Lin Y., Z. Yu, S. I. Ahmed, X. Wang, T. Higuchi, I. Yabe, M. K. Wong, S. Itoh, E. Tsutsumi, H. Saito, K. Komatsu, A. Tsuda, Y. Kawaguchi, E. Oka, H. Obata, Y. Minegishi, H. Fukuda, J. Inoue, S. Hyodo, S. Ito*, 2026, Opposite latitudinal biodiversity gradient in the open ocean generated by transition zones: Insights from fish distribution in the Northwest Pacific.
Progress in Oceanography, 243, 103685.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103685
PICES Expert Group:
WG-53
Yu Z., M. K. Wong, J. Inoue, Y. Lin, I. Yabe, T. Higuchi, S. Hyodo, S. Itoh, Y. Nishibe, H. Obata, S. Ito, 2026, Environmental DNA of small pelagic fish in the deep ocean.
Progress in Oceanography, 241, 103625.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103625
PICES Expert Group:
WG-53
Ahmed S. I.*, Z. Yu, T. Higuchi, J. Inoue, M. K. Wong, X. Wang, Y. Lin, S. Itoh, K. Komatsu, E. Tsutsumi, H. Fukuda, S. Hyodo, J. Morrongiello, E. M. Bendif, S. Ito*, 2026, Patterns in marine surface fish biodiversity and community composition detected by different eDNA metabarcoding sampling methods.
Journal of Oceanography, 82, 35-57.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-025-00771-x
PICES Expert Group:
WG-53
Iguchi, N., Kitajima, S., Takahashi, M., Takahashi, T. 2026. Spatial variation in the diet of larval sardine
Sardinops melanostictus in the Sea of Japan.
Fisheries Science 92: 385-401.
PICES Expert Group:
WG-53
Peck M, Catalan I, Rykaczewski R, Takasuka A, Garrido S, Asch R, Baker M, Bowlin N, Boldt J, Brodeur R, Hansen C, Lluch-Cota S, Huret M, Juanes F, Kaplan I, Koenigstein S, Moyano M, Sanchez R, Rooper C, Sohn D, Takahashi M, Tommasi D; Wildermuth R, 2026. Advancing ecological understanding and sustainable management of small pelagic fish .
Fish and Fisheries https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.70086
PICES Expert Group:
WG-53
Kaplan IC, Hazen EL, Koenigstein S Lezama-Ochoa N Hill M, Hernvann P-Y, Liu OR, Gomes DGE, Vásquez SI, Luján C, Green S, Baker MR, Oliveros-Ramos R, Rovellini A, Asch RG, Muhling B. 2026. The devil's in the details when using correlative and mechanistic species distribution models to inform multispecies and ecosystem models.
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.
PICES Expert Group:
WG-53
Fu C, Boldt JL, Rooper CN, Cleary JS, Doniol-Valcroze T, Hourston, RAS, McMillan CJ, Sastri AR, Tucker S. 2026. A Comprehensive Analysis of Physical, Biological, and Fishery-related Drivers Shaping Pacific Herring Population Dynamics.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
PICES Expert Group:
WG-53
Feng, Z., Zhang, Z., Zhang, J., Zhang, W., Yuan, M., Jing, Z., et al. (2026). Implementation and evaluation of a new parameterization of submesoscale vertical flux in a mesoscale-resolving model in the North Pacific.
Ocean Modelling, 102655.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2025.102655
PICES Expert Group:
WG-57