| S1: | Beyond observations to achieving understanding and forecasting in a changing North Pacific: Forward to the FUTURE |
| S2: | Linking biology, chemistry, and physics in our observational systems - present status and FUTURE needs |
| S3: | Species succession and long-term data set analysis pertaining to harmful algal blooms |
| S4: | Institutions and ecosystem-based approaches for sustainable fisheries under fluctuating marine resources |
| S5: | Mariculture technology and husbandry for alternate and developing culture species |
| S6: | Coastal upwelling processes and their ecological effects |
| S7: | Marine system forecast models: Moving forward to the FUTURE |
| S8: | Consequences of non-indigenous species introductions |
| S9: | End-to-end food webs: Impacts of a changing ocean |
| S10: | Seabirds and marine mammals as environmental indicators |
| S11: | Effects of fisheries bycatch and discards on marine ecosystems and methods to mitigate the effects |
| S12: | Connecting the human and natural dimensions of marine ecosystems and marine management in the PICES context |
| BIO_P: | BIO Contributed Paper Session |
| CCCC_Ps: | CCCC Poster Session |
| FIS_P: | FIS Contributed Paper Session |
| POC_P: | POC Contributed Paper Session |
| HAB: | HAB Section Meeting |
| W1: | Review of selected harmful algae in the PICES Region: IV. Karenia and Prorocentrum |
| W2: | Oceanic ecodynamics comparison in the subarctic Pacific |
| W3: | Status of marine ecosystems in the sub-arctic and arctic seas - Preliminary results of IPY field monitoring in 2007 and 2008 |
| W4: | Climate scenarios for ecosystem modeling (II) |
| W5: | Marine ecosystem model inter-comparisons |