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- Scoping workshop 3 on next generation of mixed fisheries advice (WKMIXFISH3)Publication . Andersen, Michael; Bourke, Elizabeth; Cole, Harriet; Cook, Robert; Danby, Rufus; Dolder, Paul; Ferraro, Marta; Garcia, Dorleta; Green, Phil; Grossmann, Jenni; Kelly, Ruth; Lamon, Luca; Maginnis, Neil; Marcher, Claire; Moore, Claire; Muench, Angela; Polonio, Virginia; Rodmel, Dale; Rogers, Chloe; Sandel, Jane; Schou, Mogens; Seixas, Sónia; Sulanke, Erik; Sys, Klaas; Taylor, Marc; Tsangarides, Christian; Vermard, YouenWKMIXFISH are a series of workshops bringing together scientists, advice recipients, and stakeholders to identify future research and advisory priorities for mixed fisheries science. The third scoping workshop on the next generation of mixed fisheries advice (WKMIXFISH3) met to review changes to mixed fisheries considerations and progress on method development since the last workshop in March 2023. The workshop focused on three areas of development. First, it reviewed changes and clarifications to mixed fisheries considerations that were incorporated to improve communication around the purpose of and assumptions in the advice. Second, it reviewed the substantial methodological development that has been undertaken by WGMIXFISH-METHODS and EU and UK research projects. The focus of this work was to address an EU/UK joint request to ICES on mixed fisheries science. Third, it discussed the outcome of a workshop on fleet and métier definitions (WKMIXFLEET) that took place the preceding two days. Methodological developments included evaluation of uncertainty in mixed fisheries models, analyses of sensitivity to model assumptions, including fleet and métier structure, and creating new ways to explore mixed fisheries data. It was noted that these, in combination with new tools, guidance, and visualizations, helped to provide greater understanding of the models and advice. While these endeavours are ongoing, there was general support for continued development; in particular, the deployment of a mixed fisheries online app to provide end-users and stakeholders with the ability to interact with the multifaceted outputs from mixed fisheries models. Support for, and engagement with, developments on using the Regional Database Estimation System (RDBES) data to make improvements to fleet and métier definitions was also highlighted. Next steps identified were for WGMIXFISH-ADVICE and WGMIXFISH-METHODS to use the valuable feedback obtained to continue to develop the tools, and implement and receive feedback on them as part of an iterative process. It was noted that further research and dedicated time for scientists was necessary to support the ongoing improvements to mixed fisheries advice and data products, and that this should be a priority.
- Workshop on fourth generation ecosystem overviews (WKEO4; outputs from 2025 meeting)Publication . Abril, Catarina; Bailey, Jennifer; Belgrano, Andrea; Bellomo, Ilaria; Bentley, Jacob; Campuzano, Francisco; Chan, Andrea; Clay, Patricia M.; Danby, Rufus; Faithfull, Carolyn; Gomes, Inês; Hackett, Michelle; Hamon, Katell; Hemraj, Ashley; Hogg, Oliver; Holsman, Kirstin; Rico, Maria José; Kenny, Andy; Le Bras, Marie; Lehuta, Sigrid; Libungan, Lísa Anne; Llope, Marcos; Lynam, Chris; Martinez, Inigo; Martínez, Roi; Motova-Surmava, Arina; Muench, Angela; Nogueira, Fabiana; Ojaveer, Henn; Piet, Gerjan; Planque, Benjamin; Puntila-Dodd, Riikka; Rachlitz, Kurt; Roux, Marie-Julie; Sailley, Sevrine; Schönen, Lea; Seixas, Sónia; Silva, Ana Paula; Singh, Warsha; Steadman, Daniel; Steins, Nathalie; Stepanowska, Kasia; Sturaro, Nicolas; Szalaj, Dorota; Talevska, Tamara; Tam, Jamie; Thompson, Murray; Thorpe, Robert; Torres Leal, Maria; Townhill, Bryony; Travers-Trolet, Morgane; Tubío, Xosé; Valanko, Sebastian; Weisberg, Sarah; West, Elizabeth; Ojaveer, Henn; Bentley, Jacob; Steins, NathalieEcosystem Overviews (EOs) are central products in the ICES approach to support Ecosystem Based Management, through providing the ecoregion context, identifying main pressures, associated human activities and impacts on ecosystem state. The Workshop on fourth generation ecosystem overviews (WKEO4) reviewed and updated priority topic lists for the EOs, discussed and advanced climate change impacts, and social and economic context sections in the EOs, and developed recommendations on how to improve the utility of EOs to meet advisory and decision-making needs. The workshop proposed the following five priority topics to be included/advanced in EOs: effects of climate change, foresight (with a focus on spatial analyses), cumulative effects, biodiversity and functional diversity, and trade-offs between ecological, social and economic sustainability. These priorities reflect a consensus to update EOs from static, descriptive summaries into dynamic, integrated, and operational tools that explicitly link ecosystem information and advice to options for management responses. Workshop discussions also highlighted the need for stronger connections between ecological and social information, improved visual and spatial presentation of results, and greater alignment with international and regional policy frameworks such as the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, OSPAR, and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Participants also discussed the need to more systematically adopt available workflow resources (e.g. Transparent Assessment Framework), interactive delivery platforms (e.g. ICES Xplorer suite), and novel methodologies applied within ICES (e.g. Spatial Cumulative Assessment of Impact Risk for Management). Doing so would help transition EOs towards a more modular structure, where sections can be updated more readily with self-contained methods, code, and analyses. With this, we aim to streamline EO updates and enable EOs to transition into an online application. Further work should include workshops on: i) societal/management objectives to support EOs, ii) developing guidance on social and economic data collection, use and documentation, iii) revised risk assessment methodology and a follow-up benchmark (Workshop on methods and guidelines to link human activities, pressures and state of the ecosystem in Ecosystem Overviews 2 (WKTRANSPARENT2)), and iv) Fifth Generation EOs (WKEO5).