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2026

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 Perrault Senior Science Coordinato
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)

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