Publication Abstract

ICES science 1979-1999: the view from a younger generation: Foreword

B.R. MacKenzie, S. Jennings, O.A. Misund, P. Petitgas, T. Lang and M. Frechette

The six articles in this number of the ICES Cooperative Research Report series provide an overview of important developments in key fields of marine science in the ICES Area between 1979 and 1999. They constitute a review of the twenty years of progress since the date of the last article contained in Study of the Sea, an anthology of material stemming principally from ICES publications and edited by Edgar M. Thomasson, former ICES Librarian/Information Officer (Fishing News Books, 1981).

The Bureau Working Group on the Planning of the ICES Centenary, through its Chair, Michael M. Sinclair, and John Ramster, asked Pierre Petitgas to coordinate the preparation of this publication. It was mutually agreed that a balanced and unbiased review of recent work conducted under the auspices of ICES would best be undertaken by the younger generation of marine scientists.

These articles present the views of six scientists who are currently engaged in working with ICES and who will, it is warmly hoped, continue to help define and shape its future.

Reference:

B.R. MacKenzie, S. Jennings, O.A. Misund, P. Petitgas, T. Lang and M. Frechette, 2002. ICES science 1979-1999: the view from a younger generation: Foreword.
ICES Cooperative Research Report, No. 253. 39p.