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ICES
The International Council for
the Exploration of the Sea
http://www.ices.dk/aboutus/structure.asp
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ICES (http://www.ices.dk/indexfla.asp)
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea was founded in the year
1902 and is the oldest inter-governmental body in fisheries management. The
founder countries were Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, and the
first statutory meeting was held in Copenhagen 22 July 1902. The current 20
member countries are all coastal states of the North Atlantic:
Belgium, Canada, Denmark (including Greenland and Faroe Islands), Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
The current (2008) Norwegian delegates are:
Peter Gullestad, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries
Tore Nepstad, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen.
The current chairman of the Consultative Committee is:
Harald Loeng, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen.
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Map of ICES
areas in the North
Atlantic.
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ICES structure and work form
[ http://www.ices.dk/aboutus/
structure.asp ]
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How ICES works
The WGs (Working Groups or Expert Groups) are at the lowest level in the ICES structure, but it is
the WGs that contain the scientific experts in various fields. The members of each WG are appointed
by the national delegates, or by the WG Chairpersons themselves. The Chairpersons are appointed
by the "Mother Committe" of the WG (i.e. the Scientific Committee under which the WG serves).
There are currently 8 Scientific committees, and a varying number of WGs in each of them. The
number of experts in each WG differs, and may count 10-50 persons. Thus, the number of experts
counts more than 1600 persons from 200 marine institutions in the member countries.
For each year, each WG gets a set of tasks (Terms of Reference – ToR) from its Mother Committee
(its Scientific Committee), and may define a set of their own as well. During the year up to the
Annual Science Conference, the WGs treat their ToR by communication as well as in an annual WG
meeting at some institution in the member countries. Each WG then compiles a WG Report which is
sent to the Mother Committe. At the Statutory Meeting the WG Report is reviewed and discussed in
plenary in the Mother Committee, and Recommendations to ICES for each ToR are made and
communicated upwards in the system. In turn, the delegates may put the recommendations into
practice in their home countries.
A typical ToR for "The genetic working group" could be: "Review current knowledge on the
genetic introgression from farmed to wild salmon stocks, and make recommendations on how
to avoid or restrict such introgression".
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ICES organization structure
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The Science Committees
There are currently 8 Science Committees:
1) Fisheries Technology
2) Oceanography
3) Resource Management
4) Marine Habitat
5) Mariculture
6) Living Resources
7) Baltic
8) Diadromous Fish Committee
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1) Fisheries Technology
Area of responsibility is to coordinate and evaluate developments in resource detection, quantification and harvesting. This includes:
fishing effort, gear selectivity, behavioural responses of fish, effects of fishing activity on habitat, developments in measurement
methods and survey techniques, the design and operation of fishing vessels and fishing gears.
2) Oceanography
Area of responsibility is physical, chemical, and pelagic biological oceanography, especially in relation to the processes relevant to
living marine resources and environmental quality.
3) Resource Management
Aims to provide a bridge between fisheries and environmental issues and science and management. Includes assessing the status
of exploited marine resources.
4) Marine Habitat
Area of responsibility is the quantity, quality and functional value of the living resources of the marine habitat. This includes studying
marine biodiversity and investigating the effects of human activities/impacts, such as coastal development, fishing or contaminants,
on the marine habitat and its dependent living resources.
5) Mariculture
Area of responsibility is biological, ecological and engineering aspects of mariculture systems. Includes effects of humans on
mariculture systems and the effects of mariculture on marine habitats. Also covers scientific aspects of stock enhancement, and the
transport and introduction of non-indigenous species and stocks.
6) Living Resources
Area of responsibility is biology and ecology of living marine resources. Topics covered include taxonomy, genetics, behaviour and
migration, trophic relationships, distribution, abundance, and population dynamics.
7) Baltic
Area of responsibility includes; the effects of human activities on the ecosystem, links between environmental quality and living
resources, integration of environmental and fisheries issues, and coastal zone management and development.
8) Diadromous Fish Committee
Aims to be a forum for the exchange of views on conservation, restoration, and management of diadromous fish species. It also
serves to stimulate international scientific co-operation on diadromous fish issues, and recommends Terms of Reference f
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or and review reports from Expert Groups (or, when necessary, the establishment of such groups), theme sessions or
symposia on scientific issues concerning diadromous fish, including resource management.
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The ICES Mariculture Committe
currently has 6 Working Groups:
1.
WGAGFM: Working Group on Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture
2.
WGEIM:
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WGMAFC: Working Group on Marine Fish Culture
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WGMAFW: Working Group on Marine Fish Welfare
5.
WGMASC: Working Group on Marine Shellfish Culture
6.
WGPDMO: Working Group on Pathology and Diseases of Marine Organisms
Working Group on Environmental Interactions of Mariculture
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WGAGFM
Working Group on Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture
WGAGFM Terms of Reference for 2007 (Work tasks in 2007)
[ Word Document ]
WGAGFM meeting 2007 (held 19–23 March 2007 in Ispra, Italy
[ PDF document of results from ToR treatment ]
Annual Science Conference in Helsinki, Finland,17-21 September 2007)
[ http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2007/index.asp ]
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SEPARATION PAGE
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Norwegian fisheries management:
The Directorate of Fisheries
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Directorate of Fisheries organization chart
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The Directorate of Fisheries
"the outer bodies"
(local offices)
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