NPAFC Officers and Representatives

Officers (from October 29, 2011)

The Commission elects a Presidents 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	Guy Beaupré Director General International Affairs, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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, Facutly of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University	Akima Umezawa Fishery Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Korea	Jeongseok Park Assistant Director International Fisheries Organization Division Distant-Water Fisheries Bureau Ministry for food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF)	Jang-Woo Seo Director International Fisheries Organization Division, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF)	Ki Baik Seong Fisheries Research Scientist Youngdong Inland Fisheries Research Institute, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute
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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