Small Scientific Committees

There are two Small Scientific Committees which address the priority research areas outlined in the Research Plan:

• Small Scientific Committee on Bottom Fish and Marine Ecosystems (SSC BF-ME), and
• Small Scientific Committee on Pacific Saury (SSC PS).

Small Scientific Committee on Bottom Fish and Marine Ecosystems

The Small Scientific Committee on Bottom Fish and Marine Ecosystems was formed in 2019 to assess the status of bottom fish stocks and provide scientific advice for the sustainable management of bottom fisheries resources and prevention of significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems. It amalgamated SSC on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems and SSC on Bottom Fish.

Chairperson: Chris Rooper (Canada)

Focal Points of Contacts:

  Canada: Chris Rooper

  China: Siquan Tian and Quyun Ma

  Japan: Taro Ichii, Aigo Takeshige, Mai Miyamoto and Kota Sawada

  Korea: Seok-Gwan Choi and Kyumjoon Park

  Russia: Oleg Ivanov and Dmitrii Antonenko

  Chinese Taipei: Wen-Bin Huang

  USA: Kari Fenske

  Vanuatu: Kevin Lin

Small Scientific Committee on Pacific Saury

The Small Scientific Committee on Pacific Saury was established in 2015 to assess the status of Pacific saury, which is one of the priority species for the Scientific Committee, and propose recommendations for the management of Pacific saury fisheries in the Convention Area.

Chairperson: Toshihide Kitakado (Japan)

Focal Points of Contacts:

  Canada: Chris Rooper

  China: Siquan Tian, Luoliang Xu, Libin Dai

  Japan: Toshihide Kitakado, Toshihide Iwasaki and Kazuhiro Oshima

  Korea: Seok-Gwan Choi and Kyumjoon Park

  Russia: Vladimir Kulik and Dmitrii Antonenko

  Chinese Taipei: Wen-Bin Huang, Shih-Chin Chou and Ying-Yueh Chin

  USA: Kari Fenske

  Vanuatu: William Naviti, Kevin Lin and Mei-Chin Juan