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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 14h

⏰If you would like to join the 2026 Small Pelagic Fish symposium in La Paz, Mexico, in May next year, you have two days to submit your:
📄Abstract
🐦Early Registration fees
💰Financial Support Applications

All are due by Friday 10 October 2025!

PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization @picesmarinesci.bsky.social · Jun 16

🌟 Registration for SPF-2026 is OPEN!🌟
Early Registration fees, Abstract Submissions, and Financial Support Applications are due by ***October 10th, 2025*** .

For all the details, visit the SPF-2026 website: meetings.pices.int/meetings/int...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 18h

🐟Join ICES / EFARO Workshop on Aquatic Animal Welfare #WKAAW
📅 3-6 November 2025
📍Copenhagen, Denmark
👩‍🔬Chairs AnnLisbeth Agnalt (Norway), David Righton (UK), Mike Breen (Norway)
🤔Experts in animal welfare, fisheries, aquaculture & related fields
⏰Register by 24 October
www.ices.dk/community/gr...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 1d

Harnessing AI & automation for fisheries science

Last week, ICES hosted #WKETAC in Boulogne-sur-Mer, bringing together 70+ experts to explore how deep learning, computer vision & 3D imaging can transform the analysis of calcified structures used in stock assessments.
ℹ️ www.ices.dk/community/gr...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Advice release - Spurdog management

ICES response to the joint @ec.europa.eu-UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) request for projected effects of different management scenarios for spurdog has been released today doi.org/10.17895/ice...

📷Doug Costa, NOAA/SBNMS

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Advice release - elasmobranch stocks

ICES advice to @ec.europa.eu, North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) & the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on fishing opportunities for elasmobranch stocks in 2026 is now available ices-library.figshare.com/collections/...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 8d

🐟Horse mackerel in southern & central North Sea, eastern English Channel
doi.org/10.17895/ice...

🐟Horse mackerel in NE Atlantic & adjacent waters
doi.org/10.17895/ice...

🐟Mackerel in the NE Atlantic & adjacent waters
doi.org/10.17895/ice...

🐟Red gurnard in the NE Atlantic
doi.org/10.17895/ice...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 8d

🐟Blue whiting in the Northeast Atlantic & adjacent waters doi.org/10.17895/ice...

🐟Boarfish in Celtic Seas, English Channel & Bay of Biscay doi.org/10.17895/ice...

🐟Herring in the Northeast Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean
doi.org/10.17895/ice...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Advice release - widely distributed fish stocks

ICES advice to @ec.europa.eu, UK #Defra, Norway #Fiskeridirektoratet & the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission #NEAFC on fishing opportunities for widely distributed stocks in 2026 is now available:
🌊 ices-library.figshare.com/collections/...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 8d

Today, ICES Advisory Committee Chair @colmlordan.bsky.social will address Our Baltic Ministerial Conference in Stockholm, repeating the call for adaptive science, coordinated governance, and cross-sector collaboration to support the recovery of the Baltic Sea.
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
#OurBaltic

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 9d

🌐 We forward to engaging with new experts and expanding our aquaculture community. We will be hosting the Workshop on Aquatic Animal Welfare on 3–6 Nov and launching a new Working Group on Food Security and Nutrition

🔗 Learn more about ICES Aquaculture groups: www.ices.dk/community/gr...

ASG

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 9d

🟢 The conference also provided an opportunity to meet with partners from the OCCAM project. As an OCCAM project partner, we will continue supporting a future of resilient and sustainable aquaculture throughout the Northeast Atlantic

➡️ Learn more about OCCAM: bit.ly/42fuXWZ

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 9d

🟢 Ena Breisemeister also met with Antonio Agüera Garcia, Chair of ICES Working Group on Ecological Carrying Capacity (WGECCA), which develops guidance on ecological carrying capacity and nutrient flows to support sustainable aquaculture.

➡️ WGECCA: bit.ly/4gHCnYU

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 9d

🟢 Bela Buck, Chair of ICES Working Group on Open Ocean Aquaculture (WGOOA), spoke in the Industry Forum “Offshore: The New Frontier of Aquaculture”, highlighting the group’s work on defining exposed and offshore systems and what this means for extractive species.

➡️ WGOOA: bit.ly/3WejZ0o

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 9d

🌊 ICES at Aquaculture Europe 2025! Last week, ICES Science Department Officer Ena Briesemeister represented ICES in Valencia, Spain.

It was a great opportunity for aquaculture experts from across Europe and wider to share knowledge & advance sustainable practices in aquaculture 👥

🔗 www.aquaeas.org

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 12d

How can we better understand Northern Shelf cod sub-stock dynamics? Can genetics, innovative sampling, or tagging help? 🐟

Join ICES Workshop on Sampling Data for Northern Shelf cod sub-stocks #WKCODSAMPLING
📅10–14 Nov 2025
📍Copenhagen, Denmark
🔗Register by 10 Oct 2025 www.ices.dk/community/gr...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 12d

#SPF2026 @picesmarinesci.bsky.social @fao.org

ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 12d

Working on small pelagic fish & forage communities research? 🐟

Dive into the latest science and discussions at SPF-2026💫

Upcoming deadline for:
✅ Early registration
✅ Abstract submission
✅ Financial support

🚨Submit by 10 October 🚨

Full details & instructions 🔗 meetings.pices.int/meetings/int...

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · 13d

@icesmarine.bsky.social's journal, ICES Journal of Marine Science, is turning 100!

After an inspiring week at #ICESASC25, and to celebrate this milestone, submit your paper to an upcoming themed set highlighting the evolution and future of marine science.

academic.oup.com/icesjms/page...

100 Years of ICES Journal of Marine Science. OUP.

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Sheila Heymans @sheilaheymans.bsky.social · 12d

Alan Haynie from @icesmarine.bsky.social highlights the work they have done in training and with the #ECOPS work.

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 13d

📣🌊 A joint statement for and from the Baltic

The side event by ICES and DG MARE alongside #ICESASC25 last week concludes with a joint statement calling for adaptive science, coordinated governance across sectors, and new tools to support Baltic Sea recovery.

➡️Learn more: https://bit.ly/3KbQeuD

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Marta Cruz-Flores @martacruz-flores.bsky.social · 14d

🐥🌊Very happy to have participated in this review about "Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring"

💪Great work led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, as an output of the last @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Conferece

🎖️Selected as Editor's Choice👏

Full paper: 👇

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 Advice release
ICES advice to the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission #NEAFC on new information on vulnerable habitats and fisheries activities in the NEAFC regulatory areas has been released today.

🪸Advice is available in our online library doi.org/10.17895/ice...

#VME

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 14d

📡 New insights for seabird monitoring
New tech could reshape how we track seabird populations in a changing world.

✍️ New Editor’s Choice in #IJMS
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
👉 Read the paper doi.org/10.1093/ices...

📸 @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 Advice release
ICES Advice to the @ec.europa.eu #DGMARE, Norway, & the UK #Defra on fishing opportunities for Cod in 2026 in the North Sea, West of Scotland, eastern English Channel & Skagerrak is published today 🐟 doi.org/10.17895/ice...
Find all ICES latest advice www.ices.dk/advice/pages...

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Instituto Español de Oceanografía @ieo.es · 20d

Gran presencia del #IEO_CSIC en la conferencia anual de #ICESASC25

🧑🏽‍🔬 Más de 30 investigadores e investigadoras de todos los centros oceanográficos participan en esta conferencia científica promovida por @icesmarine.bsky.social desde 1902 🌊

🔗 tinyurl.com/3z67pb6n

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