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ICES Annual Report for 1997/1998 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer March 1999 ICES Annual Report for 1997/ 1998 ISSN 0906-0596 2707-8981 ISBN 978-87-7482-402-2 http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7543 TABLEOF CONTENTS Foreword to the ICES Annual Report for 1997/1998 by the General Secretary ..................................................... 5 PART I ICES AND ACTIVITIESIN 1997/1998 The InternationalCouncil forthe Exploration of the Sea - An Introductory Note........................................................... 11 Report on Administration for the Year 1 November 1997 to 31 October 1998 ............................................................... 14 Annex 1: Meetings at which ICES was Represented by Observers................................................................................. 23 Annex 2: ICES Working/Study/Steering Group Meetings and Workshops in 1997/1998.............................................. 25 PART II PROCEEDINGSOF THE 1998 ICES ANNUAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE (86th StatutoryMeeting) Cascais, Portugal, 16-19September 1998 Agenda for Council: 1998 ICES Annual Science Conference(86th Statutory Meeting)................................................. 39 General Assembly, with Welcome Address by the Portuguese Secretary of State for Fisheries----- 40 Annex 1: Programme of Business and ScientificSessions at the 1998 ICES Annual Science Conference..................... 47 Closing of the ScientificSessions ...................................................................................................................................... 48 Report of Delegates Meeting............................................................................................................................................. 50 Addendum 1: MoU between ICES and PICES ................................................................................................................. 70 Addendum 2::MoU between ICES and IBSFC ................................................................. :............................................... 72 Addendum 3: MoU between ICES and NEAFC............................................................................................................... 80 Resolutions Adopted at the 1998 ICES Annual Science Conference(86th Statutory Meeting)...................................... 90 Report of Finance Committee............................................................................................................................................ 131 Annex l: Working Paper on Tasks of the Finance Committee......................................................................................... 135 Annex 2: Working Paper on submitting of the Forecast Budgets to Member Countries ................................................. 136 Audited Profit and Loss Account forthe Period l November 1996 - 31 October 1997........................................... ....... 137 Budget for Financial Year 1998/1999 ............................................................................................................................... 141 Report of Publications Committee..................................................................................................................................... 143 Reports of Science Committees and Theme Sessions....................................................................................................... 149 Supplement 1: Reports of Science Committees Consultative Committee..................................................................................................................................................... 153 Fisheries Technology Committee ..................................................................................................................................... 164 Oceanography Committee ......... ....................................................... .............................................................................. .. 167 Resource Management Committee.................................................................................................................................... 171 Marine Habitat Committee ............................................................................................................................................... 174 Mariculture Committee ........................................................................ ............................................................................. 178 Living Resources Committee ............................................................................................................................................ 180 Baltic Committee .......................... .. ..... ......... ............................ ........... ...... ....................................................................... 183 Supplement 2: Reports of Theme Sessions Mini-Symposium on Coastal Eutrophication, System Productivity, and (Harmful) Algal Blooms: What Do We Learn fromMesocoms? ................................................................. ......................................................................... 187 Theme Session on Variation in the Pattern of Fish Aggregation: Measurement and Analysis at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales and Implications................................................................................................................... 189 3 Theme Session on the Use of Genetics in Aquaculture ....................................................................................... 195 Theme Session on Farming Marine Fish Beyond the Year 2000: Technological Solutions for Biological Challenges ................................................................................................................................. 197 Theme Session on Impact of Cephalopods in the Food Chain and Their Interaction with the Environment... .... 200 Theme Session on Ecology of Diadromous Fishes During the Early Marine Phase............................................ 205 Theme Session on Deep water Fish and Fisheries ................................................................................................ 207 Theme Session on Development of Toxicity and Quality Standards for Contaminants in the Marine Environment ............................................................................................................................... 212 Theme Session on Skill Assessment of Environmental Modelling...................................................................... 213 Theme Session on Mesoscale Physical Phenomena and Biological Production: Implications forGLOBEC ..... 214 Theme Session on Visualisation of Spatial (including Survey) Data (posters/software demonstrations) ............ 217 Theme Session on Management Under a Precautionary Approach: Ecological, Social, and Economic Consequences ........................................................................................................................... 219 Theme Session on Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas as Management Tools ............................................... 221 Theme Session on Recovery and Protection of the Marine Habitats and Ecosystems fromNatural and Anthropogenic Impacts .............................................................................................................................. 223 Theme Session on Stock Components in Management ....................................................................................... 227 Theme Session on Fisheries Assessment Methods .............................................................................................. 228 Theme Session on Population Biology ................................................................................................................ 229 Theme Session on Spawning and Recruitment.................................................................................................... 232 Supplement 3: List ofParticipants at the 1998 ICES Annual Science Conference ............................................ 237 PART III OVERVIEWOF ICES MEMBERSHIP,ORGANISATION AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION, AND ACRONYMS APPEARINGIN THE ICES ANNUAL REPORT 1997/1998 Composition of the Council in 1998/1999 Officials........................................................................................................................................................................ 279 Delegates ...................................................................................................................................................................... 279 Bureau .......................................................................................................................................................................... 282 Finance Committee ...................................................................................................................................................... 282 Publications Committee ............................................................................................................................................... 282 Consultative Committee.................. ............................................................................................................................. 282 Editors of Council Publications 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