A presentation given at the ICES annual science meeting to the ICES IEA expert groups on their potential contribution to ICES advice

1. IEA groups and advice
Mark Dickey-Collas
@DickeyCollas

2. Integration is increasing… ACOM & SCICOM 2018

3. ICES – a trusted knowledge provider to decision makers
We provide scientific advice and
cooperate with international
and national authorities.
Independent, reviewed, with
best available knowledge
A boundary organisation or knowledge broker or both? Cvitanovic et al 2015

4. Integrated Ecosystem
Assessment working groups
• Each operating in a different
manner
• Each responding to local needs
• But some degree of
convergence (WKIDEA)

5. Holsman et al 2017 & ICES
Ecosystem Based Management

6. “Place your order, drive around, and pick up the answer”Created ecosystem overviews
2nd generation
• Using knowledge from across the
ICES network
• Combined with quality assurance
and advice drafting experience
• Pushed through by ACOM
http://www.ices.dk/community/advisory-process/Pages/Ecosystem-overviews.aspx

7. Listen to managers, what do they want?
• What are the top pressures on
the system?
• What are the key trends and
ramifications?
• Should they be concerned?
• Are there warning signals?

8. What’s in our Ecosystem Overviews?
1. Ecoregion description and management boundaries
2. Key signals in the ecosystem
3. Top pressures on the ecosystem
4. State of ecosystem components
5. Climate change (coming soon)

9. Ecoregions covered 2018

10. Ecosystem overviews – next generation
Priority pressures – key message
• Stronger online application
• Greater clarity for basis of advice
• Interactive access to underlying data
• Considering services, not only pressures
• Thus consider social & economic objectives

11. ACOM is responsible for the delivery of advice.
Quality assured, independently
reviewed, format
IEA expert groups and advice

12. IEA expert groups
Well placed to look at third generation
of ecosystem overviews as mechanism
to provide evidence for ecosystem
approach.
Aquaculture overviews are on route to…

13. Top pressures on the ecosystem

14. Data for advice - principles
Findable - data have a doi (either another source or minted by ICES) and be described in a
data catalogue (either outside or in an ICES database) with ISO standards metadata.
Accessible - there must be a link or defined provision of the resource. Access rights be
clear, and could include a data usage license. Prefer the data resource conforms to the
ICES data policy.
Interoperable - data should reference international standards and units. Have a clear
vocabulary and internationally recognised download formats.
Reusable - auxiliary data (manuals and protocols) that describe the methods used must be
included. Including the evidence of how the data were collected and reported.

15. Commitment from chairs

16. www.ices.dk
@ICES_ASC
Thank you