Organizers

Primary International Organizers

  • PICES

    North Pacific Marine Science Organization

  • ICES

    International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

  • FAO

Local Organizers

  • CIBNOR

    Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S.C., Mexico

  • IPN-CICIMAR

    Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Co-organizers (as of January 1, 2025)

  • DPPO

    Danish Pelagic Producers Organisation, Denmark

  • GFCM

    General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
    Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée

  • NIOZ

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems, The Netherlands

  • NOAA Fisheries

    National Marine Fisheries Service, USA

  • NSF

    National Science Foundation, USA

  • NPFC

    North Pacific Fisheries Commission

  • NPRB

    North Pacific Research Board, USA

  • PFA

    Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association

Symposium Convenors

Rebecca Asch
(ICES), East Carolina University (ECU), USA

Susana Garrido
(ICES), Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Portugal

Salvador Lluch-Cota
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C.(CIBNOR), Mexico

Chris Rooper
(PICES), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Canada

Motomitsu Takahashi
(PICES), Fisheries Resources Institute, Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA), Japan

Marcelo Vasconcellos
(FAO), FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division

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Scientific Steering Committee

Shirlene Anthonysamy
(FAO), FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Trade and Markets Team

Rebecca Asch
East Carolina University, USA

Anela Choy
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA

Carryn de Moor
University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa

Susana Garrido
(ICES), Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Portugal

Dimitri Gutierrez
Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE), Peru

Niels Hintzen
Pelagic Freezer Trawler Association (PFA)

Martin Huret
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), France

Isaac Kaplan
Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), NOAA Fisheries, USA

Toshihide Kitakado
(NPFC), Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan

Salvador Lluch-Cota
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C.(CIBNOR), Mexico

Marta Moyano
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway; Marta.Moyano@niva.no

Claudia Namiki
University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil

Heidi Pethybridge
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

Guido Plaza
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), Chile

Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta
AZTI, Marine Research, Spain

Rubén Rodríguez-Sanchez
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN-CICIMAR), Mexico

Chris Rooper
(PICES), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Canada

Ryan Rykaczewski
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), NOAA Fisheries, USA

Dongwha Sohn
Pusan National University (PNU), Korea

Motomitsu Takahashi
(PICES), Fisheries Resources Institute, Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA), Japan

Marcelo Vasconcellos
(FAO), FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division

Symposium Coordinators

Alexander Bychkov (PICES)

Sarah Millar (ICES)

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