The North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), is an intergovernmental science organization that was established and held its first meetings in 1992. The purposes of the Organization are: promote and coordinate marine research in the northern North Pacific and adjacent seas especially northward of 30 degrees North Advance scientific knowledge about the ocean environment, global weather and climate change, living resources and their ecosystems, and the impacts of human activities; promote the collection and rapid exchange of scientific information on these issues.