Minutes from the 2020 Annual Meeting of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

The annual meeting between the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) took place online in October 2020. Fritz Köster, the ICES President, chaired the meeting. All member countries were represented except Russia who sent regrets. This was the first time that the Council took place through remote means. The meeting covered a review of the Council Strategic Initiative on Resources to support member countries contributions to ICES advice and science, as well as education and training, COVID-19Pandemic ICES response, ICES in a net-zero CO2 emission world, reports from the Finance, Advisory and Science Committees, Data and Information, projects, strategic issues, and secretariat report. Elections were also conducted for three new Vice-Presidents to ICES Bureau.