International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

The oldest intergovernmental organization in the world concerned with marine and fisheries science.

IIASA has worked with the ICES in the following areas:

Assessing the impacts of fisheries-induced evolution

Options Magazine, Summer 2011: Pressure from large-scale commercial fishing, as well as intense recreational and sport fishing, is accelerating evolution in some fish populations and threatening the sustainability of fisheries. Scientists are responding with tools to conduct evolutionary impact assessments that can lead to better management of fisheries. More

Assessing the impacts of fisheries-induced evolution

Options Magazine, Summer 2011: Pressure from large-scale commercial fishing, as well as intense recreational and sport fishing, is accelerating evolution in some fish populations and threatening the sustainability of fisheries. Scientists are responding with tools to conduct evolutionary impact assessments that can lead to better management of fisheries. More



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