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

SCICOM Chair noted that the main focus of the Wednesday agenda would be on the implementation of the Science Plan, drawing on the plans provided by the national SCICOM members, giving an insight to how ICES member countries are planning to contribute to the implementation of the plan.SCICOM was informed of the new ICES code of conduct as added in Section 4 of Guidelines for ICES Groups, and which applies to aspects of the work carried out in SCICOM. SCICOM members and participants were asked to declare any conflict of interest in advance of any agenda item where there was a possibility of perceived or actual conflict of interest.The agenda was approved and no new items were brought up for inclusion.