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A Framework for monitoring the socio-economic impacts of offshore wind energy development on fisheries and fishing communities Abstract. The increasing development of offshore wind energy creates challenges due to competing ocean usage. Given that offshore wind energy development (

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Social science plays a growing role in ICES science & advice.
Join the Workshop on Developing Guidance for Social Science Methods in ICES (WKGuideSSM) to advance how social data & methods should be designed, applied & managed.
📅1-4 June 2026 📋Register www.ices.dk/community/gr...

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The SSP Mentorship Program is Open – Apply Today Applications for our 2026 Mentorships are open - learn more and apply now!

Whether you're new to scholarly publishing or a seasoned pro, consider applying for the next round of our Mentorship Program. This exciting program connects members for professional development, information exchange, networking, and personal growth.

Applications are due February 17.

🪸What do we really know about the chemical impacts of deep-sea mining?
Join our Workshop on Deep Sea Mining (WKDSM)
📍Online 📅17-18 March (workshop will consist of 2 half-days)
🥼Marine chemists, ecotoxicologists & deep-sea experts are invited to contribute.
📢Register now www.ices.dk/community/gr...

✨Who makes ICES shine?✨
Nominations are open for ICES Outstanding Achievement Award 2026
👉 Nominations start with a short online submission. Selected nominators will then be invited to provide supporting material.
🗓 Nomination deadline 12 April 2026
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🌊2026 is already moving fast at ICES.
After a January focused on listening and alignment with our community and stakeholders, we’re looking ahead to a year full of science, advice, collaboration, and events.
Where will we see you this year?

Links to all events below 👇

A century of genetics in ICES Journal of Marine Science Abstract. The past 150 years have seen enormous advances in the development of genetics theory and molecular methods to survey genetic variability in natur

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Researcher in offshore wind (294984) | Institute of Marine Research Job title: Researcher in offshore wind (294984), Employer: Institute of Marine Research, Deadline: Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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Scientist in mesoscale oceanography and impacts of offshore wind farms (294033) | Institute of Marine Research Job title: Scientist in mesoscale oceanography and impacts of offshore wind farms (294033), Employer: Institute of Marine Research, Deadline: Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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📣 Are you planning a symposium in 2027 or 2028? We can help!
ICES supports symposia that advance marine science knowledge and expertise.
Our Call for symposium co-sponsorship is open until 1 February!
https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/202511_symposiaCall.aspx

🚀 Upskill in 2026 with one of our training courses!

🔵Mapping & spatial analysis with R
🟠Stock assessment
🟢Ecopath with Ecosim
🔵Reimagining complex data-intensive reports
🟠Writing bespoke assessment models in RTMB
🟢Environmental Impact Assessments

Registration is open
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Integrating eDNA and acoustic-trawl data to provide small pelagic biomass estimates for fish stock assessment Abstract. Accurate abundance estimates of fisheries resources are essential for sustainable fisheries management. In response to the growing need for devel

New paper by Cristina Claver (@azti.bsky.social), published in @icesmarine.bsky.social JMS.

We combine #eDNA and acoustic-trawl data in a Bayesian joint model to estimate biomass of the European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay.

From the potential of eDNA to operational use

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Thanks to Jeffrey and the @science.org news team for this highlight!

Find the paper here:
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

We live in the Golden Age of Special Issues: thousands of guest editors & the largest delegation of editorial power, ever. 🧪

How is this power being used? Sometimes, to Publish In Support of Self in complacent journals.

Paper: bit.ly/4sIY5Br
Explore the data! bit.ly/4sNPLjV%3C

Article in Science👇

Population- and temperature-dependent variation in molt phenology and disease susceptibility shape epidemiological outcomes in American lobster (Homarus americanus) Abstract. Disease and climate change are among the stressors influencing the American lobster fishery, with impacts varying across the species’ geographic

📄Population- and temperature-dependent variation in molt phenology and disease susceptibility shape epidemiological outcomes in American lobster (Homarus americanus)
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Incoming deadline!
If you want to share your science at Oceans Past this June, you need to get your abstract submitted by 15 January!
All details below 👇

Cautious Optimism, Uneven Readiness: Insights from SSP’s Pulse Check How publishers and scholarly communications professionals are using AI, where they see opportunities and concerns, and how prepared organizations feel for what’s ahead.

Thank you to everyone who took part in our inaugural #PulseCheck! We've compiled your insights on AI's evolving role in scholarly publishing, and the summary is now available on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social . Explore trends, challenges, and real-world perspectives from across the community.

🚨ICES Annual Science Conference 2026-Call for abstracts open🚨Submit your abstract & share your science🌊
Explore 18 theme sessions & 7 network sessions www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...
Deadline: 25 February 2026

ICES ASC 2026
📅15–18 September 2026
📍Le Quartz - National Stage, Brest, France

Scientific symposia are a cornerstone of progress in marine science.
ICES actively supports scientific symposia that align with our mission.
We now welcome proposals for symposium co-sponsorship in 2027 and 2028.
ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/202511_symposiaCall.aspx

Balancing fisheries & seafloor health!

🪸 Our Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact & Trade-offs #WGFBIT met this week in Rome, hosted by ISPRA & chaired by @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social @marijasciberras.bsky.social & Tomasso Russo.

👀Find out more about the group
www.ices.dk/community/gr...

Researcher in Ecosystem Structure, Dynamics, and Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (289008) | Institute of Marine Research Job title: Researcher in Ecosystem Structure, Dynamics, and Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (289008), Employer: Institute of Marine Research, Deadline: Monday, December 1, 2025

Opening Research Position at IMR in Tromsø in Ecosystem Structure, Dynamics, and Integrated Ecosystem Assessments. Deadline 1st December.
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🗺️What role does marine debris play in the spead of non-indigenous species on Oceanic Islands in the Northeast Atlantic?
Experts in our Working Group on Marine Bioinvasions (WGBIOINV) tell us more 🗺️ www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...

Early career scientists! Need to deliver a presentation?
SIIECS Seminar series provides an opportunity to practice your presentation and get feedback from peers - sign up now for the next session on 9 December!
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COPE Members!
Are you looking to play a more active role in the #PublicationEthics community?
We're looking for members from diverse backgrounds and regions to join the COPE Trustee Board or COPE Council.

Read more and apply:
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A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year.

A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision.

A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year.

The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

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Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...