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2022

Meeting Proceedings of  the Commission 2022 including: 

Date Title Venue
13 Jan.    Joint Advisory Group on Data Management (JAGDM) Meeting:
Strategic Planning Meeting   		 WebEx
22 Feb NAFO Working Group on Improving Efficiency of NAFO Working Group Process
(E-WG) Meeting		 WebEx
12 Apr.    Ad Hoc virtual NAFO Website Re-Design Working Group: Data Classification Meeting WebEx
Apr.  NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council Catch Estimation Strategy Advisory Group (CESAG) Meeting By correspondence
09–12 May  NAFO Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC) Intersessional Meeting Halifax, Canada
26-28 July     NAFO STACTIC Observer Program Review Working Group Meeting (WG-OPR)   Montreal, Canada
08–10 Aug.   NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council WG-EAFFM Workshop of fisheries managers and scientists to draft ecosystem objectives Halifax, Canada
11–12 Aug.   NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council Working Group on Ecosystem Approach Framework to Fisheries Management (WG-EAFFM) Meeting Halifax, Canada
15–16 Aug.      NAFO Precautionary Approach Framework Workshop Halifax, Canada
17–18 Aug.      NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council Working Group on Risk-based Management Strategies (WG-RBMS) Meeting Halifax, Canada
29–30 Aug.    NAFO STACTIC Working Group on Control of Landing Obligation (WG-LO) Meeting    WebEx
18 Sep.  NAFO Commission Intersessional Meeting on Fishing Regime for Shrimp in Division 3M Porto, Portugal
19–23 Sep. NAFO 44th Annual Meeting Porto, Portugal
14 Dec. NAFO Working Group on Improving Efficiency of NAFO Working Group Process (E-WG) Meeting WebEx

 

Scientific Council Reports 2022 including:

Date Title Venue
31 Jan.     NAFO Scientific Council Precautionary Approach Framework
Working Group (PA-WG)    		 WebEx
04 May     NAFO Virtual STACREC Meeting     WebEx
03–16 Jun. NAFO Scientific Council and its Standing Committees Meeting    Halifax, Canada
27 Jul. NAFO Scientific Council Meeting WebEx
12-16 Sep. NAFO Scientific Council and STACFIS Shrimp Meeting Vigo, Spain
19-23 Sep. NAFO Scientific Council Meeting Porto, Portugal
15-24 Nov. NAFO Scientific Council Working Group on Ecosystem Science and Assessment Halifax, Canada
01 Dec. Report of the NAFO Precautionary Approach Working Group (PA-WG) WebEx

 

Officers of the Organization:

Commission
Deirdre Warner-Kramer (USA)
- Elected Sep. 2021		 Acting President of the Organization and Chair of the Commission
Deirdre Warner-Kramer (USA)
- Elected Sep. 2021		 Vice-Chair of the Commission
Robert Fagan (Canada)
- Elected Sep. 2021		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Administration (STACFAD)
Jake Round (UK)
- Elected Sep. 2021		 Vice-Chair of Standing Committee on Finance and Administration (STACFAD)
Kaire Martin (European Union)
- Re-elected Sep. 21     		Chair of the Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC)     
Patrick Moran (USA)
- Re-elected Sep. 21 		  Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC) 
Scientific Council
Karen Dwyer (Canada)
- Elected Jun. 2021		 Chair of the Scientific Council
Diana González Troncoso (EU)
- Elected Jun. 2021		 Vice-Chair of the Scientific Council
Miguel Caetano (EU)
- Re-elected Jun.. 2021		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Environment (STACFEN)  
Mark Simpson (Canada)
- Elected Jun. 2021		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Science (STACFIS)
Rick Rideout (Canada)
- Elected Jun. 2021		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Publications (STACPUB)
Diana González Troncoso (EU)
- Elected Jun. 2021		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Research Coordination (STACREC)

 

NAFO Secretariat:

Fred Kingston Executive Secretary
Stan Goodick Deputy Executive Secretary & Senior Finance and Staff Administrator
Tom Blasdale Scientific Council Coordinator 
Dr. Ricardo Federizon Senior Fisheries Management Coordinator
Dayna Bell MacCallum. Scientific Information Administrator
Sarah Guile Office Administrator
Matt Kendall Information Technology Manager
DJ Lay cock Database Developer/Programmer Analyst 
Lisa LeFort Senior Executive Assistant
Alexis Pacey Senior Publications/Web Manager
Mikaela Soroka Fisheries Information Administrator

 

Contracting Parties (and dates):

Canada (30 November 1978) Cuba (22 December 1978)
Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland
(30 May 1979)		 European Union (EU) (28 December 1978)
France (in respect of St. Pierre et Miquelon) (14 August 1996) Iceland (29 December 1978)
Japan (4 January 1980) Norway (28 December 1978)
Republic of Korea (21 December 1993) Russian Federation (successor of USSR) (1 January 1992)
Ukraine (30 August 1999) United Kingdom (18 September 2020)
United States of America (29 November 1995)

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