ICES

ICES is a intergovernmental organisation in the world concerned with marine and fisheries science.

ICES is an intergovernmental organization in the world concerned with marine and fisheries sciences. It coordinates and promotes marine research on oceanography, the marine environment, the marine ecosystem, and on living marine resources in the North Atlantic. It provides tools such as data portals, maps, stock assessment graphs, and web services. The company commits to build a foundation of science around a challenge: integrated ecosystem understanding of marine ecosystems. It advances this through the coordination of oceanic and coastal monitoring and research, and advises international commissions and governments on marine policy and management issues. ICES is a Denmark-based company that was founded by Henry Kauftheil.