WGHIST 2015_Full report.pdf (1.01 MB)
Download fileInterim Report of the Working Group on the History of Fish and Fisheries (WGHIST)
The ICES Working Group on the History of Fish and Fisheries (WGHIST, 2015-2017) is a forum for interdisciplinary research on social-ecological change in marine and fisheries systems over multi-decadal to multi-century timescales. It comprises a diverse group of researchers including marine biologists, fisheries scientists, historians, and historical ecologists.The 2015 meeting was the first year of the second iteration of WGHIST, and comprised a joint meeting with Working Group 1 of the EU-COST Oceans Past Platform. The meeting opened at 09:00 on Tuesday, 20 October, and closed at 16:00 on Friday, 23 October, and was hosted by Dr. Chato Osio of the Maritime Affairs Unit of the European Commis-sion’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy. 15 participants attended in person, rep-resenting 14 institutes across 11 countries in Europe, North America, Russia, and Australia. 3 participants (UK, USA, and Denmark) joined via Skype for part of the meet-ing, including a representative from the ICES Data Centre. Three further participants (Germany, USA, and South Africa) contributed via email correspondence.