Dr. Roxana AUGUSZTINY, Acting Director, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Dr. Arkady V. ALEKSEEV, Academician, Corresponding Member, Deputy Chairman, Presidium of the Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok

Dr. Yuri N. ZHURAVLEV, Academician, Director, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok

Dr. Vladimir L. KASYANOV, Director, Institute of Marine Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok

Dr. Felix B. CHERNYAVSKI, Director, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Magadan

Dr. Vitaly G. TARASOV, Head, Laboratory of Productivity of Ecosystems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok

Dr. Valery I. FADEEV, Head, Laboratory of Shelf Communities, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok

Dr. Masaharu TOKUNAGA, Dean of the Graduate School of Science, HokkaidoUniversity, Sapporo

Dr. Yoshio EZURA, Dean, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate

Dr. Itaru KOIZUMI, Director of the Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo