Report of the Working Group on Large Marine Ecosystem Programme Best Practices (WGLMEBP)

The third meeting of the ICES Working Group on Large Marine Ecosystem Best Prac-tices (WGLMEBP), chaired by Michael O’Toole and Jan Thulin, was held at the IOC/UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, on 3–4 July 2012. The meeting was held just prior to the 14th IOC-IUCN-NOAA Consultative Committee Meeting of Large Marine Ecosystems which permitted most participants to be present in both meet-ings.