Biological Oceanography Committee
  • Acronym: BIO
  • Parent Committee: SB
  • Chair: Dr. Akash Sastri <Akash.Sastri@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
    Vice-Chair: Prof. Toru Kobari <kobari@fish.kagoshima-u.ac.jp>
  • Mailing List
  • Past Chairs:
    Se-Jong Ju (Nov. 2016 – Oct. 2019, Korea)
    Angelica Peña (Oct. 2013 – Nov. 2016, Canada)
    Atsushi Tsuda (Oct. 2010 – Oct. 2013, Japan)
    Michael J. Dagg (Oct. 2004 – Oct. 2010, USA)
    Vladimir I. Radchenko (Oct. 2001 – Oct. 2004, Russia)
    Tsutomu Ikeda (Oct. 1998 – Oct. 2001, Japan)
    Patricia A. Wheeler (Dec. 1995 – Oct. 1998, USA)
    Michael M. Mullin (Oct. 1992 – Nov. 1995, USA)
  • Past Vice-Chairs:
    David G Kimmel (interim Vice-Chair Oct. 2022 – Oct. 2023, USA)
    Wongyu Park (Oct. 2019 – Oct. 2022, Korea)
    Akash Sastri (Apr. 2019 – Oct. 2019, Canada)
    M. Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez (Nov. 2016 – Apr. 2019, USA)
    Se-Jong Ju (Oct. 2015 – Nov. 2016, Korea)
    Atsushi Tsuda (Oct. 2013 – Oct. 2015, Japan)
    Michael J. Dagg (Oct. 2010 – Oct. 2013, USA)
  • Action Plan
Key Tasks:
The BIO Committee's area of responsibility is to promote and coordinate biological oceanography and interdisciplinary research in the northern North Pacific. Biological oceanography plays a key intermediary role with respect to the other PICES Scientific Committees. For example, lower trophic levels may be the most directly affected by processes considered by the Physical Oceanography and Climate Committee. Biological Oceanography Committee also plays a central role in defining "normal" conditions against which changes of interest to marine environmental quality can be measured. Finally, Biological Oceanography Committee interacts with the Fishery Science Committee to provide scientific advice on ecological roles of lower and higher trophic level organisms in relation to fisheries.
News
  • WG 54 Membership (USA) Drs. Hongsheng Bi, Robert Campbell, Thomas Kelly, David Kimmel and, Julie Keister are newly appointed members of the WG-54 representing USA.
    9/10/2025 4:16:37 PM PST
  • Changes within BIO Committee Membership (Korea): Dr. Seung Ho Baek is replacing Prof. Wongyu Park as a member of the BIO Committee.
    9/5/2025 3:21:01 PM PST
  • WG 54 Membership (Japan) Dr. Dhugal J. Lindsay and Prof. Kazutaka Takahashi are the newly appointed members representing Japan.
    9/2/2025 4:16:32 PM PST
  • New WG 54 Membership (Korea) Drs. Jung-Il Kim, Gi-Seop Lee and Hyunjin Yoon are the newly appointed members representing Korea.
    7/28/2025 10:44:34 AM PST
  • Changes within S-MBM Membership (Japan): Dr. Yutaka Watanuki stepped down as a member of the S-MBM Section.
    1/10/2025 12:21:23 PM PST

