The fifteenth session of the Subcommittee on Economic and Social Sciences (SCESS) of the GFCM Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) addressed the following topics: i) socioeconomic assessments in selected case studies; ii) estimation and submission of selected variables under Task V (socioeconomics) of the Data Collection Reference Framework (DCRF); iii) developments on small-scale fisheries; and iv) activities undertaken in working towards a common methodology for socioeconomic analysis. The SCESS agreed on the need to regularly assess socioeconomic indicators at the regional level and the importance of devising a mechanism for reporting the results obtained from bioeconomic models to the SAC. The Subcommittee elaborated on the definition of key socioeconomic indicators within the DCRF and on the process for reporting them. For the upcoming regional conference on small-scale fisheries, the session agreed on the importance of having case studies that are geographically representative of the GFCM region. In line with this, the SCESS encouraged submissions of proposals for case studies. Finally, the importance of having guidelines that establish a common methodology for socioeconomic assessments was highlighted during this session