Report of the Working Group on Biological Effects of Contaminants (WGBEC)

Progress with ICES TIMES biological effects methods manuscripts was reviewed, one manuscript had been published, one had been withdrawn and eight further manuscripts have been commissioned by ICES WGBEC and have been issued with draft resolutions pertaining to their publication.

A number of specific queries had been received from the ICES Data Centre concerning  biological  effects  data  submission  to  the  ICES  database.  Advice  and  information  was provided on reporting of the parameter CYP1A, provision of a mock example of a  file  for  reporting  data  to  the  ICES  database,  provision  of  new  ICES  codes  for  new  techniques,  reporting  of  biological  effect  QA  data  to  the  ICES  database,  and  comments on the amount and type of data submitted to the ICES database.