Section: Marine Birds and Mammals
Terms of Reference
  1. Provide information and scientific expertise to the PICES community and the FUTURE program, as well as to BIO and other scientific and technical committees, about the biology and ecological roles of marine birds and mammals (MBMs) in the PICES region;

  2. Identify important problems, scientific questions, and knowledge gaps for understanding the impacts of climate change and anthropogenic factors on MBMs and ecosystems in the PICES region through Workshops, Topic Sessions and Scientific Reports;

  3. Assemble information on the status and key parameters of MBMs, and contribute to the Status Reports and Outlooks—and improve collaborative, interdisciplinary research with MBM experts and the PICES scientific community.
Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Session and Workshop Summaries

PICES-2022:
W7: Anthropogenic stressors, mechanisms and potential impacts on Marine Birds, Mammals, and Sea Turtles

PICES-2019:
S13: Implications of prey consumption by marine birds, mammals, and fish in the North Pacific
W12: Potential food competition between top predators and fisheries in the North Pacific

PICES-2018:
W7: Diets, consumption, and abundance of marine birds and mammals in the North Pacific

PICES-2017:
S12: Seasonal and climatic influences on prey consumption by marine birds, mammals and predatory fishes

PICES-2016
S5: Understanding our changing oceans through species distributions and habitat models based on remotely sensed data
S6: What factors make or break trophic linkages?
W6: Consumption of North Pacific forage species by marine birds and mammals

Peer-reviewed Papers
William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, Marisol García-Reyes, Caitlin Kroeger, Brian Hoover, Sonia D. Batten, Nora A. Rojek (2023)
Effects of currents and temperature on ecosystem productivity in Unimak Pass, Alaska, a premier seabird and biodiversity hotspot
Progress in Oceanography, Vol. 216,103082, ISSN 0079-6611
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103082
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Members
Dr. Douglas F. Bertram (S-MBM)
Environment and Climate Change Canada
P.O. Box 6000
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
(1-250) 363-6735
(1-250) 363-6390
Doug.bertram@ec.gc.ca
Mr. Kenneth Morgan (S-MBM)
Retired (formerly with the Canadian Wildlife Service)
Environment and Climate Change Canada
5421 Robertson Road
Delta, BC
Canada V4K 3N2
16049404700
kenhmorgan@shaw.ca
Dr. Patrick D. O'Hara (S-MBM)
S-MBM Co-Chair
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada
c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9860 W. Saanich Rd.
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
(1-250) 363-6545
Patrick.OHara@ec.gc.ca
Prof. Andrew W. Trites (S-MBM)
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
University of British Columbia
Rm. 247, AERL, 2202 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 1Z4
(1-604) 822-8182
(1-604) 822-8180
a.trites@oceans.ubc.ca
Dr. Yu Kanaji (S-MBM)
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Japan 236-8648
81-45-788-7513
kanaji_yu96@fra.go.jp
Dr. Tsutomu Tamura (S-MBM)
The Institute of Cetacean Research
4-5 Toyomi, Chuo-ku
Tokyo, Japan 104-0055
(81-3) 3536-6521
(81-3) 3536-6522
tamura@cetacean.jp
Dr. Yutaka Watanuki (S-MBM, WG-44)
Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences
Hokkaido University
3-1-1 Minato-cho
Hakodate, Hokkaido
Japan 040-8611
(81-138) 46-8862
(81-138) 46-8863
ywata@fish.hokudai.ac.jp
Mr. Shuai Chen (S-MBM)
Laboratory of Fishing Technology and Fishery Engineering
East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS
300 Jungong Rd., Yangpu District
Shanghai, People's Republic of China 200090
021-65679752
yangpu79@qq.com
Dr. Wei Lei (S-MBM)
National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, MEE
42 Linghe St., Shahekou District
Dalian, People's Republic of China 116023
(86-411) 8476-2710
wlei@nmemc.org.cn
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
People's Republic of China 266061
(86-532) 88967476
(86-532) 88963909
zhangxl@fio.org.cn
Dr. Liyuan Zhao (S-MBM)
Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
No.178 Daxue road
Xiamen, None Selected
People's Republic of China 361005
86(592)2195233
zhaoliyuan@tio.org.cn
Dr. Yong-Rock An (S-MBM)
Marine Bioresource Center
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea
Jangsan-ro 101, Janghang-eup
Seocheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
Republic of Korea 33662
(41) 950-0750
rock@mabik.re.kr
Dr. Miran Kim (S-MBM, WG-42)
S-MBM Co-Chair
Seabirds Lab. of Korea
Sinpyeong-ro 155-2, Jijeong-myeon
Wonju-si, Gangwon-do
Republic of Korea 26352
01031611528
seabirds.lab.korea@gmail.com
Dr. Kyunglee Lee (S-MBM)
Cetacean Research Institute
National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)
Jangsaengpogorae-ro 250
Ulsan, Republic of Korea 44780
(82-52) 270-0970
moby19@korea.kr
Dr. Alexander I. Boltnev (S-MBM)
Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (SakhNIRO)
196 Komsomolskaya St.
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia 693023
(7-4242) 456-777
(7-4242) 456-778
aboltnev@mail.ru
Dr. Vjatcheslav P. Shuntov (S-MBM)
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Center (TINRO-Center)
4 Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690950
(7-4232) 259-504
(7-4232) 300-752
viacheslav.shuntov@tinro.vniro.ru
Dr. Andrey Vinnikov (S-MBM)
Marine Programs
Marine Certification LLC
Vasilisy Kozhinoy str. 1, office 17
Moscow, Russia 121096
+7 (495) 640-84-92
+7 (495) 640-84-92
andrey.vinnikov@marcert.ru
Dr. Elliott Lee Hazen (S-CCME, S-MBM)
Environmental Research Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), NMFS, NOAA
99 Pacific St., Suite 255A
Monterey, CA
U.S.A. 93940
831-658-3202
elliott.hazen@noaa.gov
Dr. Rolf R. Ream (S-MBM)
Marine Mammal Laboratory
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98115
(1-206) 526-4328
(1-206) 526-6615
rolf.ream@noaa.gov
Dr. William J. Sydeman (S-MBM)
Farallon Institute
Suite Q, 101 H St.
Petaluma, CA
U.S.A. 94952
707-981-8033
wsydeman@faralloninstitute.org