WG-26- PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization

Working Group 26: Jellyfish Blooms around the North Pacific Rim: Causes and Consequences

Appoved at PICES-2010

Acronym: WG-26

Parent Committees: BIO

Co-Chairman: Shin-ichi Uye <suye@hiroshima-u.ac.jp>

Co-Chairman: Won-Duk Yoon <wdyoon@nfrdi.go.kr>

Co-Chairman: Richard Brodeur <Rick.Brodeur@noaa.gov>

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Terms of Reference

Review past and ongoing studies on the reproductive biology of jellyfish species that cause problematic blooms.
Compile existing data on temporal variations in jellyfish abundance in the North Pacific and its marginal seas, and analyze them in relation to regional environmental and climate changes in order to identify causes of increasingly recurrent jellyfish blooms.
Elucidate the role of jellyfish in coastal and oceanic marine food webs and assess the impacts of jellyfish blooms on marine ecosystems and socio-economies such as fisheries and aquaculture.
Evaluate methodologies for predicting blooms and for diminishing their impact on marine and human systems, including bloom forecast modeling and the modification of fishing gears.
Promote international collaboration among PICES member countries for exchanging available information on jellyfish, and encourage joint research surveys on jellyfish among PICES member countries.
Provide jellyfish metrics as indicator of ecosystem change and resiliency in cooperation with FUTURE AICE-AP and SOFE-AP and FUTURE related expert groups.
Publish a final report summarizing the results, including recommendations to policy makers for reducing impacts of jellyfish blooms in the North Pacific.

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News

11/8/2011 2:45:19 PM PST
Changes within Working Group 26 membership Dr. Won-Duk Yoon (Korea) replaces Dr. Young-Shil Kang (Korea) as WG 26 Co-Chairman.

5/2/2011 12:54:45 PM PST
Changes within WG-26 Membership: John Field is a new member of WG-26 representing USA.

