Report of the Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO)

The 2015 meeting of the ICES Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) was held in Bergen, Norway on18–20 March with Anders Jelmert as host and Henn Ojaveer as chair. Fourteen countries participated in the meeting. Attendants were from Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Greece, Ireland, Spain and Denmark contributed by correspondence. The meeting was also attended by the JRC representative. It was the 41th meeting of this expert group.The objectives of the meeting were to update information and discuss several aspects related to the introductions and transfers of non-indigenous species.