Report of the Workshop on the review of the Ecosystem Survey Requirements (WKSUREQ)

The ICES Bureau has requested that ACOM/SCICOM provide a 10-page position paper reviewing existing surveys, and how ecosystem data can be included in future surveys. In response to this request, the Workshop on the review of the Ecosystem Survey Re-quirements (WKSUREQ) was established to work by correspondence.Several ICES expert groups have made an effort to address the topic on expanded data collection to move towards an ecosystem survey approach, and the report summarizes these existing reports. Some gaps in the ICES work are identified and need to be filled towards the overall goal to support advisory processes in a wider context compared to traditional management.