Warren S. Wooster

Professor (Emeritus), School of Marine Affairs
Professor (Emeritus), School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
wooster@u.washington.edu

Education

Biographical Sketch

I have long been involved in exploring the role of international institutions that promote scientific studies of the ocean and the application of their findings to the rational use of living marine resources. These institutions are either intergovernmental or non-governmental, and global or regional. My experience has been with organizations in all these categories, including the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of Unesco, the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), and most recently the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES).

While these organizations have dealt with the generation of scientific information relevant to the management of fisheries, they do not have management responsibilities. One dilemma has been to bridge the gap between the academic study of ocean characteristics and populations and the practical and political problems of determining and establishing allowable catch rates. Crossing this bridge is more salient than ever with recognition of the need for ecosystem management and growing awareness of the influence of environmental variations on the abundance and distribution of fish stocks. My interest in these questions is illustrated in the attached list of recent publications.

Recent Publications

2004. BAILEY, K.M., A.B.HOLLOWED, W.S.WOOSTER. Complexity of marine fisheries dynamics and climate interactions in the northeast Pacific Ocean. In N.C.Stenseth and G.Ottersen (Eds). Marine Ecosystems and Climate Variation. Oxford Univ. Press, 147-151.

2004. WOOSTER, W.S. and S.F. TJOSSEM. Scientific cooperation in the North Pacific: The PICES Project. San Diego Internat. Law J. 6 (1), 191-203.

2004. WOOSTER, W.S. and C.I.ZHANG. Regime shifts in the North Pacific: Early indications of the 1976-1977 event. Progress in Oceanography 60 (2-4), 183-2000.

2003. WOOSTER, W.S. Ocean exploration and marine science. ICES Cooperative Research Report 260, 45-48.

2003. LLUCH-COTA, D.B., W.S.WOOSTER, S.R.HARE, D.LLUCH-BELDA, A.PARES-SIERRA. Principal modes and related frequencies of sea surface temperature variability in the Pacific Coast of North America. J.Oceanography 59, 477-488.

2002. WOOSTER, W.S. ENSO forecasts and fisheries. In M.H.Glantz (Ed.). La Niña and its impacts: Facts and speculation. UN University Press, 116-118.

2002. WOOSTER, W.S. PICES - the first decade, and beyond. In R.I.Perry, P.Livingston, and A.S.Bychkov (Eds). "PICES Science: The first ten years and a look to the future." PICES Scientific Report No. 22, 5-11.

2002. WOOSTER, W.S. Grand challenges for ICES: view from the West. ICES Marine Science Symposia 215, 597-600.

2002. WOOSTER, W.S. Sciences of the ocean, physical and otherwise. Oceanography 15, 128-134.

2001. HOLLOWED, A.B., S.R.HARE, W.S.WOOSTER. Pacific Basin climate variability and patterns of northeast Pacific marine fish production. Progress in Oceanography 49, 257-282.

2001. LLUCH-COTA, D.B., W.S.WOOSTER, S.R.HARE. Sea surface temperature variability in coastal areas of the northeastern Pacific related to El-Nio-Southern Oscillation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Geophys.Res.Ltrs. 28, 2029-2032.

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