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PICES Scientific Reports

[PICES Technical Reports]

ISBN numbers: (P) print (W) web
  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 67
    Elizabeth Logerwell and Kimberly M. Rand (Eds.) 2025

    Report of the Joint PICES/ICES Working Group (WG 44/WGIEANBS-CS) on Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for the Northern Bering Sea–Chukchi Sea

    Expert Group: WG-44 P: 978-1-927797-68-6

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 66
    Chengjun Sun and Jennifer Lynch (Eds.) 2025

    Report of Working Group 42 on Indicators of Marine Plastic Pollution

    Expert Group: WG-42 P: 978-1-927797-66-2

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 65
    Daniel K. Lew, Gisele Magnusson and Kevin D. Ray (Eds.) 2024

    Report of Working Group 41 on Marine Ecosystem Services in the North Pacific

    Expert Group: WG-41 P: 978-1-927797-64-8 W: 978-1-927797-65-5

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 64
    Mary E. Hunsicker, Jennifer L. Boldt, Robert Blasiak, Elliott L. Hazen, Vladimir V. Kulik, Jongseong Ryu, Xiujuan Shan, Shion Takemura and Kazumi Wakita (Eds.) 2022

    Report of Working Group 36 on Common Ecosystem Reference Points across PICES Member Countries

    Expert Group: WG-36 P: 978-1-927797-47-1 W: 978-1-927797-57-0

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 63
    Toru Kobari, Akash Sastri and Lidia Yebra (Eds.) 2022

    Report of Working Group 37 on Zooplankton Production Methodologies, Applications and Measurements in PICES Regions

    Expert Group: WG-37 P: 978-1-927797-46-4 W: 978-1-927797-56-3

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 62
    Joji Ishizaka, Guebuem Kim, Jae Hak Lee, SuMei Liu, Fei Yu and Jing Zhang (Eds.) 2021

    Oceanography of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea

    Expert Group: AP-CREAMS P: 978-1-927797-45-7 W: 978-1-927797-55-6

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 61
    Barbara Muhling and Siqing Chen (Eds.) 2020

    Report of PICES/ISC Working Group 34 on Ocean Conditions and the Distribution and Productivity of Highly Migratory Fish

    Expert Group: WG-34 P: 978-1-927797-44-0 W: 978-1-927797-54-9

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 60
    Wen Yu, Yusheng Zhang, John N. Smith and Kathryn A. Higley (Eds.) 2020

    Report of Working Group 30 on Assessment of Marine Environmental Quality of Radiation around the North Pacific

    Expert Group: WG-30 P: 978-1-927797-43-3 W: 978-1-927797-53-2

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 59
    Vera L. Trainer (Ed.) 2020

    GlobalHAB.Evaluating, Reducing and Mitigating the Cost of Harmful Algal Blooms: A Compendium of Case Studies

    Expert Group: S-HAB P: 978-1-927797-40-2 W: 978-1-927797-52-5

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 58
    Makino, M. and Wells, M.L. (Eds.) 2020

    Building Capacity for Coastal Monitoring by Local Small-scale Fishers: The PICES–Japan MAFF FishGIS Project

    Expert Group: FishGIS P: 978-1-927797-39-6 W: 978-1-927797-51-8

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 57
    Janelle M.R. Curtis and Masashi Kiyota (Eds.) 2020

    Report of Working Group 32 on Biodiversity of Biogenic Habitats

    Expert Group: WG-32 P: 978-1-927797-37-2 W: 978-1-927797-50-1

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 56
    Juan José Alava, Olga N. Lukyanova, Peter S. Ross and Won Joon Shim (Eds.) 2020

    Report of Working Group 31 on Emerging Topics in Marine Pollution

    Expert Group: WG-31 P: 978-1-927797-38-9 W: 978-1-927797-49-5

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 55
    Motomitsu Takahashi and R. Ian Perry (Eds.) 2019

