Minutes from the Meeting of the ICES Science Committee (SCICOM)

The SCICOM Chair welcomed participants and asked for a tour de table to introduce attendees, which included guests and country alternates (see Annex 1).Apologies for Sunday, 18 September, had been received from the Head of Science Pro-gramme (HoS), Steven Degraer Belgium, Begoña Santos, Spain, and Graham Pierce, SSGEPD Chair.A special welcome was extended to Tom Therriault, PICES Science Board Chair, and Laura Richards, PICES Chairman.