The new ICES platform has an area where all publications under a specific expert group are listed. The WGFTFB repository is on: https://ices-library.figshare.com/WGFTFB

All DOI links for each report are available, which is how ICES advises being cited to avoid broken links.

15-20 May 2025, Mazara del Vallo (Sicily), Italy

ICES, 2025. ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES Scientific Reports. 7:95, 347 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.30231325

3-7 June 2024, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

ICES, 2024. ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB), ICES Scientific Reports 7:15, 263 pp (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24080889).

19-23 February 2023, Kochi, India

ICES, 2023. ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB), ICES Scientific Reports 5:83, 317 pp (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24080889).

FAO, 2024. ICES–FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. Report of the 2023 Symposium on innovations in fishing technologies for sustainable and resilient fisheries, 13-17 February 2023, Kochi, India. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report, No. 1432. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0312en.

23 May 2022, Online Meeting

ICES, 2023. ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB; outputs from 2022 meeting). ICES Scientific Reports 5:24, 80 pp (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.22153937).

19-23 April 2021, Online Meeting hosted by IMR (Bergen, Norway)

ICES, 2022. ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB; outputs from 2021 meeting). ICES Scientific Reports 4:33, 200 pp (http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19874206).

20-24 April 2020, Online meeting, Bergen, Norway (Meeting cancelled)

ICES, 2021. ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB; outputs from 2020 meeting). ICES Scientific Reports 3:27, 97 pp (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.8022).

8-12 April 2019, Shanghai, China

ICES, 2019. ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES Scientific Reports 1(61), 363 pp. (http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5592).

FAO, 2019. Report of the 2019 Symposium on Responsible Fishing Technology for Healthy Ecosystems and a Clean Environment, Shanghai, China, 8-12 April 2019. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1269. Rome. https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/3aa03d7f-8dbc-46f0-8e07-10185cb5b1c8/content.

4-8 June 2018, Hirtshals, Denmark

ICES, 2018. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2018/EOSG:12, 234 pp (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.8162).

4-7 April 2017, Nelson, New Zealand

ICES, 2017. Interim Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES WGFTFB 2017 Report. ICES CM 2017/SSGIEOM:13, 194 pp.

25-29 April 2016, Merida, Mexico

ICES, 2016. Report of the Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2016/SSGIEOM:22, 183 pp.

FAO, 2019. Report of the 2016 Symposium on Technology Development and Sustainable Fisheries. 25–29 April 2016, Merida, Mexico. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1182. Rome. 80 pp. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/d2aa8da1-bcf0-41b2-b569-e6547dd0f6e2/content.

4-7 May 2015, Lisbon, Portugal

ICES, 2015. Second Interim Report of ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2015/SSGIEOM:22, 183 pp.

5-9 May 2014, New Bedford, USA

ICES, 2014. First Interim Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2014/SSGESST:08, 140 pp.

6-10 May 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

ICES, 2013. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fish Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2013/SSGESST:11, 116 pp.
ICES, 2013. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fish Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2013/SSGESST:11. Executive Summary, 2 pp.

FAO, 2015. Report of the Symposium on Impacts of Fishing on the Environment, ICES–FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour, Bangkok, Thailand, 6–10 May 2013. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1072. Rome , Italy https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/23c5ab31-1082-4ae6-aa08-b2c766784634/content.

23-27 April 2012, Lorient, France

ICES, 2012. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2012/SSGESST:07, 206 pp.
ICES, 2012. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2012/SSGESST:07. Executive Summary, 3 pp.

9-13 May 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland

ICES, 2011. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2011/SSGESST:11,151 pp.
ICES, 2011. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). Executive Summary, 3 pp.

31 May-4 June 2010, Headquarters, Copenhagen

ICES, 2010. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2010/SSGESST:14, 252 pp.

18-22 May 2009, Ancona, Italy

ICES, 2009. Report of the ICES – FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology & Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2009/FTC:06, 252 pp.

21-25 April 2008, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

ICES, 2008. Report of the ICES‐FAO Working Group on Fish Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2008/FTC:02, 265 pp.

23-27 April 2007, Dublin, Ireland

ICES, 2007. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fish Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2007/FTC:06, 197 pp.

3-7 April 2006, Izmir, Turkey

ICES, 2006. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2006/FTC:06, Ref. ACFM, 180 pp.

18-22 APRIL 2005, Rome, Italy

ICES, 2005. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES CM 2005/B:04, 283 pp.
ICES, 2005. Protocol for the Use of an Objective Mesh Gauge for Scientific Purposes. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 279, 14 pp (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5483).

20-23 April 2004. Gdynia, Poland

ICES, 2004. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). ICES Fisheries Technology Committee ICES CM 2004/B:05, Ref. ACE, 189 pp.
ICES, 2004. Mesh Size Measurement Revisited. ICES Cooperative Research Report, No. 266, 58 pp  (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5400).

ICES, 2004. The Nephrops fisheries of the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean – A review and assessment of fishing gear design. ICES Cooperative Research Report, No. 270, 40 pp.

27-28 June 2003, Bergen, Norway

ICES, 2003. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. Fisheries Technology Committee ICES CM 2003/B:07 Ref. ACFM, 82 pp.

6-8 June 2002, Sète, France

ICES, 2002. Report of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. Fisheries Technology Committee ICES CM 2002/B:01, 56 pp.

23–27 April 2001, Seattle, USA

ICES, 2001. Report of the Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. Fisheries Technology Committee ICES CM 2001/B:05 Ref.: ACFM, 50 pp.

10-14 April 2000, IJmuiden, The Netherlands

ICES, 2000. Report of the working group on fishing technology and fish behaviour. Fisheries Technology Committee ICES CM 2000/B:03, 124 pp.

19-22 April 1999, St. John, Canada

ICES, 1999.

20- 23 April 1998, La Coruña, Spain

ICES, 1998. Report of the working group on fishing technology and fish behaviour. Fisheries Technology Committee ICES CM 19981B:3, 54 pp.

14-17 April 1997, Hamburg, Germany

ICES, 1997. Report of the working group on fishing technology and fish behaviour. Fish Capture Committee ICES CM 1997/B:2, 47 pp.

15-18 April 1996, Woods Hole, USA

ICES, 1996. Report of the Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. Fish Capture Committee ICES CM 1996/B:2, 51 pp.
ICES, 1996. Report of the sub-group on the selection of a demersal sampling trawl for the Baltic sea. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Addendum to ICES C.M. 1996/8:2 Annex, 7 pp.
ICES,1996. Manual of methods of measuring the selectivity of towed fishing gears. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 215, 126 pp (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.4628).

19-21 April 1995, Aberdeen, Scotland

ICES, 1995. Report of the Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. Fish Capture Committee ICES CM 19951B:2, 79 pp.

25-26 April  1994, Montpellier, France

ICES, 1994. Report of the Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. International Council for the  exploration of the sea. ICES C.M 1994/B: 2 Fish Capture Committee, 29 pp.

19-20 April 1993, Gothenburg, Sweden

ICES, 1993. Report of the Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. International Council for the exploration of the sea. ICES C.M 1993/B: 2 Fish Capture Committee, 16 pp.

15-16 June 1992, Bergen, Norway

ICES, 1992. Report of the Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. International Council for the exploration of the sea. ICES C.M 1992/B: 4 Fish Capture Committee, 14 pp.

4-7 November 1986, Bergen, Norway

ICES, 1990. Report of the sprat biology workshop. Cooperative Research report NO. 169, 98 pp (https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5497).

30 April-2 May 1984, Hirtshals, Denmark

ICES, 1986. Report of the Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour. International Council for the exploration of the sea. ICES C.M 1984/B: 3 Fish Capture Committee, 26 pp.