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Press release - Scientists honoured at ICES Annual Science Conference in Riga
ICES presented awards for best oral and poster presentations at the closing ceremony of its 2016 Annual Science Conference (ASC) in Riga, Latvia last Friday.
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Press release – Peter Wiebe receives the Outstanding Achievement Award at ICES Annual Science Conference
ICES has today presented the Outstanding Achievement Award to oceanographer Peter H. Wiebe at its Annual Science Conference (ASC) in Riga, Latvia
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Press release - ICES Annual Conference (ASC) 2016 to be hosted in Riga, Latvia
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) will hold its Annual Science Conference (ASC) in the Latvian capital for the very fist time.
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Press Release - New online tool for naming expert groups
ICES revolutionizes the world of scientific working group names and acronyms - one letter at a time!
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Press release - ICES ASC 2015 wins the Conference of the Year Award
The ICES Annual Science Conference (ASC) 2015, which took place last September in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been awarded the best 2015 Copenhagen conference with less than 1000 participants at the Copenhagen Congress and Event Awards.
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Press release - ICES publishes ecosystem overviews for four ecoregions
Today, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) publishes ecosystem overviews for the Barents Sea, the Bay of Biscay and Iberian waters, the Celtic Seas, and the North Sea.
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Press release - ICES Journal of Marine Science publishes special issue on ocean acidification
Today, the ICES Journal of Marine Science publishes a special issue on ocean acidification, the most-studied single topic in marine science in recent times.
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Press release - MSY reference point proxies for category 3 and 4 stocks
Classifying the status of category 3 and 4 stocks relative to Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
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Press release - International experts assemble in Copenhagen for ecosystem approach workshop
ICES and other partners in the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Support Action (AORA-CSA) as well as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), are participating in the three-day meeting.
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Press release - ICES meets with advice recipients and observers
As part of its close collaboration with stakeholders, ICES is holding meetings this week with advice recipients (MIRIA) and observers to the advisory process (MIACO).
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Press release - ICES opens Annual Science Conference 2016 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).
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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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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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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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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 - 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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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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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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ICES Science Fund helps further the understanding of the marine ecosystem
Successful ICES Science Fund projects announced.
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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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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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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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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 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 strengthens its role in transatlantic cooperation
ICES continues to strengthen its status as a strategic cooperation partner in the Transatlantic Ocean Research Alliance between the European Union, Canada, and the United States of America.
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Press release - ICES releases advice for Barents Sea capelin, Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), and Elasmobranch stocks
This week, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) released advice on the exploitation of Barents Sea capelin, Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), and Elasmobranch stocks in 2015.
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Press Release: 100 years after Hjort - special issue of ICES Journal of Marine Science
A special issue of ICES Journal of Marine Science commemorates the legacy of the father of modern fisheries science.
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Press release - Scientists honoured at the ICES Annual Science Conference 2014
ICES has awarded the Prix d'Excellence to Carl Walters (Canada), and the Outstanding Achievement Award to Bill Karp (US) at the ICES Annual Science Conference (ASC) in A Coruña, Spain.
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ICES Annual Science Conference (ASC) brings leading marine scientists to A Coruña, Spain
ICES in cooperation with the Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO) will hold its Annual Science Conference (ASC) in A Coruña, Spain, on 15-19 September 2014.
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Press Release - New interactive map makes ICES advice more accessible to the public
Fishery regulation in the Northeast Atlantic is to a large extent based on advice provided by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). ICES assessments of the status of fish stocks are now easily available via an interactive map.
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Press release - ICES releases advice on sustainable harvest of several fish stocks in European waters
ICES has released advice for several commercial fish stocks in the Celtic Sea, the North Sea, the Bay of Biscay, and Iberian waters.
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Press release: ICES develops seven robust indicators for understanding the structure and functioning of marine food webs
Copenhagen, 19 June (ICES) – Today, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea released advice to the European Commission on marine food web indicators.
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Press release - ICES releases advice for Arctic and Northwestern fish stocks
Today, ICES releases advice on the exploitation of Faroe Plateau ecosystem fish stocks, Icelandic and East Greenland stocks, and stocks in the Barents and Norwegian seas in 2015.
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Press release: ICES releases advice for Baltic Sea and deep-sea stocks
Today, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) releases advice for commercial fish stocks in the Baltic Sea and deep-sea stocks throughout the Northeast Atlantic.
