Interim Report of the Working Group on Integrated Ecosystem Assessments for the Norwegian Sea (WGINOR)

The Working Group on Integrated Ecosystem Assessments for the Norwegian Sea (WGINOR) was held in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, on 27 November – 1 December 2017 and was chaired by Per Arneberg (Norway) and Guðmundur J. Óskarsson (Iceland). The number of participants were 22, representing Norway (5+10 on correspondence), Iceland (2), and the Faroes (5).Progress on ToR A included updated assessment of the main components of the eco-system, methodological development of integrated trend analyses and establishment of a basis for future development of IEA.Modelling work for ToR B, based on ENAC and Atlantis, was discussed. Harvest con-trol rules (HCR) were addressed with respect to effect of species interactions or climate variability. Potential ENAC model runs were planned. Atlantis work includes evalua-tion on multispecies HCR and is still in progress.WGINOR will hold a meeting on the dynamics of the Norwegian Sea ecosystem in conjunction with the EcoNorSe project in Bergen, on 16-19 October 2018.