Technical Committee on Data Exchange
  • Acronym: TCODE
  • Parent Committee: SB
  • Chair: Prof. Fangfang Wan <fangfww15@sina.cn>
    Vice-Chair: Mr. Brett Johnson <Brett.Johnson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
  • Mailing List
  • Past Chairs:
    Jeanette C. Gann (Oct. 2019 - Nov. 2025, USA)
    Joon-Soo Lee (Nov. 2016 - Oct. 2019, Korea)
    Toru Suzuki (Oct. 2010 – Nov. 2016, Japan)
    Bernard A. Megrey (Oct. 2007 – Oct. 2010, USA)
    Igor I. Shevchenko (Oct. 2001 – Oct. 2007, Russia)
    Robin M. Brown (May 1995 – Oct. 2001, Canada)
  • Past Vice-Chairs:
    Fangfang Wan (Nov. 2021 - Nov. 2025, China)
    Peter Chandler (Nov. 2016 – Nov. 2021, Canada)
    Hernan Eduardo Garcia (Oct. 2010 – Nov. 2016, USA)
    Kyu-Kui Jung (Oct. 2007 – Oct. 2010, Korea)
    Bernard A. Megrey (Oct. 2005 – Oct. 2007, USA)
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    PICES Data Management Policy
    Action Plan
Terms of Reference
  1. Identify the data management requirements of PICES;
  2. Develop strategic plans to meet these requirements;
  3. Recommend establishment of expert groups to deal with specific functions of TCODE;
  4. Review the progress of task groups and provide Annual Reports to Science Board on the work of TCODE;
  5. Advise the PICES Secretariat on its data exchange activities; and
  6. Develop, review, and update PICES data policies and data inventory.
(updated November 2018)
News
  • Changes within TCODE Committee Membership (Chair, Vice-Chair): Prof. Fangfang Wan (China) is replacing Ms. Jeanette C. Gann (USA) as a TCODE Committee Chair. Mr. Brett Johnson (Canada) is replacing Prof. Fangfang Wan (China) as a TCODE Committee Vice-Chair.
    12/18/2025 5:11:21 PM PST
  • Changes within WG 52 Membership (USA): Dr. Hernan Garcia stepped down as a member of the WG-52.
    9/11/2025 1:40:36 PM PST
  • Changes within TCODE Committee Membership (USA): Ms. Noriko Shoji and Dr. Erin Satterthwaite are newly apponted members of TCODE Committe replacing Dr. Hernan Garcia and representing USA.
    9/10/2025 4:23:30 PM PST
  • Changes within TCODE Committee Membership (China): Prof. Jianfeng Liang is replacing Prof. Manchun Chen as a member of the TCODE Committee.
    9/5/2025 3:05:27 PM PST
  • Changes within TCODE Committee Membership (Korea): Dr. Hea-Kun Jung is replacing Dr. HuiTae Joo as a TCODE Committee member.
    7/28/2025 10:06:30 AM PST

