Second Interim Report of the Working Group on Comparative Analyses between European Atlantic and Mediterranean marine ecosystems to move towards an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries (WGCOMEDA)

The Working group on comparative analyses between European Atlantic and Mediterranean Ecosystems to move towards an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries (WGCOMEDA) has consolidated a collaborative platform of research with scientists form the Atlantic and Mediterranean working at different levels from population, through community to ecosystem level. The group was established in 2014 and works in cooperation with other groups within the ACOM/SCICOM Steering Group on Inte-grated Ecosystem Assessments (SSGIEA) such as ICES/HELCOM Working Group on Integrated Assessments of the Baltic Sea (WGIAB). The group, chaired by Marta Coll, France, Hilmar Hinz and Manuel Hidalgo, Spain, met for the second time in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 5–8 May 2015, with 20 scientists from European Atlantic and Mediterranean countries attended the meeting (Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK and Portugal).