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• Journey to PICES
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• POMA Award
• Wooster Award
• PICES Strategic Plan
• Intern Program
• Scientific Communication
• Visiting Scientist Program

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-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 - 2015)
  • WG-28: Working Group on Development of Ecosystem Indicators to Characterize Ecosystem Responses to Multiple Stressors
    (Jun. 2011 - 2015)
  • WG-29: Working Group on Regional Climate Modeling
    (Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2014)
  • WG-30: Working Group on Assessment of Marine Environmental Quality of Radiation around the North Pacific
    (Aug. 2013 - Dec. 2016)
  • WG-31: Working Group on Emerging Topics in Marine Pollution
    (Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2016)
  • WG-32: Working Group on Biodiversity of Biogenic Habitats
    (Jan. 2015 - 2017)
  • WG-33: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Climate Change and Biologically-driven Ocean Carbon Sequestration
    (Oct. 2015 - 2018)
  • WG-34: Joint PICES/ISC Working Group on Ocean Conditions and the Distribution and Productivity of Highly Migratory Fish
    (Oct. 2015 - 2018)
• Disbanded Working Groups
  • WG-21: Working Group on Non-indigenous Aquatic Species
    (Oct. 2005 - 2013)
  • 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: Working Group on Biogeochemical data integration and synthesis
    (Oct. 2001 - Oct. 2005)
  • WG-16: Working Group on Climate Change, Shifts in Fish Production, and Fisheries Management
    (Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2005)
  • NPESR: Working Group on 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 on Practical assessment methodology
    (Oct. 1994 - Oct. 2000)
  • WG-7: Working Group on Modeling of the subarctic North Pacific circulation (Oct. 1993 - Oct. 1995)
  • WG-6: Working Group on Subarctic Gyre
    (Oct. 1992 - Oct. 1994)
  • WG-5: Working Group on Bering Sea
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1996)
  • WG-4: Working Group on Data collection and quality control
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1994)
  • WG-3  : Working Group on Dynamics of small pelagics in coastal ecosystems
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1995)
  • WG-2: Working Group on Development of common assessment methodology for marine pollution
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1994)
  • WG-1: Working Group on Okhotsk Sea and Oyashio Region
    (Oct.1992 - Oct. 1993)
• Sections
• S-CCME: Section on Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems
  (Oct. 2011 – Dec. 2017)
• S-HD: Section on Human Dimensions of Marine Systems
  (Oct. 2011 – Dec. 2017)
• S-HAB: Section on Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms in the North Pacific
  (Oct. 2003 - Oct. 2017)
• S-CC: Section on Carbon and Climate
  (Oct. 2005 - Oct. 2016)
• Study Groups
  
• SG-CERP: Study Group on Common Ecosystem Reference Points across PICES Member Countries
  (Oct. 2015 - Oct. 2016)
• SG-CEP: Study Group on Climate and Ecosystem Predictability
  (Oct. 2015 - Oct. 2016)
• SG-NPESR3: Study Group on North Pacific Ecosystem Status Report
  (Jan. 2015 - Oct. 2016)
• SG-RSP: Study Group on Revising the Strategic Plan
  (Jan. 2015 - Oct. 2016)
• SG-SEES: Study Group on Socio-Ecological-Environmental Systems
  (Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2015)
• Disbanded Study Groups
  • SG-SCISC: Joint ISC-PICES Study Group for Scientific Cooperation of ISC and PICES (Apr. 2015 - Apr. 2016)
  • SG-SCOOP: Joint PICES-NOWPAP Study Group on Scientific Cooperation in the North Pacific Ocean
    (Jul. 2014 - Oct. 2015)
  • SG-SC-NP: Joint NPAFC-PICES Study Group on Scientific Cooperation in the North Pacific Ocean
    (Jun. 2013 - Oct. 2014)
  • SG-BC: Study Group on Biodiversity Conservation
    (Jan. 2014 - Oct. 2014)
  • SG-MP: Study Group on Marine Pollutants
    (Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2013)
  • SG-RS: Study Group on Radionuclide Science in the North Pacific Ocean
    (Jan. 2013 - Jun. 2013)
  • 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: Study Group on FUTURE Implementation Plan Writing Team
    (Jun. 2008 - Oct. 2009)
  • SP-WT: Study Group on 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 on 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)
  • SG-NPESR-RAC: Study Group on North Pacific Ecosystem Status Report and Regional Analysis Centers (RAC)
    (Oct. 2000 - Dec. 2001)
• 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: Task Team on Conceptual/Theoretical and Modeling Studies
    (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 2009)
  • CFAME - Task Team on Climate Forcing and Marine Ecosystem Response
    (Oct. 2004 - Oct. 2009)
  • TT-BASS: Task Team on Basin Studies
    (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 2004)
  • TT-MONITOR: Task Team on Monitoring
    (Oct. 1997 - Oct. 2004)
  • TT-REX: Task Team on Regional Experiments
    (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-CREAMS: Advisory Panel for a CREAMS/PICES Program in East Asian Marginal Seas
    (Nov. 2005 - Oct. 2019)
  • AP-NPCOOS: Advisory Panel on North Pacific Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
    (Oct. 2015 - )
• Disbanded Advisory Panels
  • AP-MBM: Advisory Panel on Marine Birds and Mammals
    (Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2015)
  • AP-AICE: FUTURE Advisory Panel on Anthropogenic Influences on Coastal Ecosystems
    (Oct. 2009 - Oct. 2014)
  • AP-COVE: FUTURE Advisory Panel on Climate, Oceanographic Variability and Ecosystems
    (Oct. 2009 - Oct. 2014)
  • AP-SOFE: FUTURE Adisory Panel on Status, Outlooks, Forecasts, and Engagement
    (Oct. 2009 - Oct. 2014)
  • AP-CPR: Advisory Panel on the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey in the North Pacific
    (Oct. 1998 - Oct. 2014)
  • 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: Advisory Panel on North Pacific Data Buoy
    (Oct. 2001 - Oct. 2006)
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