PICES Scientific Reports

[PICES Technical Reports]

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  Report of Working Group 47 on Ecology of Seamounts
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 68

  Year Published: 2026
  Expert Group: WG-47

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  Report of the Joint PICES/ICES Working Group (WG 44/WGIEANBS-CS) on Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for the Northern Bering Sea–Chukchi Sea
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 67

  Year Published: 2025
  Expert Group: WG-44

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  Report of Working Group 42 on Indicators of Marine Plastic Pollution
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 66

  Year Published: 2025
  Expert Group: WG-42

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  Report of Working Group 41 on Marine Ecosystem Services in the North Pacific
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 65

  Year Published: 2024
  Expert Group: WG-41

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  Report of Working Group 36 on Common Ecosystem Reference Points across PICES Member Countries
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 64

  Year Published: 2022
  Expert Group: WG-36

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  Report of Working Group 37 on Zooplankton Production Methodologies, Applications and Measurements in PICES Regions
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 63

  Year Published: 2022
  Expert Group: WG-37

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  Oceanography of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 62

  Year Published: 2021
  Expert Group: AP-CREAMS

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  Report of PICES/ISC Working Group 34 on Ocean Conditions and the Distribution and Productivity of Highly Migratory Fish
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 61

  Year Published: 2020
  Expert Group: WG-34

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  Report of Working Group 30 on Assessment of Marine Environmental Quality of Radiation around the North Pacific
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 60

  Year Published: 2020
  Expert Group: WG-30

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  GlobalHAB: Evaluating, Reducing and Mitigating the Cost of Harmful Algal Blooms: A Compendium of Case Studies
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 59

  Year Published: 2020
  Expert Group: S-HAB

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  Building Capacity for Coastal Monitoring by Local Small-scale Fishers: The PICES–Japan MAFF FishGIS Project
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 58

  Year Published: 2020
  Expert Group: FishGIS

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  Report of Working Group 32 on Biodiversity of Biogenic Habitats
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 57

  Year Published: 2020
  Expert Group: WG-32

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  Report of Working Group 31 on Emerging Topics in Marine Pollution
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 56

  Year Published: 2020
  Expert Group: WG-31

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  Report of Working Group 28 on Development of Ecosystem Indicators to Characterize Ecosystem Responses to Multiple Stressors
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 55

  Year Published: 2019
  Expert Group: WG-28

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  Report of Working Group 29 on Regional Climate Modeling
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 54

  Year Published: 2018
  Expert Group: WG-29

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  Conditions Promoting Extreme Pseudo-nitzschia Events in the Eastern Pacific but not the Western Pacific
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 53

  Year Published: 2017
  Expert Group: S-HAB

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  Marine Ecosystems and Human Well-being: The PICES-Japan MAFF MarWeB Project
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 52

  Year Published: 2017
  Expert Group: MarWeB

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  Report of Working Group 26 on Jellyfish Blooms around the North Pacific Rim: Causes and Consequences
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 51

  Year Published: 2017
  Expert Group: WG-26

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  Spatial Ecology of Marine Top Predators in the North Pacific: Tools for Integrating across Datasets and Identifying High Use Areas

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 50

  Year Published: 2016
  Expert Group: AP-MBM

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  Report of the Study Group on Biodiversity Conservation
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 49

  Year Published: 2015
  Expert Group: SG-BC

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  Report of Working Group 21 on Non-indigenous Aquatic Species
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 48

  Year Published: 2015
  Expert Group: WG 21

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  Proceedings of the Workshop on Economic Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms on Fisheries and Aquaculture
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 47

  Year Published: 2014
  Expert Group: S-HAB

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  Report of the Study Group on Marine Pollutants
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 46

  Year Published: 2014
  Expert Group: SG-MP

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  Report of the PICES/ICES Working Group on Forecasting Climate Change Impacts on Fish and Shellfish
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 45

  Year Published: 2013
  Expert Group: WG 25

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  Report of Working Group 24 on Environmental Interactions of Marine Aquaculture
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 44

  Year Published: 2013
  Expert Group: WG 24

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  Report of Working Group 23 on Comparative Ecology of Krill in Coastal and Oceanic Waters around the Pacific Rim
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 43

