ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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Science for sustainable seas. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is a global organization that develops science and advice to support the sustainable use of the oceans.
Celebrate 100 years of ICES Journal of Marine Science! Explore a century of ocean science, landmark papers, and the researchers who shaped the field academic.oup.com/icesjms/page...
What do you think will emerge as the greatest challenges for marine science in the next century? ICES Journal of Marine Science will continue to evolve alongside these challenges! Celebrate 100 years of ICES Journal 🥳 Celebrate 100 years of ICES Journal of Marine Science academic.oup.com/icesjms
Changing currents, climates & oceans. Species on the move as their habitats change. How do we manage this? 📄Decadal shifts in Atlantic cod migrations in Icelandic waters (1951–2025) doi.org/10.1093/ices... draws on 75 years of tagging data, long-term evidence that makes future management possible.
Can you spot the old printing press making one final print run? ICES Journal is now fully online and open access - so all Journal content is freely available, including the archive going back 120 years to the first issue published by the precursor journal in 1903! academic.oup.com/icesjms
We asked cartoonist @baskohler.bsky.social to capture 100 years of ICES Journal. The third & final cartoon is Managing for the future. Here, climate change, renewable energy, food security, biodiversity, marine spatial planning, AI & the blue economy all become part of the scientific conversation.
Register now for ICES WKBoBFO workshop and contribute to the next Fisheries Overview for the Bay of Biscay and Iberian Waters 📅7-10 September 2026 🖥️ Online 🗣️Hugo Mendes (Portugal) and Francisco Velasco (Spain) ⏰Deadline to register 23 August ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WKBoBFO.aspx
‼️Early bird registration about to close for Atlantic Plastics 2026 The 3rd International Symposium on Marine Plastic Pollution will address plastic pollution from the Arctic to the Antarctic 📅20–22 October 2026 📍Reykjavík, Iceland ⏰Early bird registration until 15 July ➡️https://atlanticplastics.is
Shape the science programme at ICES Annual Science Conference 2027! 🔊We have an open call for theme session & network session proposals. ⏰Deadline is 27 August 2026! ℹ️Find all the information you need here 👉 https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/202604-CallforSessionsASC27.aspx
North Atlantic Ocean oceanographic highlights 2025 Each year, our Working Group on Oceanic Hydrography analyses & reviews oceanographic conditions in the North Atlantic. They've just released the 2025 highlights https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/202605-IROC25.aspx
Do you spot a few of the Journal's editors? Keeping everything under control while everything changes around them! To get the full picture, read The first 100 years of the ICES Journal of Marine Science by Emory Anderson doi.org/10.1093/ices... Stay tuned for the last cartoon! @academic.oup.com
Understanding impact requires observations over decades. 📄The importance of long-time series of benthic data for science & management doi.org/10.1093/ices... shows how sustained datasets are essential for detecting human impacts, tracking climate change, & informing ecosystem-based management.
See Sidney Holt & Ray Beverton with their landmark book? 📄Divergent & convergent histories of fishery stock assessment methods in the ICES community & beyond doi.org/10.1093/ices... shows how those ideas evolved into the stock assessment methods underpinning fisheries mgmt worldwide.
We asked cartoonist @baskohler.bsky.social to capture 100 years of ICES Journal of Marine Science. Bas captured a century of science in 3 eras. 🖼️ The 2nd cartoon, "Understanding impact", explores how fishing, pollution, climate change, & other human activities shape marine ecosystems.