    Report of Working Group 28 on Development of Ecosystem Indicators to Characterize Ecosystem Responses to Multiple Stressors

    Expert Group: WG-28 P: 978-1-927797-36-5 W: 978-1-927797-48-8

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 54
    Jang, C.J. and Curchitser, E. (Eds.) 2018

    Report of Working Group 29 on Regional Climate Modeling

    Expert Group: WG-29 P: 978-1-927797-31-0 W: 978-1-927797-32-7

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 53
    Trainer, V.L. (Ed.) 2017

    Conditions Promoting Extreme Pseudo-nitzschia Events in the Eastern Pacific but not the Western Pacific

    Expert Group: S-HAB P: 978-1-927797-25-9 W: 978-1-927797-26-6

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 52
    Makino, M. and Perry, R.I. (Eds.) 2017

    Marine Ecosystems and Human Well-being: The PICES-Japan MAFF MarWeB Project

    Expert Group: MarWeB P: 978-1-927797-22-8 W: 978-1-927797-24-2

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 51
    Uye, S.I. and Brodeur, R.D. (Eds.) 2017

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

    Expert Group: WG-26 P: 978-1-927797-28-0 W: 978-1-927797-29-7

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 50
    Watanuki Y., Suryan R.M., Sasaki H., Yamamoto T., Hazen E.L., Renner M., Santora J.A., O’Hara P.D. and Sydeman, W.J. (Eds.) 2016

    Spatial Ecology of Marine Top Predators in the North Pacific: Tools for Integrating across Datasets and Identifying High Use Areas

    Expert Group: AP-MBM P: 978-1-927797-21-1 W: 978-1-927797-23-5

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 49
    Curtis, J.M.R. (Ed.) 2015

    Report of the Study Group on Biodiversity Conservation

    Expert Group: SG-BC P: 978-1-927797-19-8 W: 978-1-927797-20-4

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 48
    Kestrup, Åsa M., Smith, D.L. and Therriault, T.W. (Eds.) 2015

    Report of Working Group 21 on Non-indigenous Aquatic Species

    Expert Group: WG 21 P: 978-1-927797-15-0 W: 978-1-927797-17-4

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 47
    Trainer, V.L. and Yoshida, T. (Eds.) 2014

    Proceedings of the Workshop on Economic Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms on Fisheries and Aquaculture

    Expert Group: S-HAB P: 978-1-927797-11-2 W: 978-1-927797-13-6

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 46
    Ross, P.S. (Ed.) 2014

    Report of the Study Group on Marine Pollutants

    Expert Group: SG-MP P: 978-1-927797-10-5 W: 978-1-927797-12-9

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 45
    Hollowed, A.B., Kim, S., Barange, M. and Loeng, H. (Eds.) 2013

    Report of the PICES/ICES Working Group on Forecasting Climate Change Impacts on Fish and Shellfish

    Expert Group: WG 25 P: 978-1-927797-03-7 W: 978-1-927797-11-2

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 44
    Katsuyuki Abo, Ingrid Burgetz and Brett Dumbauld (Eds.) 2013

    Report of Working Group 24 on Environmental Interactions of Marine Aquaculture

    Expert Group: WG 24 P: 978-1-927797-06-8 W: 978-1-927797-06-8

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 43
    C. Tracy Shaw, William T. Peterson and Song Sun (Eds.) 2013

    Report of Working Group 23 on Comparative Ecology of Krill in Coastal and Oceanic Waters around the Pacific Rim

    Expert Group: WG 23 P: 978-1-927797-05-1 W: 978-1-927797-05-1

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 42
    Shigenobu Takeda, Fei Chai and Jun Nishioka

    Report of Working Group 22 on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean

    Expert Group: WG 22 P: 978-1-927797-04-4 W: 978-1-927797-04-4

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 41
    Stewart M. McKinnell, Enrique Curchitser, Cornelius Groot, Masahide Kaeriyama and Katherine W. Myers

