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• Journey to PICES
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• Wooster Award
• PICES Strategic Plan
• Scientific Communication

Members

• Governing Council
• Science Board
• F&A: Finance and Administration Committee
• Committees
  • BIO: Biological Oceanography Committee
  • FIS: Fishery Science Committee
  • MEQ: Marine Environmental Quality Committee
  • POC: Physical Oceanography and Climate Committee
  • TCODE: Technical Committee on Data Exchange
  • MONITOR: Technical Committee on Monitoring
• Working Groups
  • WG-21: Working Group on "Non-indigenous Aquatic Species"
    (Oct. 2005 - )
  • WG-26: Working Group on "Jellyfish Blooms around the North Pacific Rim: Causes and Consequences"
    (Oct. 2010 - )
  • WG-27: Working Group on North Pacific Climate Variability and Change
    (Jun. 2011 - )
  • WG-28: Working Group on Development of Ecosystem Indicators to Characterize Ecosystem Responses to Multiple Stressors
    (Jun. 2011 - 2013)
  • WG-29: Working Group on on Regional Climate Modeling
    (Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2014)
• Disbanded Working Groups
  • WG-FCCIFS: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on "Forecasting Climate Change Impacts on Fish and Shellfish"
    (Jan. 2009 - Oct. 2011)
  • WG-24: Working Group on "Environmental Interactions of Marine Aquaculture"
    (Oct. 2008 - Oct. 2012)
  • WG-23: Working Group on "Comparative ecology of krill in coastal and oceanic waters around the Pacific Rim"
    (Oct. 2007 - Oct. 2011)
  • WG-22: Working Group on "Iron supply and its impact on biogeochemistry and ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean"
    (Oct. 2007 - Oct. 2010)
  • WG-20: Working Group on "Evaluations of Climate Change Projections"
    (Oct. 2005 - Oct. 2010 )
  • WG-19: Working Group on "Ecosystem-based management science and its application to the North Pacific"
    (Oct. 2004 - Oct. 2009)
  • WG-18: Working Group on "Mariculture in the 21st century - The intersection between ecology, socio-economics and production"
    (Oct. 2003 - Oct. 2006)
  • WG-17: Biogeochemical data integration and synthesis
    (Oct. 2001 - Oct. 2005)
  • WG-16: Climate Change, Shifts in Fish Production, and Fisheries Management
    (Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2005)
  • NPESR: North Pacific Ecosystem Status Report (Oct. 2002 - Oct. 2004)
  • WG-15: Working Group on "Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the North Pacific"
    (Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2003)
  • WG-14: Working Group on "Effective Sampling of Micronekton to Estimate Ecosystem Carrying Capacity"
    (Oct. 1997 - Oct. 2004)
  • WG-13: Working Group on "Carbon dioxide in the North Pacific"
    (Oct. 1997 - Oct. 2001)
  • WG-12: Working Group on "Crabs and shrimps"
    (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 2001)
  • WG-11: Working Group on "Consumption of marine resources by marine birds and mammals"
    (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 1999)
  • WG-10: Working Group on "Circulation and ventilation in the Japan/East Sea"
    (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 1999)
  • WG-9  : Working Group on "Subarctic Pacific Monitoring"
    (Oct. 1994 - Oct. 1997)
  • WG-8  : Working Group 8 on "Practical assessment methodology"
    (Oct. 1994 - Oct. 2000)
  • WG-7  : Working Group 7 on "Modeling of the subarctic North Pacific circulation" (Oct. 1993 - Oct. 1995)
  • WG-6  : Working Group 6 on "Subarctic Gyre"
    (Oct. 1992 - Oct. 1994)
  • WG-5  : Working Group 5 on "Bering Sea"
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1996)
  • WG-4  : Working Group 4 on "Data collection and quality control"
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1994)
  • WG-3  : Working Group 3 on "Dynamics of small pelagics in coastal ecosystems"
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1995)
  • WG-2  : Working Group 2 on "Development of common assessment methodology for marine pollution"
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1994)
  • WG-1  : Working Group 1 on "Okhotsk Sea and Oyashio Region"
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1993)
• Sections
