ICES Symposia Report 2014

Report on ICES sponsored symposia held in 2014: The Second Fishery Dependent Information (FDI) Symposium; held 3–6 March 2014, in Rome, Italy. ICES/PICES Symposium on "Ecological basis of risk analysis for marine ecosystems"; held 2–4 June 2014, in Porvoo, Finland. Symposium on “Effects of fishing on benthic fauna and habitat: Change in ecosystem composition and functioning in response to fishing intensity, gear type and discard”; held 17–19 June 2014, in Tromsø, Norway. International Eel Symposium 2014: Are the eels climbing back up the slippery slope?; held 17–21 August 2014, in Quebec City, Canada. Johan Hjort Symposium on Recruitment Dynamics and Stock Variability; held 7–9 October 2014, in Bergen, Norway. The Fifth International Otolith Symposium 2014; held 20–24 October 2014, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. PICES Meeting 2014 BIO/MEQ Topic Session (S3) "Tipping points: defining reference points for ecological indicators of multiple stressors in coastal and marine ecosystems"; held 21 October 2014, in Yeosu, Korea. PICES Meeting 2014 BIO/MEQ Topic Session (S8) "Marine debris in the Ocean: Sources, transport, fate and effects of marine Litter"; held 23 October 2014, in Yeosu, Korea. PICES Meeting 2014 FIS Topic Session (S5) "Ecosystem considerations in fishery management of cod and other im-portant demersal species"; held 22–23 October 2014, in Yeosu, Korea. PICES Meeting 2014 POC/MONITOR Topic Session (S9) "Variability in advection and its biological consequences for Subarctic and Arctic ecosystems"; held 23 October 2014, Yeosu, Korea.