The award is given for significant contributions to the progress of marine science in the North Pacific through long-term monitoring operations, management of data associated with ocean conditions and marine bio-resources in the region, or both categories. Recipients may include, for example, research vessels, research or administrative institutes or portions thereof, or technical groups involved in monitoring, data management and dissemination, or a combination of these activities. Outstanding individual efforts may also be recognized.
Nomination and Selection
Nominations from individuals or groups from PICES member countries should be sent with supporting documentation to the Executive Secretary (Robin.Brown@pices.int) by the deadline specified in the Call for Nominations at the PICES website. The Technical Committee on Monitoring (MONITOR) and Technical Committee on Data Exchange (TCODE) will evaluate independently the documents submitted with each nomination, and recommend some or all of the nominations for consideration by SB. Evaluations will include the relevance, duration and balance of activities (ocean observation, resource monitoring, data management, etc.). If more than one nomination is considered worthy of recognition by MONITOR or TCODE, rank preferences will be provided to SB by each Technical Committee. A maximum of one award will be given each year. To keep a large pool of potential candidates, Science Board will reserve any surplus of recommendations for review in two consecutive years and will be reactivated if nominator gives approval. Those nominated but not recommended by a Technical Committee must be re-submitted if they are to be considered for the next year.
Award and Presentation
The award consists of a certificate signed by the PICES Chair and the PICES SB Chair, which will be presented to the recipients (or their representative) at the Opening Session of the PICES Annual Meeting. No financial support from PICES will be provided to the recipient to attend the Annual Meeting where the award is given. Should any representative be unable to attend the Annual Meeting, a Delegate of the recipient’s country will be asked to accept the award on behalf of the recipient.
Nominations for the PICES Ocean Monitoring Service Award, with supporting documentation, should be sent to the PICES Executive Secretary (sonia.batten@pices.int) by MARCH 31.
Deadline: March 31stÂ