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2024

Meeting Proceedings of the Commission 2024 including: 

Date Title Venue
16–17 April NAFO Joint Commission-Scientific Council Working Group on Risk-Based Management Strategies (WG-RBMS) Meeting Webex
22 April

NAFO Informal Group to reflect on the workload of the Scientific Council

 Webex
06–08 May NAFO Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC)
Intersessional Meeting		 Copenhagen, Denmark
23–24 July NAFO STACTIC Observer Program Review Working Group (WG-OPR) Meeting  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
05–07 August NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council Working Group on
Ecosystem Approach Framework to Fisheries Management (WG-EAFFM) Meeting		 Bergen, Norway
08–10 August NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council Working Group on
Risk-based Management Strategies (WG-RBMS) Meeting  		  Bergen, Norway
23–27 September 46th Annual Meeting of NAFO Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

Scientific Council Reports 2024 including:

Date Title Venue
09–11 January  Scientific Council Intersessional Meeting Webex
04 April Scientific Council Precautionary Approach Framework Working Group (PA-WG) Webex
13 May Scientific Council Precautionary Approach Framework Working Group (PA-WG) Webex
31 May–13 June Scientific Council Meeting Halifax, Canada
22–23 July Scientific Council Intersessional Meeting Webex
17–19 September Scientific Council and STACFIS Shrimp Assessment Meeting Halifax, Canada
23–27 September 46th Annual Meeting of NAFO Halifax, Canada

 

Commission
Deirdre Warner-Kramer (USA)
- Elected Sep. 2023		 President and Chair of the Commission
Bernard Briand (France - SPM)
- Elected Sep. 2023		 vice-Chair of the Commission
Robert Fagan (Canada)
- Re-elected Sep. 2022		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Administration (STACFAD)
Imogen Gibbins (United Kingdom)
- Elected Sep. 2023		 vice-Chair of Standing Committee on Finance and Administration (STACFAD)
Patrick Moran (USA)
- Re-elected Sep. 2023		 Chair of the Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC)
Brent Napier (Canada)
- Elected Sep. 2023		 vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC)
Scientific Council
Diana González Troncoso (EU)
- Elected Sep. 2023		 Chair of the Scientific Council
Mark Simpson (Canada)
- Elected Sep. 2023		 vice-Chair of the Scientific Council
Miguel Caetano (EU)
- Elected Jun. 2021		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Environment (STACFEN)  
Martha Krohn (Canada)
- Elected 		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Science (STACFIS)
Rick Rideout (Canada)
- Elected Jun. 2021		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Publications (STACPUB)
Mark Simpson (Canada)
- Elected Sep. 2023		 Chair of the Standing Committee on Research Coordination (STACREC)

 

NAFO Secretariat:
Brynhildur Benediktsdóttir Executive Secretary
Stan Goodick Deputy Executive Secretary & Senior Finance and Staff Administrator
Tom Blasdale Scientific Council Coordinator (Jan.-Mar.)
Jana Aker Fisheries Management Coordinator
Dayna Bell MacCallum. Senior Scientific Information Administrator
Sarah Guile Senior Office Administrator
Matt Kendall Senior Information Technology Manager
DJ Lay cock Database Developer/Programmer Analyst 
Lisa LeFort Senior Executive Assistant
Alexis Pacey Senior Publications/Web Manager
Catherine Thompson 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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