  Year Published: 2013
  Expert Group: WG 23

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  Report of Working Group 22 on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean
  

  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 42

  Year Published: 2013
  Expert Group: WG 22

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 41
  

  Stewart M. McKinnell, Enrique Curchitser, Cornelius Groot, Masahide Kaeriyama and Katherine W. Myers
  

  PICES Advisory Report on the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka (Steller, 1743) in Relation to Marine Ecology

  P: 1-897176-79-1 W: 978-1-927797-08-2
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 40
  

  Michael G. Foreman and Yasuhiro Yamanaka (Eds.) 2011
  

  Report of Working Group 20 on Evaluations of Climate Change Projections

  Expert Group: WG 20 P: 1-897176-76-7 W: 1-897176-78-3
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 39
  

  Mitsutaku Makino and David L. Fluharty (Eds.) 2011
  

  Report of the Study Group on Human Dimensions

  Expert Group: SG-HD P: 1-897176-75-9 W: 1-897176-77-5
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 38
  

  Evgeny Pakhomov and Orio Yamamura (Eds.) 2010
  

  Report of the Advisory Panel on Micronekton Sampling Inter-calibration Experiment

  Expert Group: AP-MIE P: 1-897176-69-4 W: 1-897176-71-6
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 37
  

  Glen Jamieson, Patricia Livingston and Chang-Ik Zhang (Eds.) 2010
  

  Report of Working Group 19 on Ecosystem-based Management Science and its Application to the North Pacific

  Expert Group: WG 19 P: 1-897176-68-6 W: 1-897176-70-8
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 36
  

  Makoto Kashiwai and Gennady A. Kantakov (Eds.) 2009
  

  Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

  P: 1-897176-64-3 W: 1-897176-65-1
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 35
  

  Beamish, R.J. (Ed.) 2008
  

  Impacts of Climate and Climate Change on the Key Species in the Fisheries in the North Pacific

  P: 1-897176-45-7 W: 1-897176-61-9
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 34
  

  Hollowed, A.B., Beamish, R.J., Okey, T.A. and Schirripa, M.J. (Eds.) 2008
  

  Forecasting Climate Impacts on Future Production of Commercially Exploited Fish and Shellfish

  P: 1-897176-43-0 W: 1-897176-44-9
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 33
  

  Kruse, G.H., Livingston, P., Overland, J.E., Jamieson, G.S., McKinnell, S. and Perry, R.I. (Eds.) 2006
  

  Report of the PICES/NPRB Workshop on Integration of Ecological Indicators of the North Pacific with Emphasis on the Bering Sea

  P: 1-897176-05-8 W: 1-897176-09-0
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 32
  

  Miller, C.B. and Ikeda, T. (Eds.) 2006
  

  Report of the 2005 Workshop on Ocean Ecodynamics Comparison in the Subarctic Pacific

  P: 1-897176-04-X W: 1-897176-10-4
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 31
  

  Takeda, S. and Wong, C.S. (Eds.) 2006
  

  Report of the 2004 Workshop on In Situ Iron Enrichment Experiments in the Eastern and Western Subarctic Pacific

  P: 1-897176-03-1 W: 1-897176-11-2
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 30
  

  Brodeur, R. and Yamamura, O. (Eds.) 2005
  

  Micronekton of the North Pacific

  P: 1-897176-02-3 W: 1-897176-12-0
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 29
  

  Jamieson, G. and Zhang, C.-I. (Eds.) 2005
  

  Report of the Study Group on Ecosystem-Based Management Science and its Application to the North Pacific

  Expert Group: SG-EBM P: 0-9731492-9-9 W: 1-897176-13-9
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 28
  

  King, J.R. (Ed.) 2005
  

  Report of the Study Group on the Fisheries and Ecosystem Responses to Recent Regime Shifts

  Expert Group: SG-FERRRS P: 0-9731492-8-0 W: 1-897176-14-7
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 27
  

  Kishi, M.J. (Ed.) 2004
  

  Report of the MODEL Task Team Second Workshop to Develop a Marine Ecosystem Model of the North Pacific Ocean including Pelagic Fishes

  Expert Group: TT-MODEL P: 0-9731492-7-2 W: 1-897176-15-5
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 26
  

