Report of the Working Group on the Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture (WGAGFM)

The Working Group on the Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture (WGAGFM) convened in Olhãu, Portugal 7–9 May 2014. Members met to discuss and consider the five Terms of Reference (ToR) decided by the ICES Science Committee. The report contains the main issues discussed and the management recommendations for each of these ToRs. Dorte Bekkevold (Denmark) chaired the meeting, which opened at 09:00 on the 7 May and closed at 13.30 on 9 May. The meeting had 23 participants representing the European Joint Research Centre in Italy and Australia, Belgium, Can-ada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden and UK. WGAGFM have established a three-year term for the chair, and it was the final year for the current chair’s term. The members present at the meet-ing unanimously supported that WG member Professor Gary R. Carvalho become the next Chair for WGAGFM.