    • More News

Members
Ms. Shelee Hamilton (TCODE)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Pacific Biological Station 3190 Hammond Bay Rd
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Canada V9T6N7
250-739-9890
Shelee.Hamilton@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Mr. Brett Johnson (AP-UNDOS, TCODE, WG-52)
TCODE Vice-Chair, WG-52 Co-Chair
Data Stewardship Unit
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
4222 Columbia Valley Highway
Cultus Lake, British Columbia
Canada V2R 5B6
604 703 8296
Brett.Johnson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Ms. Meghan Paulson (TCODE)
Observatory Digital Operations
Ocean Networks Canada
2474 Arbutus Road
Victoria, BC
Canada V8N 1V8
+1-250-472-4965
mpaulson@uvic.ca
Dr. Di Wan (TCODE)
Institute of Ocean Sciences
9860 W. Saanich Rd.
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 5T5
2503636307
di.wan@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Prof. Jianfeng Liang (TCODE)
Marine Data Center
National Marine Data and Information Service
No.93 Liuwei Road Hedong Dirstrict
Tianjin, China, PR 300171
+86 (0)22 24015771
+86 (0)22 24010926
ljf_nmdis@sina.com
Prof. Fangfang Wan (SB, TCODE, WG-52)
TCODE Chair
Marine Data Center
National Marine Data and Information Service
93 Liuwei Rd., Hedong District
Tianjin, China, PR 300171
+86-22-24010866
fangfww15@sina.cn
Prof. Jinkun Yang (TCODE)
Marine Data Center
National Marine Data and Information Service, Ministry of Natural Resources
93 Liuwei Rd., Hedong District
Tianjin, China, PR 300171
(86-22) 24010829
(86-22) 24010926
yjk_nmdis@126.com
Dr. Daisuke Ambe (TCODE, WG-52)
Marine Environment Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)
2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Japan 236-8648
+81-45-788-7642
+81-45-788-5001
ambe_daisuke53@fra.go.jp
Dr. Takashi Hosono (TCODE)
Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC)
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Japan 236-0001
+81-45-778-5291
hosonot@jamstec.go.jp
Dr. Daiki Ito (TCODE, WG-52)
Marine Environment Division
Fisheries Resources Institute
Fukuura 2-12-4, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Japan 236-8648
+81-45-788-7647
ito_daiki41@fra.go.jp
Dr. Toru Suzuki (CC-S, TCODE)
ex-officio, represents IODE in TCODE
Marine Information Research Center
Japan Hydrographic Association
4-7-35-16F Kita-shinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Japan 140-0001
(81-3) 6880-7074
suzuki@mirc.jha.jp
Dr. Hea-Kun Jung (TCODE)
Ocean Climate & Ecology Research Division
National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)
216 Gijanghaean-ro, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun
Busan, Korea, R 46083
82-51-720-2221
Hkjung85@korea.kr
Dr. Cholyoung Lee (TCODE, WG-52)
Marine Bigdata & A.I. Center
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
385 Haeyang-ro, Yeongdo-gu
Busan, Korea, R 49111
+82 51 664 3783
cylee82@kiost.ac.kr
Dr. Jae-Hyun Lim (TCODE)
Marine Environment Research DIvision
National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)
216 Gijanghaean-ro, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun
Busan, Korea, R 46083
+82-51-720-2541
lim900@korea.kr
Ms. Jeanette C. Gann (SG-NPESR4, TCODE, WG-52, WG-54)
SG-NPESR4 Chair
Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA
17101 Pt. Lena Loop Rd.
Juneau, AK
U.S.A. 99801
(1-323) 372-3449
jeanette.gann@noaa.gov
Dr. Erin Vera Satterthwaite (AP-UNDOS, FUTURE-SSC, TCODE, WG-52)
California Sea Grant & Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., #0232
La Jolla, CA
U.S.A. 92093
(858) 534-4440
esatterthwaite@ucsd.edu
Ms. Noriko L. Shoji (TCODE)
DOC
NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 1
Seattle, Washington
U.S.A. 98115
3233722744
noriko.shoji@noaa.gov
Active Groups
AP-NPCOOS: Advisory Panel on North Pacific Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
(Oct. 2015 - ), (also reports to MONITOR)

WG 52: Working Group on Data Management
(PICES-2023 - PICES-2026)
Disbanded Groups

SG-DATA: Study Group on encouraging Data Awareness and increased Transmission and Accessibility
(Term: PICES-2022 - PICES-2023) (Disbanded: PICES-2023)

Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995

Session and Workshop Summaries

PICES-2018:
W3, Development of a systematic approach to data management in PICES

Portal

PICES TCODE GeoNetwork Portal

PICES Press
Summer 2020, Vol. 29, No. 2
PICES TCODE catalog service

Winter 2023, Vol. 31, No. 1
PICES-2022 W10: A TCODE Workshop on “Openly Discoverable, Accessible, and Reusable Data and Information in the U.N. Decade”