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Governance

The Ocean Tracking Network is guided by four groups, the principal researchers, a management board, a scientific steering committee and an international advisory board.

Principal Researchers

  • Dr. Ron O’Dor
  • Dr. Michael Stokesbury

CFI Dalhousie Management Board

  • Dr. Keith Thompson
  • Dr. Sara Iverson
  • Dr. Jeff Hutchings
  • Dr. David Vanderzwaag

Scientific Steering Committee

  • Steve Ferguson, Arctic
  • Karim Erzini, NE Atlantic
  • John Cullen, NW Atlantic
  • Mike Roberts, SE Atlantic
  • Gustavo Lovrich, SW Atlantic
  • Russ Babcock, E Indian
  • Laurent Dagorn, W Indian
  • Kim Holland, Mid Pacific
  • Paul Kariya, Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST)
  • Hiroshi Ueda, NW Pacific
  • Roberto de Andrade, SE Pacific
  • Scott Gallager, Southern Ocean
  • Keith Alverson, Global

International Advisory Board

  • John Field, Chair GOOS, IOC, University of Capetown, South Africa
  • Victor Gallardo, University of Concepcion, Chile
  • John Gunn, Deputy Chief, CSIRO Marine, Australia
  • Marlon Lewis, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • Scott McKinley, University of  British Columbia, Director Aquanet, Canada
  • Phil Mundy, Director NOAA, Auke Bay, Alaska, USA
  • John Nightingale, Director, Vancouver Aquarium, Canada
  • Andy Rosenberg, US Oceans Commission, University of New Hampshire, USA
  • Yvan Simard, U.Q.R., ArcticNet, Canada
  • Fred Whoriskey, Scientific Director, Atlantic Salmon Federation and Director, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada