 | Main function |  | |
| ICES is the organisation that coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic. This includes adjacent seas such as the Baltic Sea and North Sea. |
| Objectives | | |
The main objectives of the Council are:- to promote and encourage research and investigations for the study of the sea particularly those related to the living resources thereof
- to draw up programmes required for this purpose and to organise, in agreement with the Contracting Parties, such research and investigations as may appear necessary
- to publish or otherwise disseminate the results of research and investigations carried out under its auspices or to encourage the publication thereof
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| ICES is not a fisheries management body. It is a scientific and research organization for the provision of information and advice to member countries and international bodies, including the European Community and regional fisheries commissions, such as NEAFC, NASCO and IBSFC. |
| Area of Competence | | |
- for fisheries advisory: North East Atlantic
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| - for scientific advice: Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas and primarily the North Atlantic. |
| Legal Framework | | |
Established by the Convention for the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, signed in Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 September 1964. The Council had been established in 1902 and the new Convention aimed to facilitate the implementation of its Programme. The Convention entered into force on 22 July 1968. |
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