Building Local Warning Networks for the Detection and Human Dimension of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in

The main objectives for the second PST meeting on July 13, 2021 (JST) were to: (1) review the updates in the FishGIS smartphone application, (2) discuss the draft PDM and further steps in the development of this framework, and (3) reassess and modify the project implementation planning. [...] 1.3) was held March 16–18, 2023, in Yokohama, Japan, to: (1) review the outcomes from the January 2023 community training workshop in Lombok (Indonesia) and the results from the Indonesian field sampling program in the Gili Matra region (May 2022–February 2023), (2) summarize the outcomes from the project and finalize the tasks for the preparation of the final reports, and (3) set the stage for a. [...] In 2016, PICES created the Human Dimensions Committee (HD) with the expressed aim to “promote and coordinate interdisciplinary research that leads to increased understanding of the relationship between North Pacific marine ecosystems and the people, communities, and economies that are part of those systems and rely on the resources and services they provide.” The mandate of HD was robust. [...] Building on this model, the Ciguatera workshop activities can be aligned with the different environmental drivers that are likely to impact the establishment of the CTX-producing cells, the level of CTX in the phytoplankton, the effective movement into a sub-group of the fish, and the transfer to the plates of community members (Fig. [...] It is structured to list the Project Goals (to codify the overriding objectives), the Project Purpose (the intended impacts and anticipated benefits), the Results/Outputs (the objectives the project management must achieve and sustain), and the Activities (steps taken to achieve the desired results/outputs).