Committees

NPRB committees help identify science, management and monitoring needs.

Science Panel

Includes experts in the fields of oceanography, ecosystems dynamics, fish ecology, and marine mammal and seabird biology, as well as other disciplines. View current list of members

Advisory Panel

NPRB Seeks Nominations for Advisory Panel

The Advisory Panel serves as a bridge between knowledge derived through scientific research and the experiential understanding gained over time and shared by community members. This group represents broad constituencies associated with Alaska coastal areas and users of the marine environment.

Advisory Panel members make recommendations to the Board to help it accomplish its overall mission of fielding a high-caliber, comprehensive research program that will improve our understanding of the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, and Arctic Ocean ecosystems and their fisheries, and help to sustain and enhance the living marine resources. View current list of members

The North Pacific Research Board is seeking nominations for its Advisory Panel. The Board believes it is important to incorporate meaningful community involvement throughout its science program, from planning to oversight and review. The Advisory Panel has a significant advice-giving role, with active involvement in setting research priorities and defining questions, although it does not participate in reviewing research proposals.

Terms and conditions

Advisory Panel members serve three-year terms, with new terms commencing on April 9th, 2011. The Board covers travel, food and lodging when attending meetings. 

Nomination process

• Deadline: Friday, March 25, 2011
• Nominations should include:
  • a brief 1-2 page resume
  • full contact information, including email address
• Submit nominations and self-nominations for representation from the Arctic and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands to the Board by email or by regular mail to:
  • Katie Blake, Executive Assistant
    North Pacific Research Board
    1007 West 3rd Avenue, Suite 100
    Anchorage, AK 99501

The Board will select new Advisory Panel members during the first week of April 2011. The next scheduled Advisory Panel meeting will take place April 26-27 in Anchorage.

Ecosystem Modeling Committee

Develops and maintains evaluation criteria for ecosystem modeling efforts funded by NPRB. Learn more

committee of visitors

A review of the North Pacific Research Board program, undertaken by the Committee of Visitors (COV) in 2010, identified programmatic strengths and weaknesses, which are detailed in this report. (PDF)

These characteristics were used as a basis for recommendations intended to improve the performance of the NPRB program.

Committee of Visitors members

• Dr. Lynda Shapiro, COV Chair, Professor Emeritus, University of Oregon
• Dr. M. Robin Anderson, Marine Habitat Research Scientist, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Dr. Hal Batchelder, Executive Director, U.S. GLOBEC NEP Program, Oregon State University
• Dr. Jim Harvey, Professor and Chair, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State University
• Dr. Eileen Hofmann, Professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University
• Dr. Bruce Leaman, Executive Director, International Pacific Halibut Commission
• Dr. Bill Peterson, NOAA Fisheries, Hatfield Marine Science Center
• Lisa Webb, COV Staff Support, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State University