NORTH PACIFIC MARINE SCIENCE ORGANIZATION (PICES) ANNUAL REPORT EIGHTH MEETING VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA OCTOBER 8 - 17, 1999 January 2000 Secretariat / Publisher North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. V8L 4B2 e-mail:
[email protected] web: http://pices.ios.bc.ca TABLE OF CONTENTS W X Page Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting Agenda 3 Report of Opening Session 5 Report of Governing Council Meetings 25 Reports of Science Board and Committees Science Board 45 Biological Oceanography Committee 57 Fishery Science Committee 63 Working Group 12: Crabs and Shrimps 67 Marine Environmental Quality Committee 73 Working Group 8: Practical Assessment Methodology 76 Physical Oceanography and Climate Committee 93 Working Group 13: CO2 in the North Pacific 97 Implementation Panel on the CCCC Program 105 Technological Committee on Data Exchange 117 Publication Committee 123 Finance and Administration Report of Finance and Administration Committee 127 Assets on 31st of December, 1998 132 Income and Expenditures for 1998 133 Budget for 2000 136 Composition of the Organization Officers, Delegates, Finance and Administration Committee, Science Board, Secretariat, Scientific and Technical Committees 139 List of Participants 149 List of Acronyms 171 iii REPORT OF OPENING SESSION W X The Opening Session was called to order at 8:30 scientists increase. Also of paramount importance th am on of October 11 . The Chairman, Dr. is research of both ecosystems and the prediction Hyung-Tack Huh, who welcomed delegates, of environmental long term changes. observers and researchers to the Eighth Annual Meeting. Dr. Huh called upon Vice-Governor The changes occurring in the resource structure of Vladimir A.