  McKinnell, S.M. (Ed.) 2004
  

  Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

  P: 0-9731492-6-4 W: 1-897176-16-3
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 25
  

  Aydin, K.Y., McFarlane, G.A., King, J.R. and Megrey, B.A. (Eds.) 2003
  

  PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: The BASS/MODEL Report on Trophic Models of the Subarctic Pacific Basin Ecosystems

  Expert Group: TT-BASS, TT-MODEL P: 0-9731492-5-6 W: 1-897176-17-1
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 24
  

  Feely, R.A. (Ed.) 2003
  

  C02 in the North Pacific Ocean (Working Group 13 Final Report)

  Expert Group: WG 13 P: 0-9731492-4-8 W: 1-897176-18-X
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 23
  

  Taylor, F.J.R. and Trainer, V.L. (Eds.) 2002
  

  Harmful Algal Blooms in the PICES Region of the North Pacific

  Expert Group: S-HAB P: 0-9731492-3-X W: 1-897176-19-8
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 22
  

  Perry, R.I., Livingston, P. and Bychkov, A.S. (Eds.) 2002
  

  PICES Science: The First Ten Years and a Look to the Future

  P: 0-9731492-2-1 W: 1-897176-20-1
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 21
  

  Miller, C.B. (Ed.) 2002
  

  PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the PICES 2002 Volunteer Observing Ship Workshop

  P: 0-9731492-1-3 W: 1-897176-21-X
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 20
  

  Batchelder, H.P., McFarlane, G.A., Megrey, B.A., Mackas, D.L. and Peterson, W.T. (Eds.) 2002
  

  PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the 2001 BASS/MODEL, MONITOR and REX Workshops, and the 2002 MODEL/REX Workshop

  P: 0-9731492-0-5 W: 1-897176-22-8
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 19
  

  Otto, R.S. and Jamieson, G.S. (Eds.) 2001
  

  Commercially Important Crabs, Shrimps and Lobsters of the North Pacific Ocean

  P: 0-9685100-9-4 W: 1-897176-23-6
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 18
  

  Alexander, V., Bychkov, A.S., Livingston, P. and McKinnell, S.M. (Eds.) 2001
  

  Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on “Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific”

  Expert Group: WG 24 P: 0-9685100-8-6 W: 1-897176-24-4
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 17
  

  Megrey, B.A., Taft, B.A. and Peterson, W.T. (Eds.) 2001
  

  PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the 2000 BASS, MODEL, MONITOR and REX Workshops, and the 2001 BASS/MODEL Workshop

  Expert Group: TT-BASS, TT-MODEL, TT-MONITOR, TT-REX
  P: 0-9685100-7-8 W: 1-897176-25-2
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 16
  

  Stehr, C.M. and Horiguchi, T. (Eds.) 2001
  

  Environmental Assessment of Vancouver Harbour Data Report for the PICES MEQ Practical Workshop

  Expert Group: MEQ P: 0-9685100-6-X W: 1-897176-26-0
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 15
  

  Megrey, B.A., Taft, B.A. and Peterson, W.T. (Eds.) 2000
  

  PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Report of the 1999 MONITOR and REX Workshops, and the 2000 MODEL Workshop on Lower Trophic Level Modelling

  TT-MODEL, TT-MONITOR, TT-REX
  P: 0-9685100-5-1 W: 1-897176-27-9
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 14
  

  Hunt, G.L. Jr., Kato, H. and McKinnell, S.M. (Eds.) 2000
  

  Predation by Marine Birds and Mammals in the Subarctic North Pacific Ocean

  P: 0-9685100-4-3 W: 1-897176-28-7
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 13
  

  Danchenkov, M.A., Aubrey, D.G. and Hong, G.H. 2000
  

  Bibliography of the Oceanography of the Japan/East Sea

  P: 0-9685100-3-5 W: 1-897176-29-5
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 12
  

  Lobanov, V.B., Nagata, Y. and Riser, S.C. (Eds.) 1999
  

  Proceedings of the Second PICES Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas

  P: 0-9685100-2-7 W: 1-897176-30-9
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 11
  

