Report of the Workshop on Monitoring Technologies for the Mesopelagic Zone (WKMESO)

The Workshop on Monitoring Technologies for the Mesopelagic Zone (WKMESO), chaired by Dave Reid (Ireland) and Kristján Kristinsson (Iceland) met in, Bergen, Nor-way, 6-10 November 2017. There were 12 participants from five countries, Ireland, Ice-land, Norway, Russia and Denmark.The main aim of the meeting was to review the performance of the international deep pelagic surveys in the Norwegian Sea and the in the Irminger Sea, and to make recom-mendations for their future development, especially new technological developments. Also, the aim was to evaluate the survey potential for the wider mesopelagic commu-nity.