International Research Organizations
Coordinated international research efforts include those with the NOAA
Fisheries Office of International Affairs and the organizations listed below.
Information on
select international conferences and workshops
involving the AFSC is also available on the AFSC website. Note: these links will take you off the AFSC web site.
- IWC
The IWC (International Whaling Commission) is the intergovernmental body
responsible for the conservation of whales and
the management of whaling. The
main duty of the IWC is to keep under review and
revise as necessary the measures which govern the
conduct of whaling throughout the world.
- PICES
PICES, the North Pacific Marine Science
Organization, is an intergovernmental scientific
organization made up of representatives from Canada,
People's Republic of China, Japan, Republic of
Korea, Russian Federation, and the United States of
America. The purpose of PICES is to promote
and coordinate marine research in the
northern North Pacific and adjacent seas.
- ICES
ICES, the International Council for the
Exploration of the Sea, coordinates and promotes
marine research in the North Atlantic including
adjacent seas such as the Baltic Sea and North
Sea. ICES acts as a meeting point for a
community of more than 1,600 marine scientists
from 19 countries around the North Atlantic.
- GLOBEC
GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics)
was established 1991 in response to a
need to understand how global change will affect
the abundance, diversity and productivity of
marine populations comprising a major component
of oceanic ecosystems. GLOBEC focuses on
zooplankton, the most important prey for larval
and juvenile fish.
- CBS
The Convention on the Conservation and Management of the
Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea is an international body
established in 1994 to include People’s Republic of
China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Poland, the
Russian Federation, and the United States of America for the
conservation, management and utilization of the walleye pollock
resources in the high seas of the Bering Sea in the area commonly known as the
"donut hole."
- NPAFC
The North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) was
established by Canada, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the
United States to promote the conservation of anadromous
stocks in the North Pacific Ocean.
- IPHC
The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)
was established in 1923 by a Convention between
the governments of Canada and the United States
of America. Its mandate is research on and
management of the stocks of Pacific halibut
within the Convention waters of both nations.
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