• S-CCME: Section on "Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems"
  (Oct. 2011 – Dec. 2020)
• S-HD: Section on "Human Dimensions of Marine Systems"
  (Oct. 2011 – Dec. 2020)
• S-HAB: Section on "Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms in the North Pacific"
  (Oct. 2003 - Oct. 2014)
• S-CC: Section on "Carbon and Climate"
  (Oct. 2005 - Oct. 2013)
• Study Groups
• SG-MP: Study Group on "Marine Pollutants"
  (Jan. 2012 - )
• SG-RS: Study Group on "Radionuclide Science in the North Pacific Ocean"
  (Jan. 2013 - )
• Disbanded Study Groups
  • SG-USP: Study Group on "Updating the PICES Strategic Plan"
    (Oct. 2009 - Oct. 2011)
  • SG-HD: Study Group on "Human Dimensions"
    (Oct. 2009 - Oct. 2011)
  • SG-SP: Joint P/ICES Study Group on "Developing a Framework for Scientific Cooperation in Northern Hemisphere Marine Science"
    (Oct. 2009 - Oct. 2011)
  • SG-COM: Study Group on "Communication"
    (Oct. 2007 - Oct. 2009)
  • SG-FISP: Study Group on "Future Integrative Scientific Program(s)"
    (May 2005 - Oct. 2009)
  • SG-RAM: Study Group on "Restructuring of the PICES Annual Meeting"
    (Oct.2008 - March 2009)
  • IP-WT: FUTURE Implementation Plan Writing Team
    (Jun. 2008 - Oct. 2009)
  • SP-WT: FUTURE Science Plan Writing Team
    (Jan. 2007 - Apr. 2008)
  • SG-ESR: Study Group on "Ecosytem Status Reporting"
    (Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2007)
  • SG-MAR: Study Group on "Marine Aquaculture and Ranching in the PICES region"
    (Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2007)
  • SG-SC: Study Group "Scientific Cooperation between PICES and non-member countries"
    (Oct. 2005 - Oct. 2007)
  • SG-GOOS: Study Group to develop a strategy for GOOS
    (Oct. 2005 - Oct. 2007)
  • SG-RPFR: Study Group on "PICES Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations"
    (Oct. 2004 - Apr. 2006)
  • SG-EBM: Study Group on "Ecosystem-based management science and its application to the North Pacific"
    (Oct. 2003 - Oct. 2004)
  • SG-FERRRS: Study Group on "Fisheries and Ecosystem Responses to Recent Regime Shifts"
    (Oct. 2003 - Oct. 2004)
  • SG-SI: Study Group on "PICES Strategic Plan"
    (Oct. 2003 - Oct. 2004)
  • SG-CB: Study Group on "PICES Capacity Building"
    (Oct. 2002 - Oct. 2003)
• Scientific Programs
  • FUTURE: Forecasting and Understanding Trends, Uncertainty and Responses of North Pacific Marine Ecosystems
• Disbanded Scientific Programs
  • CCCC: Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Program
• Task Teams
  • No Active Task Teams
• Disbanded Task Teams
  • MODEL Conceptual/Theoretical and Modeling Studies Task Team
    (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 2009)
  • CFAME - Climate Forcing and Marine Ecosystem Response Task Team
    (Oct. 2004 - Oct. 2009)
  • TT-BASS: Basin Studies Task Team
    (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 2004)
  • TT-MONITOR: Task Team on Monitoring
    (Oct. 1997 - Oct. 2004)
  • TT-REX: Regional Experiments Task Team
    (Oct. 1996 - Oct. 2004)
  • TT-NEXT: NEMURO (North Pacific Ecosystem Model for Understanding Regional Oceanography) Experimental Plan Team
    (Oct. 2002 - Oct. 2003)
• Advisory Panels
  • AP-AICE: FUTURE Advisory Panel on Anthropogenic Influences on Coastal Ecosystems
    (Oct. 2009 - )
  • AP-COVE: FUTURE Advisory Panel on Climate, Oceanographic Variability and Ecosystems
    (Oct. 2009 - )
  • AP-SOFE: FUTURE Adisory Panel on Status, Outlooks, Forecasts, and Engagement
    (Oct. 2009 - )
  • AP-CREAMS: Advisory Panel for a CREAMS/PICES Program in East Asian Marginal Seas
    (Nov. 2005 - )
  • AP-MBM: Advisory Panel on Marine Birds and Mammals
    (Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2014)
  • AP-CPR: Advisory Panel on the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey in the North Pacific
    (Oct. 1998 - )
• Disbanded Advisory Panels
  • AP-MIE: Advisory Panel on Micronekton Sampling Inter-Calibration experiment
    (Oct. 2002 - Oct. 2009)
  • AP-IFEP: Advisory Panel on Iron Fertilization Experiment in the Subarctic Pacific Ocean
    (Oct. 1998 - Oct. 2007)
  • AP-NPDB: North Pacific Data Buoy Advisory Panel
    (Oct. 2001 - Oct. 2006)
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