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NPAFC Officers and Representatives

Officers

The Commission elects a President and  Vice-President in accordance with the Section VIII, Article 11 of the Convention and Rules of Procedure No. 14.  Committee Chairpersons are selected in accordance with Rules of Procedure No. 15.

President: Vladimir Belyaev (Russia)
Professor, Councilor
Embassy of Russian Federation in Denmark
Vice President: Junichiro Okamoto (Japan)
Professor
Fisheries Resource Management Policy
Faculty of Fisheries Science

Hokkaido University
Chairpersons: Committee on Scientific Research and Statistics (CSRS): Mark Saunders (Canada)
Committee on Enforcement (ENFO): Jeongseok Park (Korea)
Committee on Finance and Administration (F&A): Gary Smith (USA)

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NPAFC Representatives

Each Party nominates up to three Representatives in accordance with Article VIII, No.7 of the Convention. The current representatives are listed below:

Canada George Hungerford
Chair
Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society
Terry Tebb
Vice-President, Operations
Pacific Salmon Foundation
 
Japan Shingo Kurohagi
Director for Enforcement Office
Resource Management Division, Resource Management Department

Fisheries Agency of Japan
Junichiro Okamoto
Professor
Marine Bio-resource
Management Strategy, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University
Akima Umezawa
Fishery Division,

Economic Affairs Bureau,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Korea Ju Kyoung Kim
Scientist
Salmon Hatchery Station,
East Sea Branch of Korea Fisheries Resources Agency (FIRA)
Jeongseok Park
Assistant Director
International Fisheries Organization Division
Distant-Water Fisheries Bureau
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF)
Bundo Yoon
Director
International Fisheries Organization Division,
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF)
Russia Vladimir Belyaev
Director
Department of Science and Education
Federal Agency for Fisheries of the Russian Federation
Vyacheslav Bychkov
Deputy Head

Federal Agency for Fisheries of the Russian Federation
 
United States James Balsiger
Regional Director
Alaska Region (F/AKR)
National Marine Fisheries Service
Gary T. Smith
President
Smith and Stark LLC
 
 
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