Co- Regional Vice Chairs:

Hajime Ishihara, Environment Specialist, 1Iraq Sea Line Project under JICA (Japan International Corporation Agency) Fund, P.O. Box 144420 Amman, 11814 Jordan; Tel: +962-65865980; Fax: +962-65865978; E-mail: h.ishihara@wi-associates.co.jp

Alexei Orlov, Principal Scientist, Department of International Legal and Biological Foundations in Fisheries, Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries, Verkhnyaya Krasnoselskaya 17, Moscow, 107140, Russian Federation; Tel: +7 (095) 264 9143; Fax: +7 (095) 5336797; Email: orlov@vniro.ru

SSG Executive Committee – Trade focal point:
Shelley Clarke, Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BPD5 CEDEX, Noumea, New Caledonia, 98848; Tel: +687 262000 ext 328; Email: shelleyc@spc.int

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Hiroaki Matsunaga, Researcher, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8633, Japan; Tel: +81 (543) 36-6047; Fax: +81 (543) 35-9642; Email: matsuh@fra.affrc.go.jp

Hideki Nakano, Chief, Bycatch Section, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8633, Japan; Tel: +81 (543) 366-000; Fax: +81 (543) 359-642; Email: hnakano@affrc.go.jp

Kazuhiro Nakaya, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato – Cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan; Tel: 81-138-50-3568; Fax: +81-138-50-3568; Email: bxk03120@nifty.com

Sho Tanaka, Professor of Fisheries Biology, School of Marine Science & Technology, Tokai University, 3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan; Tel: +81 (543) 340-411; Fax: +81 (543) 345-095; Email: sho@scc.u-tokai.ac.jp

Yamin Wang, College of Ocean Sciences, Shandong University – Weihai, 180 Wen Hua Xi Lu, Weihai 264209, Shandong Province, China, Tel: +86-13141099844; Email: wildlifes66@yahoo.com.cn