Scientific Research

Committee on Scientific Research and Statistics (CSRS) and its meetings

The Commission established the Committee on Scientific Research and Statistics (CSRS), which holds its meetings during the Annual Meetings of the Commission in autumn. Scientists also meet between the Annual Meetings, usually in March, at the Research Planning and Coordinating Meeting (RPCM).

At CSRS and RPCM, the Parties submit their scientific research plans for salmon, report the results of their previous scientific researches and statistical data of their catches and fry releases, and discuss the scientific research cooperation among the Parties.

As one of the results of the cooperation with other international organizations, a Joint Meeting on Causes of Marine Mortality of Salmon in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans and in the Baltic Sea was held in Vancouver, Canada, in March 2002 with five co-sponsoring international organizations (IBSFC ICES, NASCO, NPAFC, and PICES).

CSRS established the following sub-committee and working groups:

• Science Sub-Committee
• Working Group on Stock Assessment
• Working Group on Salmon Marking
• Ad hoc Working Group on Stock Identification
• BASIS Working Group

CSRS Points of Contacts:

      Canada: R. Beamish, J. Irvine
      Japan: T. Nagasawa, S. Urawa
      Korea: S. Kang
      Russia O. Gritsenko, V. Karpenko, V. Sviridov
      USA: L.L. Low