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The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) – a global organization for enhanced ocean sustainability. ICES is an intergovernmental organization whose main objective is to increase the scientific knowledge of the marine environment and its living resources and to use this knowledge to provide advice to competent authorities. ICES Science and Advice considers both how human activities affect marine ecosystems and how ecosystems affect human activities. In this way, ICES ensures that best available science is accessible for decision-makers to make informed choices on the sustainable use of the marine environment and ecosystems.
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ICES Survey Protocols – Inshore beam trawl surveys, coordinated by Working Group on Beam Trawl Surveys (WGBEAM).
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2024)This manual describes the current methodologies, stratification, and sample processing used in the inshore beam-trawl surveys that provide fisheries-independent information to the fish stock assessments for flatfish species ... -
SISP 1 - Manual for the International Bottom Trawl Surveys. Version 8. [ Replaced by SISP 10]
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2012)The International Bottom Trawl Survey Working Group (IBTSWG) coordinates fishery‐independent multi‐species bottom trawl surveys within the ICES area. These surveys aim to provide ICES assessment and science groups with ... -
SISP 11 - Manual for the International Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Survey in the Irminger Sea and Adjacent Waters. Version 1.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2015)The Working Group on Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Surveys (WGIDEEPS), formerly known as Working Group on Redfish Surveys (WGRS) and Planning Group on Redfish Surveys (PGRS), has the responsibility of coordinating international ... -
SISP 9 - Manual for International Pelagic Surveys (IPS).
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2015)This manual was developed through the ICES Working Group of International Pelagic Surveys (WGIPS) as a guide to the methodologies adhered to during the planning, execution and analysis phases of WGIPS coordinated surveys. The ... -
SISP 4 - A metadata convention for processed acoustic data from active acoustic systems. Version 10.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2016)Metadata is data describing data, and should allow potential users to determine the fitness for their purposes of that data from the metadata alone, without having to access the actual data. A metadata convention is a ... -
SISP 7 - Manual for the Baltic International Trawl Surveys (BITS). Version 2.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2017)This manual describes the coordinated survey design for Baltic international trawl surveys. Randomly stratified fishing-stations location is based on ICES subdivisions and their depth layers as strata to reflect the ... -
SISP 2 - Manual for the Midwater Ring Net sampling during IBTS Q1. Version 3.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2017)The Midwater Ring Net is at present the standard gear for sampling fish larvae during the North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey in the first quarter. Fish larvae sam-pling during the IBTS Q1 was initiated in 1977. ... -
SISP 15 - Manual of the IBTS North Eastern Atlantic Surveys. Version 4.0.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2017)This manual was developed through the ICES Working Group of International Pelagic Surveys (WGIPS) as a guide to the methodologies adhered to during the planning, execution and analysis phases of WGIPS coordinated surveys. The ... -
SISP 8 - Manual for the International Baltic Acoustic Surveys (IBAS). Version 2.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2017)The acoustic surveys have been conducted in the Baltic Sea internationally since 1978. The starting point was the cooperation between Sweden and the German Democratic Republic in October 1978, which produced the first ... -
SISP 13 - Manual for egg survey for winter spawning fish in the North Sea. Version 2.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2018)Ichthyoplankton surveys, specifically targeting stage 1 (i.e. recently spawned) eggs provide invaluable data on the distribution of spawning. In the North Sea two such surveys were undertaken to examine the winter/early ... -
SISP 6 - Manual for mackerel and horse mackerel egg surveys, sampling at sea. Version 2.2.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark, Copehagen, 2019)The working group on mackerel and horse mackerel egg surveys coordinates the Mackerel and Horse Mackerel Egg Survey in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mackerel Egg Survey in the North Sea, both carried out triennially. ... -
SISP 5 - Manual for the AEPM and DEPM estimation of fecundity in mackerel and horse mackerel. Version 12.
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SISP 10 - Manual for the International Bottom Trawl Surveys. Revision 11.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2020)Series of ICES Survey Protocols SISP - IBTS X | 1 1 Introduction Overview of the survey The International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) in the North Sea has been conducted in the 1st quarter of the year since the beginning ... -
Biological Plankton Data. Version 3. [ENDORSED PRACTICE]
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024)ICES Data Guidelines exist to support and promote expert science and, when properly adopted, ensure data are more efficiently handled and accurately managed. ICES operational Data and Information Group (DIG) has developed ... -
ICES Guidelines for Benchmarks. Version 1.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023)The guidelines describe the principles, elements, purpose, types, and prioritization of ICES benchmarks. The information in this document is relevant for the ICES expert groups delivering scientific evidence for benchmark ... -
Workshop to evaluate proposed assessment methods and how to set thresholds for assessing adverse effects on seabed habitats (WKBENTH3).
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022)The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires EU Member States to achieve and maintain good environmental status (GES) across their marine waters. WKBENTH3 convened as a hybrid meeting to evaluate benthic assessment ... -
Best practice for Data Management. Version 1.2.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022)This document is intended as a general guidance for creating and maintaining data collections in ICES – although a number of the general principles can be applied anywhere. It will particularly be a useful resource for ... -
Marine and coastal ecosystem-based risk management handbook.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013)Management of any environmental issue requires the application of management measures designed to eliminate, control, mitigate, or compensate for pressures related to the drivers of human activities to avoid potential ... -
Handbook of fish age estimation protocols and validation methods.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019)The Planning Group on Commercial Catch, Discards and Biological Sampling (PGCCDBS) 2012 was approached by the ICES Publications and Communications Group (PUBCOM) with the suggestion to combine the existing protocols on ... -
Chemical aspects of ocean acidification monitoring in the ICES marine area.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013)It is estimated that oceans absorb approximately a quarter of the total anthropogenic releases of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year. This is leading to acidification of the oceans, which has already been observed ...
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