Working Group on Ecological Carrying Capacity in Aquaculture(WGECCA; Outputs from 2024 Meeting)
The ICES Working Group on Ecological Carrying Capacity for Aquaculture (WGECCA) aims to advance understanding and science for sustainable development and management of aquaculture across species, scales, and regions. From 2021–2024, WGECCA focused on three Terms of Reference (ToR) with the aim of advancing three topics on (ToR A) low trophic level species (LTL), (ToR B) farm-environment interactions (FEI), and (ToR C) development of indicators for ecological carrying capacity (ECC). Each of these aims corresponds to an individual ToR; however, there is considerable overlap in our outputs across all ToRs.
The products of these ToRs are varied. The process and outputs from our discussions on LTL (ToR A) are articulated in this report. ToR A is further integrated into the outputs prescribed to ToR B and ToR C. Both ToR B (FEI) and ToR C (indicators) include analysis on LTL, thereby integrating the aim of ToR A into the other two ToRs and their respective outcomes and products.
The work for ToR B is mostly complete and currently being drafted for a peer-reviewed publication; the title and abstract of which is are copied into this report. ICES ASG will be updated when this work is finalized in a peer-review publication.
The outcome for ToR C is a peer-reviewed published paper, the link to which is included in this report. Part of the work process for ToR C included hosting a Networking Session at the ICES ASC 2023 in Bilbao, Spain on Ecological Indicators for Shellfish and Seaweed Aquaculture.
History
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
- ASG
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Expert Group or Strategic Initiative
WGECCASeries
ICES Scientific ReportsVolume
7Issue
13Contributors (Editors)
Dror L. Angel; Carrie J. ByronContributors (Authors)
Antonio Agüera; Dror L. Angel; Daniele Brigolin; Carrie J. Byron; Myriam Callier; Lynne Falconer; Ramon Filgueira; Bobbi Hudson; Frank Kane; Lotta Kluger; Sophie J. I. Koch; Chris McKindsey; Heather MooreISSN
2618-1371Recommended citation
ICES. 2025. Working Group on Ecological Carrying Capacity in Aquaculture (WGECCA; Outputs from 2024 Meeting). ICES Scientific Reports. 7:13. 37 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.28263971Publication language
- en