Anne Hollowed (USA)
Harold Loeng (Norway)
Trond Kristiansen (Norway)
Hyunju Seo (Korea)
This workshop will review life history information
and habitat associations to assess the risk of immigration and settlement
of new biological populations in the Arctic and surrounding shelf seas
in response to the retreat of sea ice. Criteria necessary to establish
new species in the Arctic Ocean and surrounding areas will be developed
and compared to expected conditions based on climate scenarios. Ways
for cooperation in information sharing between groups charged with managing
the Arctic will be explored and the results of the workshop will be
reported to both PICES and ICES scientists working on these issues.