The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is to further strengthen the organization\'s role in Arctic and aquaculture activities, it was announced at the annual ICES Council ​meeting held October 22–23, in Copenhagen, Denmark. ICES will organize a dialogue meeting in 2015 with stakeholders to discuss how it can provide the scientific advice needed to support sustainability in the growing aquaculture industry.

ICES is a global organization that develops science and advice to support the sustainable use of the oceans.