Scientific & Policy Committee Members
（Term of Office：From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027）
| Name | Title and affiliation |
|---|---|
| Jose Paulo Soares de Azevedo | Associate Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
| Angel Borja | Principal Researcher, AZTI (Spain) |
| Suchana Apple Chavanich | Professor, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) |
| Zhongyuan Chen | State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University (China) |
| Michael Chiarappa | Research Professor and Director of Natural & Cultural Resources, Washington College’s Center for Environment & Society (USA) |
| Michael Elliott | Emeritus Professor, University of Hull / Co-Editor-in-Chief, Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science / Director, International Estuarine & Coastal Specialists Ltd. (UK) |
| Kaori Fujita | Professor, Department of Applied Sociology, Kindai University (Japan) |
| Tateki Fujiwara | Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University (Japan) |
| Yimnang Golbuu | Coral Resilience Director, The Nature Conservancy for Micronesia (Palau) |
| Hiroshi Kawai | Specially Appointed Professor, Kobe University (Japan) |
| Yoshiyuki Nakamura | Director, Ocean Enviroment Research Organization (Japan) |
| Godhantaraman Nallamuthu | Academic Consultant Indian Maritime University, Former Director, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Madras (India) |
| David Nemazie | Chief of Staff, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (USA) |
| Fumitake Nishimura | Professor, Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Kyoto University |
| Erdal Özhan | President, Mediterranean Coastal Foundation, (MEDCOAST) (Turkey) |
| Patrick Prouzet | President, The French-Japanese Society of Oceanography (France） |
| Narasimmalu Rajendran | Former Scientific Consultant, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India (India) |
| Tomoya Shibayama | Professor, Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University (Japan) |
| Robert Summers | Senior Research Scientist, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science / Lecturer, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering (USA) |
| Kuninao Tada | Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University (Japan) |
| Ivica Trumbic | Consultant, UNESCO-IHP (Croatia) |
| Olli Varis | Professor, Aalto University (Finland) |
| Kazumi Wakita | Professor, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University (Japan) |
| Masataka Watanabe | Professor, Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University (Japan) |
| Eric Wolanski | Professor, James Cook University (Australia) |
| Jing Zhan | Director of Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center (NPEC) / Vice President, Professor, Faculty of Science, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama (Japan) |