Report of the Workshop on Benchmarking Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (WKBEMIA)

The Workshop on Benchmarking Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (WKBEMIA), chaired by Steve Cadrin, USA, and Christian Möllmann, Germany, met at ICES Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27–29 November 2012. Progress in each regional seas programme (Baltic Sea, North Sea, Northwest Atlantic, and Western Shelf Seas) was reviewed to identify common approaches, results and challenges for integrated ecosystem assessment. The workshop agreed to use a framework previously developed by FAO, ECO and the US (Levin et al. 2009). Meth-ods, models results, and requirements for each component of the framework were identified.