• Fisheries training should promote competence in the use of information and communication technology. There has been an escalation of information, but not necessarily of ideas. How do we judge the value and validity of information? Does it make sense? How do we evaluate it? We need to recognize the potentials, benefits and risks in information and communication technology. Upon their arrival in Iceland, fellows get their own laptop computer. They have 24-hour internet access, and they receive training in the use of computers and the Internet. The use of important and acknowledged
internet sites and databases in fisheries is practiced. A critical discussion on the reliability and validity of the data fellows use is part of their presentations on aspects of their home fisheries described earlier. •