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Press release - ICES Science Fund supports eight innovative projects
From 100 years of Baltic change to improving fisheries management through behavioural economics, ICES announces eight projects to be supported by the newly established ICES Science Fund.
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Press Release - ICES is leading the way to integrated understanding of marine ecosystems
ICES is launching an ambitious new strategic plan, setting itself as a leader in advancing the integrated scientific understanding of marine ecosystems and providing advice on the sustainable use and protection of these ecosystems.
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Press Release - "Ecological Basis of Risk Analysis for Marine Ecosystems" symposium taking place in Finland in June
ICES/PICES Symposium on “Ecological Basis of Risk Analysis for Marine Ecosystems” takes place 2-4 June 2014, in Porvoo, Finland.
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Press release - ICES Science Fund: Strengthening collaboration and supporting innovation
ICES announces the creation of the ICES Science Fund to support innovative projects developed in collaboration with academic and government institutions from ICES member countries.
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Press release - Exploitation of fish stocks has declined significantly during the last decade
ICES scientists have concluded that exploitation of fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic has declined significantly during the last decade.
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Press Release - ICES charts the course towards integrated understanding of marine ecosystems
ICES will be taking a lead role in advancing the integrated scientific understanding of marine ecosystems, and in providing advice on the sustainable use and protection of these ecosystems.
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Press release - ICES releases advice for mackerel in the Northeast Atlantic
ICES has today released its advice on mackerel in the Northeast Atlantic. ICES advises that catches should not increase in relation to the last three years’ average. This corresponds to landings of no more than 889 886 tonnes in 2014.
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Press Release - Talented scientists honoured at the Annual Science Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) wraps up a successful Annual Science Conference 2013 with merit awards for excellent oral and poster presentations.
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Press Release: Odd Nakken receives the ICES Outstanding Achievement Award at the Annual Science Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland
ICES has today awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award to Odd Nakken from Norway at the ICES Annual Science Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Press Release - Fish stock advice in a nutshell: ICES publishes a popular version of its official advice
ICES has published a popular version of a major amount of its fish stock advice for 2014. The popular version is an easy-to-read, accessible digest of the official ICES advice.
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Press release - State-of-the-art stock assessment methods in focus at a global conference in Boston this week
More than 200 top fisheries scientists have gathered in Boston, USA this week, for the World Conference on Stock Assessment Methods for Sustainable Fisheries (WCSAM).
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Press Release - ICES fish stock advice is now based on catches
ICES advice on fish stocks for 2014 reflects the amount of fish actually caught at sea instead of what is brought to shore.
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Press Release - ICES, HELCOM, and EUSBSR Stakeholder Conference on sustainable fisheries
ICES and the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) are collaborating to promote sustainable fisheries in the Baltic Sea with a two-day Stakeholders Conference at ICES Secretariat in Copenhagen.
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Press release - ICES meets with stakeholders
ICES meets with stakeholders: Scientists and fishermen working together to improve fisheries management
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Press release - ICES releases advice on European eel
ICES Press Release - ICES releases advice on European eel: Status of eel stock remains critical
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Press release - Due north
Press Release: Due North – ICES seeks collaborative opportunities in Arctic
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Press Release - 100th Council meeting explores ICES role in the Arctic
The governing body of ICES will hold its 100th statutory meeting in Copenhagen 24–25 October. During the two-day meeting the ICES Council will discuss new initiatives including sustainable aquaculture.
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Press release - John Pope receives ICES Outstanding Achievement Award
John Pope has been awarded with the ICES Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2012 Annual Science Conference (ASC) in Bergen.
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Press Release - ICES is hosting RDB-FishFrame
A database for regional fisheries assessments for increased transparency and enhanced data quality
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Press Release - ICES Annual Science Conference 2012 in Bergen, Norway
ICES Annual Science Conference 2012 in Bergen, Norway, focuses on sustainable aquaculture and polar research.
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Press Release - ICES launches a series of survey protocols for fisheries and ecosystem surveys
A step towards an integrated ecosystem monitoring programme.
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Press Release - New ICES approach to data limited fish stocks
New ICES approach to data limited fish stocks aims to aid sustainable management of fisheries.
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Ocean acidification and climate change amongst topics at the ICES Annual Science Conference 2013 in Reykjavik, Iceland
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), in cooperation with the Icelandic Marine Research Institute (MRI), will hold its Annual Science Conference at the Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland, 23–27 September 2013.
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