Funding for Scientific Research

Inadequate funding continues to be a major challenge to the future of NPAFC scientific research. Each national party of NPAFC has made a substantial commitment of resources to the joint work, including research vessels and scientific expertise.

Analyses of many samples and data collected, however, have to be postponed until more funding is available. Some participants lack even the most basic equipment for carrying out field and laboratory research and data analysis.

Projects financed by external funds:

North Pacific Research Board funds (NPRB)

• (R0204) NPAFC Salmon Tagging
  
• (R0303) NPAFC Cooperative Research
  Use of genetic stock identification to determine the distribution, migration, early marine survival, and relative stock abundance of sockeye and chum salmon in the Bering Sea.
   

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

• A Long-term Research and Monitoring Plan (LRMP) for Pacific Salmon in the North Pacific Ocean

We welcome your support for NPAFC scientific research.

External Funding Working Group Points of Contact

For Canada:
Gerry Kristianson, Sport Fishing Institute
Tel: 1-250-656-5829
Fax: 1-250-656-5829
gerrykr@telus.net

For Japan:
Kazuaki Tanaka, Fisheries Agency
Tel: 81-3-3501-3861
Fax: 81-3-3502-0571
kazuaki_tanaka@nm.maff.go.jp

For Korea:
Kyu Jin Seok, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Tel: 82-2-3148-6994
Fax: 82-2-3148-6996
icdmomaf@aol.com

For Russia:
Sergey Maksimov, Federal Agency for Fisheries of the Russian Federation
Tel: 7-495-624-32-71
Fax: 7-495-628-47-98
maksimovsv@fishcom.ru

For United States:
Gary Smith (Chairman)
Tel: 1-206-443-8846
Fax: 1-206-443-9059
gsmith@smithandstark.com