Interim Report of the Working Group on Comparative Analyses between European Atlantic and Mediterranean marine ecosystems to move towards an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries (WGCOMEDA)

The ICES Working Group on comparative analyses between European Atlantic and Mediterranean Ecosystems to move towards an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries (WGCOMEDA) has consolidated a collaborative platform of research with scientists form the Atlantic and Mediterranean working at different levels from popu-lation, through community to ecosystem level. Proof of that is that this year 2017 starts a new three-year cycle. WGCOMEDA was established in 2014 and works in cooperation with other groups within the ICES SCICOM Steering Group on the Regional Seas Programme (SSGRSP). The group (chaired by Manuel Hidalgo, Hilmar Hinz and Marta Coll, Spain, and Christian Möllmann from Germany) met for the fourth time (the first one of this second cycle) in Lisbon, Portugal, on 24–27 April 2017. A total of 20 scientists from European Atlantic and Mediterranean countries attended the meeting (Norway, Denmark, France, Greece, Spain, Sweden, UK, and Portugal).