Meeting Proceedings of the Commission 2025-2026 including:
| Date |
Title |
Venue |
|
20 Jan.
|
NAFO ad hoc virtual Working Group to develop Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the 2026 Performance Review of NAFO Meeting |
Virtual |
| Apr. |
NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council Catch Estimation Strategy Advisory Group (CESAG) Meeting |
via correspondence |
| 06–08 May |
NAFO Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC) Intersessional Meeting |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Week of 03 Aug. |
NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council Working Group on Ecosystem Approach Framework to Fisheries Management (WG-EAFFM) Meeting |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Week of 03 Aug. |
NAFO Joint Commission–Scientific Council Working Group on Risk-based Management Strategies (WG-RBMS) Meeting |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 21–25 Sep. |
NAFO 48th Annual Meeting |
Lithuania |
| |
NAFO STACTIC Editorial Drafting Group of the NAFO CEM (EDG) Meeting |
Virtual |
| |
NAFO Working Group on Improving Efficiency of NAFO Working Group Process (E-WG) Meeting |
Virtual |
Scientific Council Reports 2026 including:
| Date |
Title |
Venue |
| |
NAFO SC STACREC Data Review Meeting |
Virtual |
| |
SC Precautionary Approach Framework Working Group (PA-WG) Meeting |
Virtual |
| 29 May–11 June |
NAFO Scientific Council and its Standing Committees Meeting |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 15–17 Sep. |
Scientific Council and STACFIS Shrimp Assessment Meeting |
|
| 21–25 Sep. |
NAFO 48th Annual Meeting |
Lithuania |
| 10–19 Nov. |
NAFO Working Group on Ecosystem Science and Assessment (WG-ESA) Meeting |
|
| Commission |
Joost Paardekooper (EU)
- Elected Sep. 2025 |
President and Chair of the Commission |
Ray Walsh (Canada)
- Elected Sep. 2025 |
vice-Chair of the Commission |
Robert Fagan (Canada)
- Re-elected Sep. 2024 |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Administration (STACFAD) |
| Vacant |
vice-Chair of Standing Committee on Finance and Administration (STACFAD) |
Patrick Moran (USA)
- Re-elected Sep. 2025 |
Chair of the Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC) |
Brent Napier (Canada)
- Elected Sep. 2025 |
vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on International Control (STACTIC) |
| Scientific Council |
Diana González Troncoso (EU)
- Re-elected Sep. 2025 for one-year term |
Chair of the Scientific Council |
Mark Simpson (Canada)
- Re-elected Sep. 2025 for one-year term |
vice-Chair of the Scientific Council |
| Vacant |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Environment (STACFEN) |
José De Oliveira (United Kingdom)
- Elected Sep. 2025 |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Science (STACFIS) |
Rick Rideout (Canada)
- Elected Jun. 2021 |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Publications (STACPUB) |
Mark Simpson (Canada)
- Re-elected Sep. 2025 for one-year term |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Research Coordination (STACREC) |
| NAFO Secretariat: |
| Brynhildur Benediktsdóttir |
Executive Secretary |
| Stan Goodick |
Deputy Executive Secretary & Senior Finance and Staff Administrator |
| Jana Aker |
Fisheries Management Coordinator |
| Dayna Bell MacCallum. |
Senior Scientific Information Administrator |
| Sarah Guile |
Senior Office Administrator |
| Matt Kendall |
Senior Information Technology Manager |
| DJ Lay cock |
Database Developer/Programmer Analyst |
| Lisa LeFort |
Senior Executive Assistant |
| Alexis Pacey |
Senior Publications/Web Manager |
| Andrea Perreault |
Senior Science Coordinator |
| Catherine Thompson |
Fisheries Information Administrator |
| Contracting Parties (and dates): |
| Canada (30 November 1978) |
Cuba (22 December 1978) |
Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland
(30 May 1979) |
European Union (EU) (28 December 1978) |
| France (in respect of St. Pierre et Miquelon) (14 August 1996) |
Iceland (29 December 1978) |
| Japan (4 January 1980) |
Norway (28 December 1978) |
| Republic of Korea (21 December 1993) |
Russian Federation (successor of USSR) (1 January 1992) |
| Ukraine (30 August 1999) |
United Kingdom (18 September 2020) |
| United States of America (29 November 1995) |