🌏What should Fisheries Management in an Ecosystem Context look like in practice in 25 years? Join us next year at #FIMEC2027 to project forward more than 25 years of ecosystem-oriented fisheries management and science and help shape the next decades of operational EBFM. ➡️Learn more: bit.ly/4vxI5TX
🐙 ICES ASC 2026 marine-themed craft pop-up shop! Swap or sell your sea-themed creations - knitwear, crochet, jewellery, clothing, paintings, sculptures, or toys. All proceeds will go to the local sea rescue charity, SNSM (Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer). 📆ASC poster session, 16 September
⏰Deadline 3 July How can fish stock assessments and fisheries advice keep pace with a changing climate? Register now for ICES-MeCCAM Workshop on Fish biology, ecology and climate change (WKFISHECO) 📅9-13 November 2026📍Copenhagen, Denmark ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WKFISHECO.aspx
14 years of collaboration distilled into 4 lessons for protecting essential fish habitats. New paper from our Working Group on the Value of Coastal Habitats for Exploited Species 📄Translating science into evidence-based policy for the protection & restoration of essential fish habitat bit.ly/4p17L8X
The Habitat Restoration for Diadromous Fishes Symposium is happening this week in Oulu, Finland! 🐟 Meet some of the ICES-sponsored early-career scientists who will be presenting at the symposium this week. 🔷Brian Determan 🔷Esmeralda Pereira 🔷Vebjørn Kveberg Opsanger ℹ️ lnkd.in/eit3wqPp 📍 @oulu.fi
🚨ICES advice to EU, Norway, NEAFC & UK on fishing opportunities in 2027 🐟Bay of Biscay & Iberian coast bit.ly/4faeR7H 🐟Celtic Seas bit.ly/4oWY5MR 🐟Greater North Sea bit.ly/44IEIgZ 🐟Flounder bit.ly/3Sz9XZj Explore ICES advice 🟠with adviceXplorer bit.ly/4y1Plcs 🔵with fisheriesXplorer bit.ly/4f9bkqi
To get the full picture, read The first 100 years of the ICES Journal of Marine Science by Emory Anderson doi.org/10.1093/ices... Stay tuned for the second cartoon, where the story shifts from exploration to understanding the impacts of human activity on the marine environment. @academic.oup.com
These landmark papers can be rediscovered in A Century of Articles, a curated selection of ICES Journal of Marine Science papers across 100 years academic.oup.com/icesjms/page...
From historic research vessels to iconic scientists, every corner of the illustration tells part of the story. Much of the early work in the Journal still shapes marine science today. Johan Hjort's landmark paper, doi.org/10.1093/ices... remains one of the defining works in fisheries science.
We asked cartoonist @baskohler.bsky.social to capture 100 years of ICES Journal of Marine Science. Bas took on the challenge and captured a century of science in 3 eras. The 1st cartoon, "Exploration", takes us back to the origins of ICES Journal & the early decades of marine research.
🚨ICES Advice to @ec.europa.eu on fishing opportunities for anchovy & southern horse mackerel in Atlantic Iberian waters is out 🐟Anchovy in western Iberian waters doi.org/10.17895/ice... 🐟Horse mackerel in Atlantic Iberian waters doi.org/10.17895/ice... ℹ️All ICES advice www.ices.dk/advice/Pages...
Interested in knowing more about our collaborative work in the Arctic?➡️Read about our Working Group on the Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the Central Arctic Ocean, an international collaboration that brings together scientists from ICES, PICES & the Arctic Council www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
The 5th Conference of the Parties of the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement took place this week. ICES has been an observer to CAOFA since 2022 & our General Secretary, Alan Haynie, attended to represent ICES. vlab.noaa.gov/web/caofa
⏳ Abstract submission is closing soon for the SEAtwins symposium 2026! Join us on 2-5 November 2026 in Copenhagen to explore the latest advances in Digital Twin of the Oceans and how it can support decision-making, scenario modelling, and policy development. Submit your abstract: bit.ly/4erwSwL
How can stock assessments & fisheries advice keep pace with a changing climate? Register now for ICES-MeCCAM Workshop on Fish biology, ecology & Climate Change (WKFISHECO) 📅9-13 November 2026📍Copenhagen, Denmark ⏰Deadline 3 July ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WKFISHECO.aspx
We are proud to support early-career scientists attending Oceans Past XI this week at the University of Victoria in Canada, hosted by the Oceans Past Initiative @oceanspast.bsky.social Meet our ECS here! 🔷@gwynchil.bsky.social 🔷Jannick Scheepstra 🔷Leah D. Rubin 🔷Jaime Ojeda