    • More News

Members
Dr. Janelle Curtis (BIO, WG-47)
WG-47 Co-Chair
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Pacific Biological Station
3190 Hammond Bay Rd.
Nanaimo, Canada V9T 6N7
778-268-4290
janelle.curtis@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Dr. Angelica Peña (BIO, S-CCME)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Institute of Ocean Sciences
9860 W. Saanich Rd., P.O. Box 6000
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
(1-250) 363-6576
(1-250) 363-6746
angelica.pena@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Dr. Akash Sastri (AP-NPCOOS, BIO, SB, WG-48)
BIO Chair
Fisheries and Ocean Canada
Institute of Ocean Sciences
9860 West Saanich Rd., P.O. Box 6000
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
(778) 677 1226
Akash.Sastri@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Ms. Zijun Xu (BIO, WG-47)
North China Sea Ecological Center, Ministry of Natural Resources
22 Fushun Rd.
Qingdao, Shandong
China, PR 266033
86-532-58761091
86-532-58761093
zjxu@sohu.com
Prof. Xuelei Zhang (AP-NPCOOS, BIO, S-CCME, S-MBM)
Center for Marine Ecology Research
First Institute of Oceanography, MNR
6 Xianxialing Rd., LaoShan District
Qingdao, Shandong
China, PR 266061
(86-532) 88967476
(86-532) 88963909
zhangxl@fio.org.cn
Prof. Ping Zhuang (BIO)
East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS
300 Jungong Rd., Yangpu District
Shanghai, China, PR 200090
(86-21) 65807868
(86-21) 65807868
pzhuang@ecsf.ac.cn
Dr. Kaoru Hattori (BIO)
Highly Migratory Resources Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)
116 Katsurakoi
Kushiro, Hokkaido
Japan 085-0802
(81-154) 92-1716
(81-154) 91-9355
hattori_kaoru68@fra.go.jp
Prof. Toru Kobari (BIO)
BIO Vice-Chair
Faculty of Fisheries
Kagoshima University
4-50-20 Shimoarata
Kagoshima, Kagoshima
Japan 890-0056
(81-99) 286-4140
(81-99) 286-4015
kobari@fish.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Dr. Motomitsu Takahashi (BIO, S-CCME, WG-53)
WG-53 Co-Chair
Pelagic Fish Resources Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)
1551-8 Taira-machi
Nagasaki, Nagasaki
Japan 851-2213
+81-95-860-1635
+81-95-850-7767
takahamt@fra.affrc.go.jp
Dr. Seung Ho Baek (BIO, HAB-S)
Ecological Risk Research Department
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
41 Jangmok-1-gil, Jangmok-myon
Geoje, Korea, R 53201
(82-55) 639-8513
baeksh@kiost.ac.kr
Dr. Se-Jong Ju (BIO, GC, SG-NPESR4)
Ocean Georesources Research Department
Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST)
385 Haeyang-ro, Yeongdo-gu
Busan, Korea, R 49111
(82-51) 664-3456
sjju@kiost.ac.kr
Prof. Taewon Kim (BIO, S-MPP)
Department of Ocean Sciences
Inha University
100 Inharo, Nam-gu
Incheon, Korea, R 22212
82-32-860-7714
ktwon@inha.ac.kr
Prof. Alexei M. Orlov (BIO, WG-47)
Laboratory of Oceanic Ichthyofauna
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS)
32, Nakhimovsky Prospekt
Moscow, Russia 117997
+79031024453
orlov.am@ocean.ru
Prof. M. Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez (BIO)
Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
U.S.A. 93106
(1-805) 893-4680
iglesias@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Dr. Julie E. Keister (BIO, WG-48, WG-54)
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
NOAA
7600 Sand Point Way N.E.
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98115
(1-206) 707-2674
julie.keister@noaa.gov
Dr. David G Kimmel (BIO, WG-48, WG-54)
WG-48 Co-Chair
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
NOAA
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98115
1 206 526 4470
1 206 526 6723
david.kimmel@noaa.gov
Active Groups

WG 54: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Best Practices for Using Deep Learning in Processing Plankton Images
(IGC-2025 - IGC-2028)

S-CCME: Joint PICES/ICES Section on Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems
(PICES-2011 – PICES-2025), (also reports to FIS and POC)

S-CC: Section on Carbon and Climate
(PICES-2005 – PICES-2027), (also reports to POC)

S-MBM: Section on Marine Birds and Mammals
(PICES-2015 - PICES-2026)