Members

Dr. Mary Needler Arai (WG-26) Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pacific Biological Station 3190 Hammond Bay Road Nanaimo , BC Canada V9T 6N7 Phone: (1-250) 758-5772 E-mail: araim@shaw.ca	Mr. Lucas Brotz (WG-26) Fisheries Centre, Sea Around Us Project University of British Columbia AERL Bldg., 2202 Main Mall Vancouver , BC Canada V6T 1Z4 Phone: (1-604) 307-9046 E-mail: lucasbrotz@gmail.com
Ms. Moira Donald Galbraith (WG-26) Fisheries and Oceans Canada Institute of Ocean Sciences P.O. Box 6000 Sidney , BC Canada V8L 4B2 Phone: (1-250) 363-6692 Fax: (1-250) 363-6690 E-mail: Moira.Galbraith@dfo-mpo.gc.ca	Dr. Siqing Chen (WG-26) Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS 106 Nanjing Rd. Qingdao , Shandong China, PR 266071 Phone: (86-532) 8583-0494 Fax: (86-532) 8583-0494 E-mail: chensq@ysfri.ac.cn
Dr. Xinming Pu (WG-26) Marine Ecology Research Center First Institute of Oceanography, SOA 6 Xian-Xia Ling Rd., LaoShan District Qingdao , Shandong China, PR 266061 Phone: +86-532-88961625 E-mail: xmpu@fio.org.cn	Dr. Song Sun (BIO, WG-26, AICE-AP, CPR) Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) 7 Nanhai Rd. Qingdao , Shandong China, PR 266071 Phone: (86-532) 8289-8598 Fax: (86-532) 8289-8612 E-mail: sunsong@ms.qdio.ac.cn
Dr. Zijun Xu (WG-26, SG-MP) North China Sea Environmental Monitoring Center North China Sea Branch of SOA 22 Fushun Rd. Qingdao , Shandong China, PR 266000 Phone: (86-532)-856-39883 Fax: (86-532)-856-28344 E-mail: zjxu77@gmail.com	Dr. Hideki Akiyama (WG-26) East China Sea Fisheries Oceanography Division Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, FRA 1551-8 Taira-machi Nagasaki , Nagasaki Japan 851-2213 Phone: +81-95-860-1650 Fax: +81-95-850-7767 E-mail: hakiyama@fra.affrc.go.jp
Dr. Haruto Ishii (WG-26) Faculty of Marine Science Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku Tokyo Japan 108-8477 Phone: (81-3) 5463-0539 Fax: (81-3) 5463-0539 E-mail: ishii@kaiyodai.ac.jp	Prof. Shin-ichi Uye (WG-26) WG-26 Co-Chairman Graduate School of Biosphere Science Hiroshima University 4-4 Kagamiyama 1 Chome Higashi-Hiroshima , Hiroshima Japan 739-8528 Phone: (81-82) 424-7940 Fax: (81-82)-424-7916 E-mail: suye@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Dr. Changhoon Han (WG-26) National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), MIFAFF 152-1 Haean-ro, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun Busan Korea, R 619-705 Phone: 82-51-720-2228 Fax: 82-51-720-2266 E-mail: chhan@nfrdi.go.kr	Dr. Young-Shil Kang (BIO, WG-26, AICE-AP, CREAMS-AP) Marine Ecology Research Team East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, NFRDI, MIFAFF 482, Sacheonhaean-Ro, Yeongok-Myeon Gangneung , Gangwon-do Korea, R 210-861 Phone: (82-33) 660-8500 Fax: (82-33) 661-8512 E-mail: yskang@nfrdi.go.kr
Dr. Kyoungsoon Shin (WG-21, WG-26) South Sea Environment Research Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI) 391 Jangmok-ri, Jangmok-myeon Geoje , Gyeongsangnam-do Korea, R 656-830 Phone: (82-55) 639-8510 Fax: (82-55) 639-8509 E-mail: ksshin@kordi.re.kr	Dr. Won-Duk Yoon (WG-26) WG-26 Co-Chairman Ocean Science Team National Fisheries R&D Institute, MIFAFF 408-1 Shirang-ri, Kijang-up, Kijang-gun Busan Korea, R 619-705 Phone: (82-51) 720-2227 Fax: (82-51) 720-2225 E-mail: wdyoon@nfrdi.go.kr
Dr. Elena P. Dulepova (FIS, WG-26) Laboratory of Applied Bioceonology Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (TINRO-Center) 4 Shevchenko Alley Vladivostok , Primorsky Kray Russia 690950 Phone: (7-4232) 401-504 Fax: (7-4232) 300-751 E-mail: dep@tinro.ru	Dr. Alexander V. Zavolokin (WG-26) Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (TINRO-Center) 4 Shevchenko Alley Vladivostok , Primorsky Kray Russia 690091 Phone: (7-4232) 401504 Fax: (7-4232) 300751 E-mail: zavolokin@tinro.ru
Dr. Richard D. Brodeur (WG-26) WG-26 Co-Chairman Fish Ecology, HMSC National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 2030 SE Marine Science Dr. Newport , OR U.S.A. 97365 Phone: (1-541) 867-0336 Fax: (1-541) 867-0389 E-mail: Rick.Brodeur@noaa.gov	Ms. Kristin Cieciel (WG-26) Auke Bay Laboratories Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA 17109 Point Lena Loop Rd. Juneau , AK U.S.A. 99801 Phone: (907) 789-6089 E-mail: kristin.cieciel@noaa.gov
Dr. John C. Field (FIS, WG-26) Fisheries Ecology Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), NMFS, NOAA 110 Shaffer Rd. Santa Cruz , CA U.S.A. 95060 Phone: (1-831) 420-3907 Fax: (1-831) 420-3977 E-mail: John.Field@noaa.gov	Dr. Jennifer E. Purcell (WG-26) Shannon Point Marine Center Western Washington University 1900 Shannon Point Rd. Anacortes , WA U.S.A. 98221 Phone: (1-360) 756-1294 E-mail: purcelj3@wwu.edu

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