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5th WGICA virtual workshop was held on April 27-29, 2020

Fifth Meeting of the ICES/PICES/PAME Working Group on Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for the Central Arctic Ocean (WGICA) was held online (virtual) using Zoom and WebEx, from April 27 to April 29, 2020. Co-Conveners were three, Sei-Ichi Saitoh (PICES), Research Prof. of ARC-HU, Lis Lindal Jørgensen (PAME), John Bengtson (ICES). It was shared with 2 time zones with twice of 9:00-11:00 JST (Asian site using Zoom) and 19:00-21:00 JST (European site using WebEx). We discussed on finalization of the WGICA IEA No. 1 Report, writing of 2020 annual report and WGICA IEA No.2 Report. From our center, Prof. Fukamachi (Director), Prof. Otsuka, Associate Prof. Ohnishi and Associate Prof. Hirata participated to this workshop. Total number of 12 and 11 participants were available on April 27 and 28, respectively, including 5 foreign participants from United Sates, Canada, Korea in Asian Site online workshop.

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