Working Group 18: Mariculture in the 21st century - The intersection between ecology, socio-economics and production
  • Acronym: WG 18
  • Parent Committees: MEQ, FIS
  • Term: Oct. 2003 - Oct. 2006
  • Co-Chairs:
    Ik-Kyo Chung (Korea)
    Carolyn Friedman (USA)
Terms of reference
  1. Review and report on the current status and projected trends in aquaculture in marine and estuarine regions of PICES that substantively contribute to world aquaculture;
  2. Develop an overview of current and emerging issues, with respect to environmental and ecosystem function, sustainability of production (e.g., carrying capacity of ecosystems), and socio-economics;
  3. Convene a workshop on "Scientific Issues for Sustainable Aquaculture in the PICES Region". A product from the workshop would be recommendations for an PICES Action Plan on scientific issues of mariculture.
Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2006, 2005, 2004

Members as of October 2005
Dr. Susan Bower
Pacific Biological Station
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Mr. John A. Moores
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Dr. Toyomitsu Horii
Fisheries Research Agency
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science
Yokosuka, Japan
Dr. Hisashi Yokoyama
Fisheries Research Agency
National Research Institute of Aquaculture
Watarai-gun Mie, Japan
Prof. Jian-Guang Fang
Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute (YSFRI)
Qingdao, PR China
Dr. Jie Kong
Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute (YSFRI)
Qingdao, PR China
Prof. Qing-Yin Wang
Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute (YSFRI)
Qingdao, PR China
Prof. Ik-Kyo Chung
Marine Science Dept.
Pusan National University
Pusan, R Korea
Dr. Jang In Kwon
Crustacean research Center
National Fisheries Research and Development Institute
Pusan, R Korea
Dr. Nickolay A. Chebanov
Agency on Fisheries of Russia
Kamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Dr. Dmitry Galanin
Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
Y-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Dr. Galina S. Gavrilova
Hydrobiology Department
Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries & Oceanography (TINRO)
Vladivostok, Russia
Prof. Carolyn S. Friedman
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Dr. Michael B. Rust
REUT
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Seattle, WA, U.S.A.