Report of the Working Group on Fish Ecology (WGFE)

In 2011, WGFE (Working Group on Fish Ecology, D. W. Kulka, Chair, meeting chaired by Ralf van Hal) met at the Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute, Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg Germany, 3–7 October. Twelve participants from 7 differ-ent countries, 5 present in Hamburg and 7 by correspondence, addressed the Terms of Reference. As in previous years, the report is structured as a single chapter for each ToR. Below, the results of each of the 2011 ToR are summarized.ToR a: This ToR has not been dealt with this year. However, WGFE sees a clear need for these types of models and like to see work on this topic continued. Therefore WGFE suggests this ToR in a similar form to the Working Group on Multispecies As-sessment Methods (WGSAM) where the necessary expertise to develop and present these kinds of models is present.