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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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Science for sustainable seas.
Balancing fisheries & seafloor health!

🪸 Our Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact & Trade-offs #WGFBIT met this week in Rome, hosted by ISPRA & chaired by @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social @marijasciberras.bsky.social & Tomasso Russo.

👀Find out more about the group
www.ices.dk/community/gr...
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨Advice release - Greater North Sea ecosystem Aquculture Overview

ICES has published the first aquaculture overview for the Greater North Sea ecoregion - available now to view and download doi.org/10.17895/ice...

Find all ICES latest advice www.ices.dk/advice/pages...
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🌊Hot off the press
Understanding human pressures in the Central Arctic Ocean

ICES CRR 361 Ecosystem assessment of the Central Arctic Ocean: Description of human activities, its pressures, & vulnerability of the ecosystem
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@arcticcouncil.bsky.social
@picesmarinesci.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Scientific symposia are a cornerstone of progress in marine science.
ICES actively supports scientific symposia that align with our mission.
We now welcome proposals for symposium co-sponsorship in 2027 and 2028.
ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/202511_symposiaCall.aspx
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚨Advice release - Oceanic Northeast Atlantic Ecosystem Overview

The new ICES Ecosystem Overview for the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ecoregion has been published today: https://bit.ly/3K3rnt5

All the Ecosystem Overviews are available from the ICES website at: https://bit.ly/3ganTGr
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨Advice release - mixed-fisheries

ICES considerations on mixed-fisheries for the Bay of Biscay, Celtic Seas, and Greater North Sea have been published today

🐟Bay of Biscay doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Celtic Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Greater North Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...

@ec.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🗣️ It's not the fish that need managing but the people that make up the fishery.
This reflects the interdisciplinarity of marine science & the focus of our upcoming training course
‘Practical introduction to basic applied social science methods’
27–30 January 2026
Sign up www.ices.dk/events/Train...
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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We finished yesterday the annual meeting of the Working Group on Marine Habitat Mapping (WGMHM) @icesmarine.bsky.social, that this year was hosted by @afbini.gov.uk. Very nice and interesting week with great experts and friends dicussing aspects to enhance the use of habitat mapping in ICES advice.
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚨Advice release - Central Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Overview

The new ICES Ecosystem Overview for the Central Arctic Ocean ecoregion has been published today doi.org/10.17895/ice...

All the Ecosystem Overviews are available from the ICES website at:
www.ices.dk/advice/ESD/P...
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📢We’re hiring a Conference and Training Support Officer
Join a team dedicated to coordinating events that inspire progress toward a sustainable ocean future.
📍Copenhagen, Denmark
⏰Apply by 14 November!
🔗 https://www.ices.dk/about-ICES/Jobs-in-ICES/Pages/2511conferencetrainingsupportofficer.aspx
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚨Advice release - cumulative impact assessments

ICES response to the Netherlands request on cumulative impact assessment, on behalf of the Greater North Sea Basin Initiative, is out today doi.org/10.17895/ice...

All the latest ICES advice is available online
www.ices.dk/advice/Pages...
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚨Advice release - eel
ICES advice to @ec.europa.eu, North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission #NEAFC, Norway, & UK on fishing opportunities and conservation for eel in 2026 has been released today doi.org/10.17895/ice...

All the latest ICES advice is available online www.ices.dk/advice/Pages...
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How do small-scale & Indigenous fisheries manage complex fish populations without the data used in commercial fishing?
The latest Editor's Choice shows what’s possible when genomic science & Traditional Ecological Knowledge work together.
📄https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf187
📷Raphaël Bouchard
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🚨Advice release
ICES advice on fishing opportunities in 2026 for Norway lobster and Rockall megrim is now published:
🦐Norway lobster (Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast Ecoregion) ices-library.figshare.com/collections/...
🦐Norway lobster (Celtic Seas) ices-library.figshare.com/collections/...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚨Advice release - Senegalese sole and sand sole

ICES response to the request from the @ec.europa.eu to establish separate catch advice for Senegalese sole and sand sole in ICES divisions 8.c and 9 has been published: doi.org/10.17895/ice...
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
📢We’re hiring an Advice Department Professional Officer📢
⏰Want to apply? Be quick -the deadline is Sunday 2 November!
Join a team dedicated to supporting ICES network, delivering impactful advice & advancing the connection between science & policy.
📍Copenhagen, Denmark
🔗 www.ices.dk/about-ICES/J...
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📢Do you know an early-career scientist whose work should take centre stage?
Nominate them to be our early-career scientist keynote speaker at ICES ASC 2026.
Deadline for nominations: 2 November ⏰
ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/ECSasc26Keynote.aspx

#SIIECS
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌊Tiny pellets making a big impact - how zooplankton faecal pellets help transport carbon to the deep ocean💩

Read the latest Editor's Choice article in ICES Journal of Marine Science​📄Meta-analysis of the role of zooplankton faecal pellets in ocean carbon export flux doi.org/10.1093/ices...
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hot off the press🦀
How are Europe’s brown crab fisheries changing?
📖Read ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 360 An overview of the brown crab (Cancer pagurus) fisheries & stock trends in the Northeast Atlantic
doi.org/10.17895/ice...

#WGCRAB
📷A brown crab in Ullapool, Scotland by Carlos Mesquita
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🌍 ICES Council convenes in Copenhagen

This week, ICES President Carl O'Brien welcomed delegates to Copenhagen for the 113th Annual Statutory Meeting.

Highlights included the election of two new vice-presidents
🔵Riikka Venesjärvi, Finland
🔵Ciaran Kelly, Ireland
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Trained in the natural sciences? ✅
Skills needed in social science methods to work better with stakeholders in marine research? ✅
Check out the ICES training “Practical Introduction to Basic Applied Social Science Methods” (Jan25 🇳🇱) ⏬
#MarSocSci @icesmarine.bsky.social
www.ices.dk/events/Train...
Practical introduction to basic applied social science methods
www.ices.dk
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Putting fishing communities on the map.

Four ICES expert groups led a study that introduces a spatial method to identify & map fishing communities across ICES ecoregions, bringing human dimensions into the heart of fisheries assessments.
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The deadline to register for ICES / EFARO Workshop on Aquatic Animal Welfare #WKAAW is this week, 24 October⏰

🤔Who should join? Experts in animal welfare, fisheries, aquaculture & related fields
📅 3-6 November 2025📍Copenhagen, Denmark

www.ices.dk/community/gr...
October 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
📢Do you know an early-career scientist whose work should take centre stage?
Nominate them to be our early-career scientist keynote speaker at ICES ASC 2026.
Deadline for nominations: 2 November ⏰
ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/ECSasc26Keynote.aspx

#SIIECS
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📢We’re hiring an Advice Department Professional Officer📢

Apply to join a dynamic & collaborative international team dedicated to supporting ICES network, delivering impactful advice & advancing the connection between science & policy.

📍Copenhagen, Denmark
🔔2 November
🔗 www.ices.dk/about-ICES/J...
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM