Publishing the ICES Journal of Marine Science: facing fresh challenges in a competitive environment

摘要

This issue marks the start of a new era for the Journal. It first appeared in 1903 under the title Publications de Circonstance, and was published from 1926 to 1991 as the Journal du Conseil. In 1991, the title was changed to ICES Journal of Marine Science (with the subtitle Journal du Conseil), when ICES entered a formal agreement with Academic Press. That title was maintained when Academic Press became part of Elsevier, and the agreement and contract was honoured through several extensions until the end of 2006 when, following a comprehensive and competitive tendering process, the contract was taken over by Oxford University Press (OUP).