Fisher collected acoustic data (FCAD)
Conveners: Steve Barbeaux (USA) Martin Pastoors (the Netherlands) Sascha Fässler (the Netherlands)
Predictably Irrational – a new scientific research field for the science underpinning marine-resource management
Conveners: Sarah B. M. Kraak (Germany) Dorothy J. Dankel (Norway)
From individuals to ecosystems: their ecology and evolution
Conveners: Anna Kuparinen (Finland) Anne Maria Eikeset (Norway) Silva Uusi-Heikkilä (Finland)
Ecosystem changes and impacts on diadromous and marine species productivity
Conveners: Timothy Sheehan (USA) Katherine Mills (USA)Mark Payne (Denmark)
The emerging science of ecological multimodel inference for informing fisheries management
Conveners: Phillip Levin (USA) Stefan Neuenfeldt (Denmark) Tessa Francis (USA)
Integrated ecosystems assessment and decision support to advance ecosystem-based fisheries management
Conveners: John Pope (UK)Lena Bergström (Sweden) Melania Borit (Norway)
The inshore challenge – management of recreational and commercial fisheries accounting for social benefits, economic value, and biological sustainability
Conveners: Kieran Hyder (UK) Harry Strehlow (Germany) Estanis Mugerza (Spain) Maria Spedicato (Italy)
Looking backwards to move ahead: how the wider application of new technologies to interpret scale, otolith, statolith and other biomineralised age-registering structures could improve management of natural resources
Conveners: Mark Dickey-Collas (ICES) Abigail McQuatters-Gollop (UK)Verena Trenkel (France)
Conveners: Ad Stolk (the Netherlands)Keith Cooper (UK) Michel Desprez (France)
Theme session LIntegration challenges in maritime spatial planning – approaches, science gaps, and communication demands
Conveners: Andreas Kannen (Germany) Matt Gubbins (UK) Michael Gilek (Sweden)
The role of zooplankton in exploited ecosystems: top-down and bottom-up stresses on pelagic food webs
Conveners: Angus Atkinson (UK) Webjoern Melle (Norway)Piotr Margoński (Poland)
Theme session NLong-term phytoplankton trends in the ICES area: regional distribution, bloom dynamics and response to environmental drivers
Conveners: Alexandra Kraberg (Germany) Eileen Bresnan (UK) Marie Johansen (Sweden)
“When is enough, enough?” Methods for optimising, evaluating, and prioritising of marine data collection(Co-sponsored by PICES)
Arctic Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities(Co-sponsored by AMAP and EU-PolarNet)
Conveners: Candace Nachman (USA)Susanne Kortsch (Norway)
Harvest control rules: beyond FMSY for an ecosystem approach to fisheries?
Conveners: Didier Gascuel (France) Lisa Borges (Belgium) Dave Reid (Ireland)
Integrating humanities and social sciences into marine ecosystem management - first steps
Conveners: David Goldsborough (the Netherlands) Jörn Schmidt (Germany)Patricia M. Clay (USA)
