Considering the fact that fresh clean water is on the minds of every human worldwide these days , what if all the remaining forest land in the Miramichi watershed was back to the way it was in 1800. Of course leaving in place all the present day communities and services etc.etc. How many years [...]

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Atlantic salmon fly-fishing conditions for the Miramichi River at McNamee for July 30th . The water is down to a normal late July height , still very good conditions in all pools and we are running the big freighter canoes to all sections , so the water height is ideal . Temps got up yesterday [...]

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Bob says:
July 30, 2010 at 3:03 pm (Edit)
this has nothing to do with the counts really but my question is in regards to the closure of the cold water pools. I’m completely in agreement that during times of low water and high temperatures, there should be some relief for the fish at the expense [...]

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On 1 August (08:00-22:00) ICES web site will be down due to maintenance. GroupNet will still be available.
PLEASE NOTE – ICES web site down 1/8 (26/07/10)
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Martin Lindegren (DTU Aqua), Christian Mollmann (University of Hamburg), Anders Nielsen (DTU Aqua), and Nils C. Stenseth (CEES, University of Oslo), will receive this year’s Sustainability Science Award from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Click to read more.
ESA Sustainability Science Award to ICES Scientists (06/07/10)
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The ICES Council will appoint a new Chair for the ICES Advisory Committee (ACOM) at its meeting in October. Nominations for this position are welcome from the wider ICES community. Details on the position and tasks are given here – click to read more.
New Chair for the ICES Advisory Committee (30/06/10)
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ICES, OSPAR and MEDPOL are organizing a joint training workshop on lysosomal membrane stability (neutral red retention assay) in mussel, 13-17 September 2010. Click here to read more.
ICES/OSPAR Workshop on the lysosomal stability data quality and interpretation (WKLYS), 13-17 September 2010 (30/06/10)
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ICES has pooled its expertise with the Marine Board-European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Fisheriesand Aquaculture Research Organization (EFARO), bringing insights from marine science, fisheries, socio-economics and policy. The “Science Dimensions of an Ecosystem Approach to Management of Biotic Ocean Resources” (SEAMBOR) report was presented at EU Maritime Day 2010 on 19 May. Click [...]

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ICES announces with great pleasure and pride that Ken Sherman, NOAA, one of our most distinguished ICES colleagues, will receive the prestigious “Goteborg Award for Sustainable Development 2010″. He will share this prize, one million Swedish crowns, with Randall Arauz, Costa Rica, who has been working to stop shark finning. Click to read more.
Ken Sherman [...]

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26 trainees from 17 countries participated the ICES Training Course “Introduction to Bayesian Inference in Fisheries Science” at ICES HQ 7-11 June. The objective of the course was to familiarize the participants with basic concepts of Bayesian inference and to provide skills for solving simple problems. The participants gained hands on experience in using MS [...]

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ICES has provided scientific support to the European Commission as a background for the preparation of the Commission Decision on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine waters. The work has been done in close cooperation with the EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) in ISPRA. Click to read more.
The Marine Strategy Framework [...]

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The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has honoured Dr. Manuel Barange, Chair of the ICES Science Committee (SCICOM), with the Roger Revelle Medal for his outstanding contributions to ocean sciences. Read more on the IOC website.
IOC honours the SCICOM Chair (15/06/10)
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ICES have compiled and are now releasing an historical ‘Year of the Stomach’ dataset for the North Sea. A standardized and quality-controlled version of the stomach dataset that has been prepared in a response to a WGSAM request. The first year of the stomach ran in 1981 and covered a handful of species in the [...]

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The latest issue of ICES Inside Out, in its brand new format, is ready to download here.
New issue of ICES Inside Out (09/06/10)
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The deadline for submitting theme session proposals for the ASC 2011 to be held in Gdansk, Poland, is Monday, 6 September 2010. Click here to read more.
Call for ASC 2011 theme session proposals (19/05/10)
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