A special joint ICES/PICES session on "Jellyfish in marine ecosystems and their interactions with fish and fisheries" will take place on 18 October 2012 at the North Pacific Marine Science Organization’s (PICES) Annual Meeting in Hiroshima, Japan.

Co-convenors at the session:

• Richard Brodeur (PICES/USA)
• Cornelia Jaspers, DTU Aqua,  (ICES/Denmark)
• Christopher Lynam (ICES/UK)
• Song Sun (PICES/China)
• Shin-Ichi Uye (PICES/Japan)
• Won-Duk Yoon (PICES/Korea)

Working Group Meeting
Further, there will be a PICES Working Group meeting on 14 October 2012 concerning ‘Jellyfish Blooms around the North Pacific Rim’ that will be open to those interested in participating.

For terms of reference see: http://www.pices.int/members/working_groups/wg26.aspx.

PICES Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization’s (PICES) will take place in Hiroshima, Japan on 12-21 October 2012.

Invited Speakers are Thomas K. Doyle (University College Cork, Ireland), William M. Graham (University of Southern Mississippi, USA) and Reiji Masuda (Kyoto University, Japan).

The PICES annual meeting including the jelly session and working group will be at the International Conference Center, Hiroshima.

For the entire annual meeting program see:
http://www.pices.int/meetings/annual/PICES-2012/2012-scientific_program.aspx

Deadlines
30 June 2012: Early Registration
30 June 2012: Abstract Submission
30 June 2012: Financial Support Application
15 August 2012: Notification of Abstract Acceptance
15 August 2012: Notification of Financial Support Grant