Council officers and chairs are elected for three to four years. Year indicates appointment of new officer/chair.
President
Cornelius Hammer, Germany (2018)
First Vice-President
Fritz W. Köster , Denmark (2018)
Vice-Presidents
Tammo Bult, the Netherlands (2017)
William Karp, USA (2018)
Kai Myrberg, Finland (2017)
Pierre Petitgas, France (2017)
Johann Sigurjónsson, Iceland (2017)
Piotr Margonski, Poland (2018)
Chair
Eskild Kirkegaard, Denmark (2016)
Vice-Chairs
Carmen Fernandez, Spain (2017)
Ghislain Chouinard, Canada (2018)
Mark Tasker, UK (2018)
Yvonne Walther, Sweden (2016)
Steering groups
Graham Pierce, UK (2016)
Henn Ojaveer, Estonia (2017)
David Reid, Ireland (2016)
Nils Olav Handegard, Norway (2016)
Carmen Fernandez, Spain (2016) and Jörn Schmidt, Germany (2016)
Strategic initiatives
Myron Peck, Germany (2018), John Pinnegar, UK (2018), Anne B. Hollowed, USA (PICES), and Shin-ichi Ito, Japan (PICES)
Steven Cadrin, USA (2016) and Ciaran Kelly, Ireland (2016)
David Goldsborough, the Netherlands (2018), Eva-Lotta Sundblad, Sweden (2018), and Jörn Schmidt, Germany (2018)
Operational groups
Pierre Petitgas, France (2016)
Ingeborg de Boois, the Netherlands (2016)
Audrey Geffen, Norway (2018)
Daniel Duplisea, Canada (2018)
