Report of the Steering Committee for the Regional Database (SCRDB)

The steering committee for the regional database (RDB-SC) met 6-7 December 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the fourth meeting of the committee. The RDB-SC consists of representatives from the RCM Baltic, RCM North Sea and Eastern Arctic, RCM North Atlantic, ICES and the Commission and meet 1-2 times each year. The RDB-SC is responsible for strategic planning, technical governance, operational issues and estimates of costs in the overall governance of the regional database (RDB). The RDB-SC interacts with the Regional Coordination Meetings (RCMs) and Liaison Meeting (LM) on other tasks such as development needs and content governance.