WG 47: Working Group on Ecology of Seamounts
(PICES-2020 - PICES-2024)

WG 48: Working Group on Towards best practices using Imaging Systems for Monitoring Plankton (WGISMP)
(PICES-2020 - PICES-2024)

WG 53: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Sustainable Pelagic Forage Communities
(June 2024 – PICES-2027)

Disbanded Groups

WG 46: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions (ONCE)
(PICES-2020 - PICES-2023), (also reports to POC)

WG 37: Working Group on Zooplankton Production Methodologies, Applications and Measurements in PICES Regions
(PICES-2016 – May 2022 (final report submission))

WG 33: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Climate Change and Biologically-driven Ocean Carbon Sequestration
(PICES-2015 - PICES-2018)

WG 32: Working Group on Biodiversity of Biogenic Habitats
(Jan. 2015 - PICES-2020)

WG 29: Working Group on Regional Climate Modeling
(PICES-2011 - PICES-2015) (also reports to POC)

WG 28: Working Group on Development of Ecosystem Indicators to Characterize Ecosystem Responses to Multiple Stressors
(Jun. 2011 - PICES-2015) (also reports to MEQ)

WG 26: Working Group on Jellyfish Blooms around the North Pacific Rim: Causes and Consequences
(PICES-2010 - PICES-2013)

AP-MBM: Advisory Panel on Marine Birds and Mammals
(PICES-1999 - PICES-2015)

WG 23: Working Group on Comparative Ecology of Krill in Coastal and Oceanic Waters around the Pacific Rim
(PICES-2007 - PICES-2011)

WG 22: Working Group on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean
(PICES-2007 - PICES-2010)

AP-MIE: Advisory Panel on Micronekton Sampling Inter-Calibration Experiment
(PICES-2002 - PICES-2009)

AP-IFEP: Advisory Panel on Iron Fertilization Experiment in the Subarctic Pacific Ocean
(PICES-1998 - PICES-2007)

Projects
Active:
SEAturtle: Sea turtle ecology in relation to environmental stressors in the North Pacific region

Completed:
MEMIP: Marine Ecosystem Model Inter-comparison Project
Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992

Session and Workshop Summaries

TBA

Related Materials
PICES Sci. Rep. No. 54, 2018
Report of Working Group 29 on Regional Climate Modeling

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 51, 2017
Report of Working Group 26 on Jellyfish Blooms around the North Pacific Rim: Causes and Consequences

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 50, 2016
Spatial Ecology of Marine Top Predators in the North Pacific: Tools for Integrating across Datasets and Identifying High Use Areas

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 49, 2013
Report of the Study Group on Biodiversity Conservation

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 43, 2013
Report of Working Group 23 on Comparative Ecology of Krill in Coastal and Oceanic Waters around the Pacific Rim

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 42, 2013
Report of Working Group 22 on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 38, 2010
Report of the Advisory Panel on Micronekton Sampling Inter-calibration Experiment

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 36, 2009
Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

PICES Sci. Rep. No 32, 2006
Workshop on Oceanic Ecodynamics Comparison in the Subarctic Pacific (OECOS)

PICES Sci. Rep. No 31, 2006
Report of the 2004 Workshop on In Situ Iron Enrichment Experiments in the Eastern and Western Subarctic Pacific

PICES Sci. Rep. No 30, 2005
Micronekton of the North Pacific

PICES Sci. Rep. No 22, 2002
PICES Science: The First Ten Years and a Look to the Future

Other Publications
The GOOS Biology and Ecosystems Panel - Highlights Report "GOOS Biology and Ecosystems - The Evolution 2017 - From draft to craft" (report)
http://www.goosocean.org/components/com_oe/oe.php?task=download&id=37152&version=1.0&lang=1&format=1

The GOOS Biology and Ecosystems Panel - Highlights Report "GOOS Biology and Ecosystems - The Evolution 2017 - From draft to craft" (graphical representation)
http://www.goosocean.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=21005