PICES-2023 Welcome Address

• It draws attention to an important aspect of the PICES Convention that is not so much in the limelight: "to promote the collection and exchange of information and data related to marine scientific research in the area concerned." PICES-2023 POMA Winner HAB monitoring and research programmes in China PICES-2023 POMA Winner HAB monitoring and research programmes in China • Motivated by dinoflagell. [...] PICES-2023 POMA Winner HAB monitoring and research programmes in China Participant Research Organizations • First Institute of Oceanography • Second Institute of Oceanography • Third Institute of Oceanography • Fourth Institute of Oceanography • National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center • Marine Science Institute • Chinese Academy of Sciences • the South China Sea Marine Research Institute •. [...] of the East China Sea Fisheries Research Supported by: • Ministry of Natural Resources of China Benthic dinoflagellate samples collection in Prorocentrum donghaiense bloom and • Ministry of Science and Technology and the the southern coastal areas of China. [...] Promotion Indigenous of ECOPs knowledge Science Empowerment Communication of Women Greener Involvement Ocean of SIDS Science Promotion Indigenous of ECOPs knowledge Science Ambition Empowerment Communication Build on existing joint activities of ICES of Women and PICES to facilitate research and knowledge generation for our members and beyond to share research, develop Involvement ideas and contri. [...] Vera’s career in marine science was lengthy and pioneering; she was the first woman to earn a doctorate at the University of Alaska, in 1965 and served as Dean of the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences there for over 20 years.