  Dugdale, R.C., Hay, D.E., McFarlane, G.A., Taft, B.A. and Yoo, S. (Eds.) 1999
  

  PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity: Summary of the 1998 MODEL, MONITOR and REX Workshops, and Task Team Reports

  TT-MODEL, TT-MONITOR, TT-REX
  P: 0-9685100-1-9 W: 1-897176-31-7
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 10
  

  Freeland, H.J., Peterson, W.T. and Tyler, A. (Eds.) 1999
  

  Proceedings of the 1998 Science Board Symposium on The Impacts of the 1997/98 El Niño Event on the North Pacific Ocean and Its Marginal Seas

  P: 0-9685100-0-0 W: 1-897176-32-5
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 9
  

  Hollowed, A.B., Ikeda, T., Radchenko, V.I. and Wada, T. (Organizers) 1998
  

  PICES Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Workshop on the Development of Cooperative Research in Coastal Regions of the North Pacific

  P: 0-9698420-9-0 W: 1-897176-33-3
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 8
  

  Nagata, Y. and Lobanov, V.B. (Eds.) 1998
  

  Multilingual Nomenclature of Place and Oceanographic Names in the Region of the Okhotsk Sea

  P: 0-9698420-8-2 W: 1-897176-34-1
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 7
  

  Beamish, R.J., Hollowed, A.B., Perry, R.I., Radchenko, V.I., Yoo, S. and Terazaki, M. (Eds.) 1997
  

  Summary of the Workshop on Conceptual/Theoretical Studies and Model Development and the 1996 MODEL, BASS and REX Task Team Reports

  TT-BASS, TT-MODEL, TT-REX
  P: 0-9698420-7-4 W: 1-897176-35-X
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 6
  

  Anonymous. 1996
  

  Proceedings of the Workshop on the Okhotsk Sea and Adjacent Areas.

  P: 0-9698420-6-6 W: 1-897176-36-8
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 5
  

  LeBlond, P.H. and Endoh, M. (Eds.) 1996
  

  Modelling of the Subarctic North Pacific Circulation (Report of Working Group 7)

  Expert Group: WG 7 P: 0-9698420-5-8 W: 1-897176-37-6
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 4
  

  Hargreaves, N.B. (Ed.) 1996
  

  Science Plan, Implementation Plan (Report of the PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity)

  P: 0-9698420-4-X W: 1-897176-38-4
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 3
  

  Anonymous. 1995
  

  Report of the PICES-STA Workshop on Monitoring Subarctic North Pacific Variability

  P: 0-9698420-3-1 W: 1-897176-39-2
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 2
  

  Talley, L.D. and Nagata, Y. (Eds.) 1995
  

  The Okhotsk Sea and Oyashio Region (Report of Working Group 1)

  Expert Group: WG 1 P: 0-9698420-2-3 W: 1-897176-40-6
  

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  PICES Sci. Rep. No. 1
  

  Hargreaves, N.B., Hunter, J.R., Sugimoto, T. and Wada, T. (Eds.) 1993
  

  Coastal Pelagic Fishes (Report of Working Group 3); Subarctic Gyre (Report of Working Group 6)

  Expert Group: WG 3 P: 0-9698420-0-7 W: 1-897176-41-4
  

PICES Technical Reports

[PICES Scientific Reports]

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  Report No. 1, 2007

  Bernard A. Megrey, S. Allen Macklin, Kimberly Bahl, and P. Daniel Klawitter
  Metadata Federation of PICES Member Countries
  Addendum 1: Instructions for Isite for Windows (pdf)
  Addendum 2: Instructions for Isite for Windows ADHOST (pdf)
  Expert Group: TCODE ISBN: 1-897176-06-6 ISSN: 0000-000X

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  Report No. 2, 2024

  Erin Satterthwaite, Hernan Garcia, Trajce Alcinov, Daisuke Ambe, Jeanette Gann, Shelee Hamilton, Chunhua Han, Daiki Ito, Brett Johnson, Jill Prewitt, Igor Shevchenko, Tim van der Stap and Fangfang Wan
  Report of the Study Group on Encouraging Data Awareness and Increased Transmission and Accessibility
  Expert Group: SG-DATA ISBN: 978-1-927797-63-1 ISSN: 0000-000X