Report of the Working Group on Holistic Assessments of Regional Marine Ecosystems (WGHAME)

WGHAME had held its first meeting at ICES HQ in Copenhagen from 12–16 October, 2009. The meeting was co-chaired by Andrew Kenny (Cefas, UK) and Hein Rune Skjoldal (IMR, Norway). There were a total of 17 participants representing seven countries from 11 different institutes (see Annex 1). The primary purpose of the meeting was to i. update the 2006 North Sea Integrated Assessment by including new data from 2003 to 2007, ii. perform the same analysis at a sub-regional scale in the North Sea, iii. initiate a comparative analysis of regional marine ecosystem dynamics, iv. review the OSPAR methodology and approach to IEA in Chapter 11 of the draft QSR 2010.