Report of the Study Group on Socio-Economic Dimensions of Aquaculture (SGSA)

The 4th meeting of the Study Group on Socio-Economic Dimensions of Aquaculture (SGSA) was held in Biddeford, Maine (USA) between 22–24 April 2014 and was at-tended by 9 participants from USA, Germany, Norway and United Kingdom. The ToRs were addressed by plenary sessions where activities were discussed by all members of SGSA, as there was a small group available. Since the issues raised in the SGSA are a rather novel topic to ICES that pulled together scientists with a wide range of different scientific backgrounds, the group agreed to develop first a common scope and perspec-tive which the SGSA before working on the specific set of ToRs in more detail.