ICES is a network of more than 4000 scientists from over 350 marine institutes in 20 member countries and beyond. 1600 scientists participate in our activities annually.

Through strategic partnerships our work also extends into the Arctic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the North Pacific Ocean.

ICES is committed to building a foundation of science around one key challenge: integrated ecosystem understanding of marine ecosystems. (From the ICES site)

Matt McKenzie, Associate Professor of History at Avery Point Campus, was named to the History Working Group of the United States Delegation to the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas, based in Copenhagen.

As an environmental historian with interests in coastline, maritime, and fisheries matters Matt will contribute to the Working Group’s task of — in his words — “developing meaningful ways to use historical information to inform contemporary marine resource analyses, management research, and policy development.”