Our colleagues from ARC-HU, Assistant Professor Irene D. Alabia and Research Professor Sei-Ichi Saitoh, gave the following oral presentations at the 35th PICES Annual Meeting held in Vancouver Islands Convention Center, Nanaimo, Canada, from October 24 to October 30, 2026. Research Professor Saitoh was a co-convener in workshop W4 (Present and Future Pressures and Human Activities in the Arctic Ocean and Pacific Gateways). 550 scientists participated this meeting from 19 countries.
PICES 2026:
https://meetings.pices.int/meetings/annual/2026/pices/Program
Oral and poste presentations（Scientists of ARC-HU are indicated by underline）:
W4: HD Workshop (HYBRID format)
Connections between the Arctic Gateways and the Central Arctic Ocean – Key research questions for the next 10 years (October 25)
(W4-Oral)
Irene D. Alabia, Jorge García Molinos, Takafumi Hirata, Hiromichi Ueno, Megan J.
Williams, Otso Ovaskainen, Benjamin Planque and Sei-Ichi Saitoh (Contributed)
Climate-driven fish community reorganization in the Eastern Bering Sea: Early signals
from the Pacific Arctic gateway
Session 5 (S5): Using ecosystem-scale information and machine-learning modeling approaches to understand climate change impacts on transboundary species in the North Pacific (October 29)
(S5-Oral)
Irene D. Alabia, Sei-Ichi Saitoh, Takafumi Hirata, Yasuyuki Miyakoshi, Jorge García Molinos, Benjamin Planque, Masahide Kaeriyama
Ecological drivers of Hokkaido pink salmon abundance over four decades: Brood-line structure and marine thermal conditions
Session 10 (S10): Using long-term ocean observations to understand ocean change and support resilient ecosystems and communities in the North Pacific (October 28)
(S10-Oral)
Irene D. Alabia, Megan J. Williams, Jorge García Molinos, Takafumi Hirata, Hiromichi Ueno
Eastern Bering Sea habitat conservation areas support distinct long-term biodiversity and community dynamics (October 28)
