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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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Season's greetings from ICES Secretariat!
We wish everyone a happy and peaceful holiday season.
Our Secretariat will be closed from 24 December until 1 January.
We will be back in the office again on 2 January 2026.
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Designing the next generation of Ecosystem Overviews

Join @bplanque.bsky.social & Lucie Buttay for our upcoming Workshop for the Prototyping of the Norwegian Sea Ecosystem Overview #WKSHADOW
📍Copenhagen, Denmark
📅16–20 February 2026
🔔Register by 18 January
ℹ️ www.ices.dk/community/gr...
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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🐟 Sardine in the southern Celtic Seas and the English Channel doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟 Sardine in the Bay of Biscay doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟 Sardine in the Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters doi.org/10.17895/ice...

Find all the latest ICES advice www.ices.dk/advice/pages...
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🚨Advice release - anchovy & sardine stocks
ICES Advice to the @ec.europa.eu European Commission & the UK #Defra on fishing opportunities in 2026 is now available:
🐟Anchovy in the Bay of Biscay
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Anchovy in the Gulf of Cadiz & southern coast of Portugal doi.org/10.17895/ice...
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🚨ICES Annual Science Conference 2026-Call for abstracts open🚨Submit your abstract & share your science🌊
Explore 18 theme sessions & 7 network sessions www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...
Deadline: 25 February 2026

ICES ASC 2026
📅15–18 September 2026
📍Le Quartz - National Stage, Brest, France
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Join ICES Workshop on unavoidable survey effort reduction 3 (WKUSER3)
📅12–16 January 2026 📍Copenhagen, Denmark
Investigate challenges to maintaining consistent time series of survey data products for stock assessment models
🔔Register by 14 December
icessurveys.typeform.com/to/aogNZhoR?...
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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🚨Advice release - bycatch

ICES advice to the European Commission on bycatch of endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species of marine mammals, seabirds, marine turtles, and selected fish species of bycatch relevance is out doi.org/10.17895/ice...

📷Elliott Norse Marine Conservation Institute
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Are you a SAM or SS3 assessor?Work with R, TAF, or assessment workflows? Ready to shape the future of ICES stock assessments?
Register now to take part in ICES Workshop 2 on TAF Stock Assessment Templates #WKTSAT2 ℹ️ www.ices.dk/community/gr...
📅19–22 January 2026📍Copenhagen, Denmark & online
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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🚨Advice release
ICES advice to Faroe Islands, Greenland & NEAFC on fishing opportunities in Div. 5b in 2026
🐟Cod in Faroe Plateau
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Cod in Faroe Bank doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Haddock in Faroes grounds
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Saithe in Faroes grounds
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🚨Advice release - fisheries overviews

ICES has published fisheries overviews for the Celtic Seas ecoregion (fully revised) & the Greater North Sea ecoregion (updated mixed fisheries section)
🐟 Celtic Seas doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟 Greater North Sea
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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📢Introducing our brand new app fisheriesXplorer!

Our fisheries overviews data as live, navigable visuals and downloadable datasets.

Find data on fishing activities in each ICES ecoregion: catches, bycatch, discards, fleet interactions and more.

Ready to Xplore? www.ices.dk/data/assessm...
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Early career scientists! Need to deliver a presentation?
SIIECS Seminar series provides an opportunity to practice your presentation and get feedback from peers - sign up now for the next session on 9 December!
www.ices.dk/events/webin...
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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🗺️What role does marine debris play in the spead of non-indigenous species on Oceanic Islands in the Northeast Atlantic?
Experts in our Working Group on Marine Bioinvasions (WGBIOINV) tell us more 🗺️ www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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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
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📄 Read the accompanying scientific report from ICES Workshop on the Greater North Sea ecoregion Aquaculture Overview #WKGNSAO doi.org/10.17895/ice...
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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🚨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
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🌊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...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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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
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🚨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
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🚨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
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🗣️ 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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The Working Group on Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the Central Arctic Ocean #WGICA developed this overview.
Read more about WGICA’s story - one of international cooperation & shared purpose - as they celebrate 10 years of collaboration www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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🚨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
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📢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
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🚨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