    PICES Advisory Report on the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka (Steller, 1743) in Relation to Marine Ecology

    P: 1-897176-79-1 W: 978-1-927797-08-2

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 40
    Michael G. Foreman and Yasuhiro Yamanaka (Eds.) 2011

    Report of Working Group 20 on Evaluations of Climate Change Projections

    Expert Group: WG 20 P: 1-897176-76-7 W: 1-897176-78-3

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 39
    Mitsutaku Makino and David L. Fluharty (Eds.) 2011

    Report of the Study Group on Human Dimensions

    Expert Group: SG-HD P: 1-897176-75-9 W: 1-897176-77-5

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 38
    Evgeny Pakhomov and Orio Yamamura (Eds.) 2010

    Report of the Advisory Panel on Micronekton Sampling Inter-calibration Experiment

    Expert Group: AP-MIE P: 1-897176-69-4 W: 1-897176-71-6

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 37
    Glen Jamieson, Patricia Livingston and Chang-Ik Zhang (Eds.) 2010

    Report of Working Group 19 on Ecosystem-based Management Science and its Application to the North Pacific

    Expert Group: WG 19 P: 1-897176-68-6 W: 1-897176-70-8

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 36
    Makoto Kashiwai and Gennady A. Kantakov (Eds.) 2009

    Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

    P: 1-897176-64-3 W: 1-897176-65-1

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 35
    Beamish, R.J. (Ed.) 2008

    Impacts of Climate and Climate Change on the Key Species in the Fisheries in the North Pacific

    P: 1-897176-45-7 W: 1-897176-61-9

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 34
    Hollowed, A.B., Beamish, R.J., Okey, T.A. and Schirripa, M.J. (Eds.) 2008

    Forecasting Climate Impacts on Future Production of Commercially Exploited Fish and Shellfish

    P: 1-897176-43-0 W: 1-897176-44-9

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 33
    Kruse, G.H., Livingston, P., Overland, J.E., Jamieson, G.S., McKinnell, S. and Perry, R.I. (Eds.) 2006

    Report of the PICES/NPRB Workshop on Integration of Ecological Indicators of the North Pacific with Emphasis on the Bering Sea

    P: 1-897176-05-8 W: 1-897176-09-0

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 32
    Miller, C.B. and Ikeda, T. (Eds.) 2006

    Report of the 2005 Workshop on Ocean Ecodynamics Comparison in the Subarctic Pacific

    P: 1-897176-04-X W: 1-897176-10-4

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 31
    Takeda, S. and Wong, C.S. (Eds.) 2006

    Report of the 2004 Workshop on In Situ Iron Enrichment Experiments in the Eastern and Western Subarctic Pacific

    P: 1-897176-03-1 W: 1-897176-11-2

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 30
    Brodeur, R. and Yamamura, O. (Eds.) 2005

    Micronekton of the North Pacific

    P: 1-897176-02-3 W: 1-897176-12-0

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 29
    Jamieson, G. and Zhang, C.-I. (Eds.) 2005

    Report of the Study Group on Ecosystem-Based Management Science and its Application to the North Pacific

    Expert Group: SG-EBM P: 0-9731492-9-9 W: 1-897176-13-9

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 28
    King, J.R. (Ed.) 2005

    Report of the Study Group on the Fisheries and Ecosystem Responses to Recent Regime Shifts

    Expert Group: SG-FERRRS P: 0-9731492-8-0 W: 1-897176-14-7

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 27
    Kishi, M.J. (Ed.) 2004

    Report of the MODEL Task Team Second Workshop to Develop a Marine Ecosystem Model of the North Pacific Ocean including Pelagic Fishes

    Expert Group: TT-MODEL P: 0-9731492-7-2 W: 1-897176-15-5

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 26
    McKinnell, S.M. (Ed.) 2004

    Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

    P: 0-9731492-6-4 W: 1-897176-16-3

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 25
    Aydin, K.Y., McFarlane, G.A., King, J.R. and Megrey, B.A. (Eds.) 2003

    PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: The BASS/MODEL Report on Trophic Models of the Subarctic Pacific Basin Ecosystems

    Expert Group: TT-BASS, TT-MODEL P: 0-9731492-5-6 W: 1-897176-17-1

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 24
    Feely, R.A. (Ed.) 2003

    C02 in the North Pacific Ocean (Working Group 13 Final Report)

    Expert Group: WG 13 P: 0-9731492-4-8 W: 1-897176-18-X

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 23
    Taylor, F.J.R. and Trainer, V.L. (Eds.) 2002

    Harmful Algal Blooms in the PICES Region of the North Pacific

    Expert Group: S-HAB P: 0-9731492-3-X W: 1-897176-19-8

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 22
    Perry, R.I., Livingston, P. and Bychkov, A.S. (Eds.) 2002

    PICES Science: The First Ten Years and a Look to the Future

    P: 0-9731492-2-1 W: 1-897176-20-1

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 21
    Miller, C.B. (Ed.) 2002

    PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the PICES 2002 Volunteer Observing Ship Workshop

    P: 0-9731492-1-3 W: 1-897176-21-X

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 20
    Batchelder, H.P., McFarlane, G.A., Megrey, B.A., Mackas, D.L. and Peterson, W.T. (Eds.) 2002

    PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the 2001 BASS/MODEL, MONITOR and REX Workshops, and the 2002 MODEL/REX Workshop

    P: 0-9731492-0-5 W: 1-897176-22-8

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 19
    Otto, R.S. and Jamieson, G.S. (Eds.) 2001

    Commercially Important Crabs, Shrimps and Lobsters of the North Pacific Ocean

    P: 0-9685100-9-4 W: 1-897176-23-6

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 18
    Alexander, V., Bychkov, A.S., Livingston, P. and McKinnell, S.M. (Eds.) 2001

    Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on “Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific”

    Expert Group: WG 24 P: 0-9685100-8-6 W: 1-897176-24-4

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 17
    Megrey, B.A., Taft, B.A. and Peterson, W.T. (Eds.) 2001

    PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the 2000 BASS, MODEL, MONITOR and REX Workshops, and the 2001 BASS/MODEL Workshop

    Expert Group: TT-BASS, TT-MODEL, TT-MONITOR, TT-REX
    P: 0-9685100-7-8 W: 1-897176-25-2

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 16
    Stehr, C.M. and Horiguchi, T. (Eds.) 2001

    Environmental Assessment of Vancouver Harbour Data Report for the PICES MEQ Practical Workshop

    Expert Group: MEQ P: 0-9685100-6-X W: 1-897176-26-0

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 15
    Megrey, B.A., Taft, B.A. and Peterson, W.T. (Eds.) 2000

    PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the 1999 MONITOR and REX Workshops, and the 2000 MODEL Workshop on Lower Trophic Level Modelling

    TT-MODEL, TT-MONITOR, TT-REX
    P: 0-9685100-5-1 W: 1-897176-27-9

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 14
    Hunt, G.L. Jr., Kato, H. and McKinnell, S.M. (Eds.) 2000

    Predation by Marine Birds and Mammals in the Subarctic North Pacific Ocean

    P: 0-9685100-4-3 W: 1-897176-28-7

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 13
    Danchenkov, M.A., Aubrey, D.G. and Hong, G.H. 2000

    Bibliography of the Oceanography of the Japan/East Sea

    P: 0-9685100-3-5 W: 1-897176-29-5

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 12
    Lobanov, V.B., Nagata, Y. and Riser, S.C. (Eds.) 1999

    Proceedings of the Second PICES Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

    P: 0-9685100-2-7 W: 1-897176-30-9

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 11
    Dugdale, R.C., Hay, D.E., McFarlane, G.A., Taft, B.A. and Yoo, S. (Eds.) 1999

    PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Summary of the 1998 MODEL, MONITOR and REX Workshops, and Task Team Reports

    TT-MODEL, TT-MONITOR, TT-REX
    P: 0-9685100-1-9 W: 1-897176-31-7

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 10
    Freeland, H.J., Peterson, W.T. and Tyler, A. (Eds.) 1999

    Proceedings of the 1998 Science Board Symposium on The Impacts of the 1997/98 El Niño Event on the North Pacific Ocean and Its Marginal Seas

    P: 0-9685100-0-0 W: 1-897176-32-5

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 9
    Hollowed, A.B., Ikeda, T., Radchenko, V.I. and Wada, T. (Organizers) 1998

    PICES Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Workshop on the Development of Cooperative Research in Coastal Regions of the North Pacific

    P: 0-9698420-9-0 W: 1-897176-33-3

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 8
    Nagata, Y. and Lobanov, V.B. (Eds.) 1998

    Multilingual Nomenclature of Place and Oceanographic Names in the Region of the Okhotsk Sea

    P: 0-9698420-8-2 W: 1-897176-34-1

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 7
    Beamish, R.J., Hollowed, A.B., Perry, R.I., Radchenko, V.I., Yoo, S. and Terazaki, M. (Eds.) 1997

    Summary of the Workshop on Conceptual/Theoretical Studies and Model Development and the 1996 MODEL, BASS and REX Task Team Reports

    TT-BASS, TT-MODEL, TT-REX
    P: 0-9698420-7-4 W: 1-897176-35-X

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 6
    Anonymous. 1996

    Proceedings of the Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas.

    P: 0-9698420-6-6 W: 1-897176-36-8

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 5
    LeBlond, P.H. and Endoh, M. (Eds.) 1996

    Modelling of the Subarctic North Pacific Circulation (Report of Working Group 7)

    Expert Group: WG 7 P: 0-9698420-5-8 W: 1-897176-37-6

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 4
    Hargreaves, N.B. (Ed.) 1996

    Science Plan, Implementation Plan (Report of the PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity)

    P: 0-9698420-4-X W: 1-897176-38-4

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 3
    Anonymous. 1995

    Report of the PICES-STA Workshop on Monitoring Subarctic North Pacific Variability

    P: 0-9698420-3-1 W: 1-897176-39-2

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 2
    Talley, L.D. and Nagata, Y. (Eds.) 1995

    The Okhotsk Sea and Oyashio Region (Report of Working Group 1)

    Expert Group: WG 1 P: 0-9698420-2-3 W: 1-897176-40-6

  • PICES Sci. Rep. No. 1
    Hargreaves, N.B., Hunter, J.R., Sugimoto, T. and Wada, T. (Eds.) 1993

    Coastal Pelagic Fishes (Report of Working Group 3); Subarctic Gyre (Report of Working Group 6)

    Expert Group: WG 3 P: 0-9698420-0-7 W: 1-897176-41-4

PICES Technical Reports

[PICES Scientific Reports]

  • Report No. 1, 2007

    Bernard A. Megrey, S. Allen Macklin, Kimberly Bahl, and P. Daniel Klawitter
    Metadata Federation of PICES Member Countries
    Addendum 1: Instructions for Isite for Windows (pdf)
    Addendum 2: Instructions for Isite for Windows ADHOST (pdf)
     Expert Group: TCODE ISBN: 1-897176-06-6 ISSN: 0000-000X

  • Report No. 2, 2024

    Erin Satterthwaite, Hernan Garcia, Trajce Alcinov, Daisuke Ambe, Jeanette Gann, Shelee Hamilton, Chunhua Han, Daiki Ito, Brett Johnson, Jill Prewitt, Igor Shevchenko, Tim van der Stap and Fangfang Wan
    Report of the Study Group on Encouraging Data Awareness and Increased Transmission and Accessibility
    Expert Group: SG-DATA ISBN: 978-1-927797-63-1 ISSN: 0000-000X