Small Scientific Committees

There are three 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),
Small Scientific Committee on Pacific Saury (SSC PS), and
Small Scientific Committee on Neon Flying Squid (SSC NFS)

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

European Union: Karolina MOLLA GAZI

Japan: Aigo TAKESHIGE, Mai MIYAMOTO and Kota SAWADA

Korea: Jeongseok PARK, Eunjung KIM and Hyejin SONG

Russia: Oleg IVANOV and Dmitrii ANTONENKO

Chinese Taipei: Wen-Bin HUANG

USA: Felipe CARVALHO and Erin BOHABOY

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 and Chuanxiang HUA

European Union: Karolina MOLLA GAZI

Japan: Toshihide KITAKADO, Kazuhiro OSHIMA, Shin-Ichiro NAKAYAMA, Shuya NAKATSUKA and Hiroshi KUBOTA

Korea: Jeongseok PARK, Eunjung KIM, Hyejin SONG and Sang-jin CHOI

Russia: Vladimir KULIK and Dmitrii ANTONENKO

Chinese Taipei: Wen-Bin HUANG, Shih-Chin CHOU and Shih-Chi HUANG

USA: Felipe CARVALHO and Erin BOHABOY

Vanuatu: Tony TALEO, Kevin LIN, Mei-Chin JUAN and Sompert GEREVA

Small Scientific Committee on Neon Flying Squid

The Small Scientific Committee on Neon Flying Squid was established in 2023 to assess the status of neon flying squid, which is one of the priority species for the Scientific Committee, and propose recommendations for the management of neon flying squid fisheries in the Convention Area.

Chairperson: Luoliang XU (China)

Focal Points of Contacts:

Canada: Chris ROOPER and Janelle CURTIS

China: Libin DAI, Jintao WANG and Wei YU

European Union: Stanislovas JONUSAS

Japan: Kazuhiro OSHIMA and Jun-ichi ABO

Korea: Jeongseok PARK, Eunjung KIM and Hyejin SONG and Sang-jin CHOI

Russia: Oleg KATUGIN

Chinese Taipei: Wen-Bin HUANG and Chih-Shin CHEN

USA: Felipe CARVALHO, Erin BOHABOY and Richard LINCOLN

Vanuatu: Lucy JOY and Mei-Chin JUAN