Governance
Experts from the ICES and PICES communities serve as SmartNet Steering Committee members. The ICES Advisory Committee works closely to facilitate SmartNet engagement across ICES Expert Groups.
In PICES, the Advisory Panel on the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science (
AP-UNDOS) functions as the SmartNet Steering Committee.
SmartNet Co-chairs
Dr. David Reid
ICES Science Committee Chair, ecosystems based fishery management, integrated ecosystem assessment
Dr. Steven Bograd
Ecosystem Science Division, NOAA, physical oceanographer, climate impacts on marine ecosystems and fisheries
Dr. Sanae Chiba
PICES Deputy Executive Secretary, biological oceanographer, ecosystem responses to climatic variation