ICES Advice Focus on special requests Mette Bertelsen, ICES

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ICES AdviceFocus on special requestsMette
Bertelsen, ICES
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ICES Strategies

• Focuses on long term management strategies, mixed
  fisheries aspects and ecosystem interactions
• ICES is NOT just a fisheries organisation
  environmental/ecosystem science central
• has been working on a range of ecosystem-related
  issues for many years, through Adv Com and WGs
• include issues connected with the development of
  the European Marine Strategy in co-operation with
  DG-Env (e.g. Guidance on the Application of the
  Ecosystem Approach to Management of Human
  Activities in the European Marine Environment)

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Growing focus on Regional Management

• Regional Assessment WGs (established in 1995)
• Regional Coordination Groups on data sampling
• Regional advice on an ecosystem basis
• RACs

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ICES Advice format

• Advice increasingly being given in a fisheries
  and ecosystem context on an area basis - on
  basis and assessment of single stock status and
  exploitation boundaries
• Mixed fisheries considerations in management
• Impact of environmental changes on fisheries
• Fisheries impacts on the ecosystem

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Structure of the ICES Advice report

• All advice, from recurrent and special requests,
  are collected in annual report and on the web
• http//www.ices.dk/products/icesadvice.asp
• Volume I explains framework for assessments and
  advice
• Vol II general and non-regional advice
• Vol III VIII regional reports. Each volume
  deals with an ecosystem/region
• consist of ecosystem overview, description of
  human impact on ecosystem, description of
  fisheries, a series of stock summaries

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Requests for advice

• Traditional procedure of treating requests at
  Annual Science Conference (ASC) and incorporate
  them into next years ToRs (Memoranda of
  understanding - MoU)
• Special requests Questions from clients that
  cannot wait until next ASC some require a quick
  answer (deadlines have in some cases been approx.
  a month)

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Special requests

• Requested by Commissions and member states
• Resources available to answer Experts in all
  fields related to the living marine resources (
  diverse science base)
• ICES Secretariat facilitates contacts and
  coordinates the process subject to commitment
  from the national institutes
• Costing 1) As part of Client standard
  contribution, 2) Additional costs, 3) Full cost
  recovery
• A list of requests is on our website
  http//www.ices.dk/advice/request/requesttable.asp
  

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Handling the requestAnalysis of Problem

• Secretariat with Advisory Committee Chair/MCAP
  chair develop the approach to deliver advice
  (identify experts, meeting, deadline, budget)
• First Analysis and first draft of advice
• WG dealing with the stock
• Small group of invited experts
• Secretariat

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Handling of the requests Quality Assurance -
Review

• Analysis checked by
• Entire Advisory Committee
• An Advisory Committee sub-group
• (Mostly standard advice) an independent Review
  Group which includes experts
• involved with the stock
• from other areas
• from other parts of the world, e.g. New Zealand

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Types of requests

• Strategic issues
• Long Term Management plans, Guidance on the
  application of the Ecosystem Approach to
  Management of human activities in the European
  marine environment, Bioregions
• Tactical issues
• Assess new info and review advice for a stock,
  change in TAC
• Sole in Division IIIa 2005
• Cod in eastern Baltic (also area closures)
• Anchovy Bay of Biscay
• Frequency
• 2004 14 (12 fisheries, 2 environment)
• 2005 19 (15 fisheries, 4 environment)

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Achievements of system

• Timely and Responsive
• Flexible allows ICES more interactions with
  the clients
• Long term - Extra time at Advisory Committee to
  be used on strategic issues

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ACFM Advisory Committee on Fisheries Management

• Formulation of advice and strategic issues
• Members
• Independent elected chair Martin Pastoors
• 1 scientist from each of the 19 member countries
  plus Greenland and Faeroes Islands
• Chairs of relevant ICES science committees (3)
• Observers
• Fisheries Commissions (EC, NEAFC, NASCO)
• Stakeholders (Industry and NGOs)

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Example of special request for ACFM 2005

• Task to evaluate and advice on appropriate
  management strategies for some North Sea stocks,
  Baltic Cod and Deep Sea Stocks (Requested by EC)
• Analysis An ad hoc group consisting of man.
  strategy experts and assessment scientists set up
  to analyse and draft advice
• Peer Review
• Advice ACFM
• Usage Together with other analyses/evaluations
  input for management discussions of recovery and
  management plans

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Advisory Committee on Ecosystems - ACE

• provides scientific information and advice on the
  status and outlook for marine ecosystems, and on
  exploitation of living marine resources in an
  ecosystem context
• plays a significant role in leading the strategic
  development of the science and advisory framework
  needed to support an ecosystem approach
• Chair Simon Jennings
• Same structure as ACFM

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Example for ACE/ACFM vulnerable habitats 2005

• Task to provide advice on impacts of fishing on
  deepwater habitats and using closed areas to
  minimise damage to valued habitats (seamounts)
  (OSPAR and NEAFC)
• Analysis two deepwater WGs Rockall Bank
  based on VMS information and scientific records
  for areas of known cold water coral occurrence
• Peer Review
• Advice jointly by ACE and ACFM
• Usage
• NEAFC possible area closures for fishing
  activities
• OSPAR Defining OSPAR Marine Protected Areas

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OSPAR Network of Marine protected Areas
Used as input to mapping the distribution of
habitats on list of declining species and
habitats
Source WWF
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Example for ACE Eco-regions 2004

• Task advice on appropriate eco-regions for the
  implementation of an ecosystem approach in
  European waters (EC)
• Analysis ad hoc Expert group. Eco-regions based
  on biogeographic features, taking account of
  existing political, social, economic and
  management divisions. Group Membership included
  expertise outside ICES laboratories
• Peer Review
• Advice ACE
• Usage input to Eco-Region definition in the
  European Marine Strategy

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