Standing out from the rest
734 participants from 37 countries, 19 theme sessions with 326 oral presentations and 118 posters. With so much work on display at the ASC 2015, how could you have made yours stand out from the rest? We spoke to two presenters who did just that.
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Running an MSF-Demonstration
Bringing together fisheries and environmental knowledge for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive has been the subject of much effort and discussion for ICES. This year, one group has begun putting the talk of integration into action in one sea region.
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Arctic invasions
In a region that is opening up to more shipping activity, bringing about the potential for the occurrence of non-indigenous species, studies are needed to know what is already there.
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IJMS Editor’s Choice – the roles of ICES fisheries scientists and how they interrelate
A selected Editor’s Choice piece from the latest issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science is now available. Here, read about the multiple roles fishery scientists have within ICES and how they intertwine, as the authors ask ‘which hat are you wearing?’
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A gene for all sizes
Breakthrough study pinpoints gene responsible for determining the age at maturity and size of Atlantic salmon returning to rivers, and how it operates differently in the two sexes. Results will have benefits for salmon management and conservation.
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Irminger Sea ecosystem survey manual published
Manual for the international deep pelagic ecosystem survey in the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters now out and available in the online library.
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IJMS Editor’s Choice – strategizing for complexity
A selected Editor’s Choice piece from the latest issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science is now available. This month, read about strategic decision-making and understanding, quantifying and using the associated trade-offs in a complex world.
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An expert-eye view on seabirds and windfarms
What effects do wind farms have on the numerous seabirds which feed and fly around them? And which species are vulnerable to what? Members of one expert group meeting this week have made it their mission to find out.
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ICES observers to meet in January
Annual meeting between ICES, Advisory Councils and other observers to the advisory process (MIACO) to be hosted 14–15 January 2016.
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IJMS Editor’s Choice: the psychology of cause attribution
A selected Editor’s Choice piece from the latest issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science is now available. This month, read about a study on the cognitive processes that underlie how people attribute the species range shifts to marine climate change.
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Press release - ICES, PICES, and IOC highlight the effects of climate change on the world’s oceans
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) present symposium highlights to COP21.
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Testing the waters – new fisheries management method under spotlight
Will a credit system be able to influence fishers’ behaviour and make them avoid fishing in vulnerable areas?
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Learning the language of R
Ahead of a training course early next year on the data environment known as R, we look at some of the wide-ranging ways in which data can be modelled and manipulated within the R system.
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Feature: beyond borders – the invasion of non-indigenous species
ICES Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) has been dealing with aquatic alien species since 1969. Here, we take a closer look at what the challenges the group faces today.
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Charting the past to make sense of the present
One expert group tackling historical fisheries data explores a case study on the consumption and production patterns of European oyster, looking into the value for modern marine management.
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IJMS Editor’s Choice – Marine historical ecology: placing marine environmental history in current policy context
A selected Editor’s Choice article from the latest issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science is now freely available. Here, read about the emerging discipline of marine historical ecology (MHE).
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March workshop on effects of farmed salmon on wild populations
Following a request for advice on the impacts of aquaculture, ICES is convening a three-day workshop next March.
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Advice released on spread and extent of trawling activities in ICES area
ICES presents first attempts at providing indices in support of three EU Data Collection Framework (DCF) fishing activity indicators across the region.
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Comings and goings at ICES Secretariat
As this year rolls into the next, we wave goodbye to some familiar faces and welcome new ones.
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Workshop on North Sea integrated monitoring
The Workshop to Plan and Integrate the Monitoring Program in the North Sea in the 3rd quarter (WKPIMP) will take place in Copenhagen, 22-26 February 2016.
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