Fisheires Environmental Oceanography Division, AORI, the Univ. of Tokyo

member : Shin-ichi Ito

member : Shin-ichi Ito

Shin-ichi Ito

Self-Introduction

Affiliation: Fisheries Environmental Oceanography Section, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Study Theme: Ocean environmetal effects on marine ecosystem resources and its variability.
Born Place : Tokyo
High School: Shiba High School
University : Hokkaido University
My supervisor was
I was an archer (Archery Club in Hokkaido Univ.)


Education

1995, Ph. D., Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
(Title: Interdecadal self-sustained oscillations in ocean thermohaline circulation)
1991, M S., Geophysics (Physical Oceanography), Hokkaido University
(Title: A numerical study of formation and movement of water masses -with application to north Pacific-)
1989, B.S., Geophysics (Physical Oceanography), Hokkaido University
(Title: Semigeostrophic gravity waves associated with a coastal density current -its growth into unstable waves and detachment of unstable eddies-)

Research Experiences

2014-current Professor of Fisheries Environmental Oceanography Section, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
2011-2014 Head of Physical Oceanography Group at Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency
2002-2011 Chief Researcher at Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency
2001-2002 Senior Researcher at Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency
2000-2001 Senior Researcher at Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute
1995-2000 Researcher at Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute

Honors and Awards

"JSFO Best Paper Award (co-author)” of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography (2020) for "Projections of nutrient supply to a wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) seaweed farm on the Sanriku Coast of Japan" published in Fish. Oceanogr., 2018, 27, 323–335. by Kakehi S., K. Naiki, T. Kodama, T. Wagawa, H. Kuroda and S. Ito
3rd International Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans "Best Presentation Award" (2015)
title:Importance of advection to form a climate and ecological hotspot in the western North Pacific
authors: Shin-ichi Ito, Taku Wagawa, Shigeho Kakehi, Takeshi Okunishi and Daisuke Hasegawa
PICES Ocean Monitoring Service Award (POMA) (as a member) for "A-line Monitoring Program" (2013)
"JSFO Best Paper Award (co-author)” of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography (2013) for "A modeling approach to evaluate growth and movement for recruitment success of Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus) in the western Pacific" published in Fish. Oceanogr., 2012, 21, 44–57. by Okunishi T., S. Ito, D. Ambe, A. Takasuka, T. Kameda, K. Tadokoro, T. Setou, K. Komatsu, A. Kawabata, H. Kubota, T. Ichikawa, H. Sugisaki, T. Hashioka, Y. Yamanaka, N. Yoshie and T. Watanabe.
"JSFO Uda Prize" of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography (2012)
"Science Board Best Presentation Award" at PICES Annual Meeting 2010
"MONITOR Committee Best Presentation Award" at PICES Annual Meeting 2009
Lecturer of PICES Summer School on “Ecosystem Based Management” (2008)
Lecturer of PICES Summer School on “Ocean circulation and ecosystem modeling” (2006)
Honors of Zenkoku Jouchou Kai for "Developments of sea-temperature prediction methods"

Editors

2017-Current Editor Asia of “Fisheries Oceanography”
2016-Current Associate Editor of “Progress in Oceanography”
2016-Current Editorial Committee member of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography regarding on “Fisheries Oceanography”
Guest editor of Journal of Oceanography Spcecial Section on "Ocean Mixing Processes, Impact on Biochemistry, Climate and Ecosystem"
Guest editor of Progress in Oceanography Spcecial Issue on "Modeling and observational approaches to understanding marine ecosystem dynamics"
Guest editor of ICES Journal of Marine Science Special Issue on "Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries: Forecasting Impacts, Assessing Ecosystem Responses, and Evaluating Management Strategies"
Guest editor of Ecological Modelling Special Issue on “NEMURO (North Pacific Ecosystem Model for Understanding Regional Oceanography) and NEMURO.FISH (NEMURO for Including Saury and Herring) Modeling of North Pacific Marine Ecosystems”
Guest editor of Journal of Marine Systems Special Issue on “Observation and Modeling of the Ocean Circulation and Marine Ecosystem for CREAMS/PICES”

Membership of Academic Societies

Oceanographic Society of Japan
Meteorological Society of Japan
American Geophysical Union
Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography
Japan Geoscience Union

Committees

2019-2020, Vice President of Oceanographic Society of Japan
2018-2019, member of the Awards Selection Committee of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography.
2017-2021, Chair of Editorial Committee member of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography regarding on “Fisheries Oceanography”
2016-2019, member of PICES WG-35 "Third North Pacific Ecosystem Status Report (WG-NPESR3)"
2016-current, board member of Atmosphere and Hydrospheric Sciences Section of Japan Geoscience Union
2016-current, Member, Awards committee of Japan Geoscience Union
2016-2017, Chair, Awards committee of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography
2015-2019, Co-chair of ICES/PICES S-CCME "Section on Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems"
2015-2016, Officer of the board of Oceanographic Society of Japan
2015-2016, member of the Awards Selection Committee of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography.
2015-2016, Fellow of the board of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography.
2015-2016, Chair of Business Committee in Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography.
2014, member of PICES FUTURE Evaluation Panel.
2012-2014, member of the Awards Selection Committee of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography.
2011-2016, member of PICES WG-27 "North Pacific Climate Variability and Change"
2011-2016, member of PICES WG-29 "Regional Climate Modeling"
2011-current, member of ICES/PICES S-CCME "Section on Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems"
2011-2014, member of the board of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography.
2011-2012, Fellow of the board of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography.
2011-current, Fellow of the board of Oceanographic Society of Japan
2010-2016, Co-Chair, IMBER-ESSAS (Ecosystem Studies of the Sub-arctic Seas) “Modeling Ecosystem Responses” working group
2009-2014, member; PICES SOFE-AP (FUTURE Advisory Panel on Status, Outlooks, Forecasts, and Engagement)
2008-2011, member; Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on "Forecasting Climate Change Impacts on Fish and Shellfish" (FCCIFS)
2007-2009, Co-Chair, GLOBEC-ESSAS (Ecosystem Studies of the Sub-arctic Seas) “Modeling Ecosystem Responses” working group
2006-2008, member, PICES Future Integrative Scientific Programs Writing Team
2005-2007, member of the board of Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography.
2004-current, Member, PICES/POC (Physical Oceanography and Climate Committee)
2003-2016, Member, Business Committee in Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography
2003-current, Member, Working Group of Oceanographic Educations in Oceanographic Society of Japan
2002-2006, Co-Chair, PICES Model Task Team
2006-2009, Member, PICES Model Task Team
2002-2007, Member, PICES/CCCC (Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Program Executive Committee)
2002-2003, Member, PICES/NEXT

Projects

2019-2021, Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research(KAKENHI-B)"Elucidate the migratory pathways of marine life using nitrogen stable isotope ratios"
Member
Nippon Foundation FSI Fund "Marine Plastics Countermeasure Project"
Member
2018-2020, Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research (KAKENHI-A) "Elucidation of anchovy life strategy using a fish growth-migration model"[link]
PI
2015-2019, Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research in Innovative Areas (MEXT) "Ocean Mixing Processes, Impact on Biochemistry, Climate and Ecosystem" [link]
PI for "Environmental history of living marine resources and fluctuation of fisheries resources"
Member of Administration Group
2015, Advanced technology development for reproduction of food production area.
Member of proof study of the Integrated information system on offshore and coastal ocean environments.
2013-2017, Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research(KAKENHI-A)"Meridional circulation in North Pacicific connecting surface and intermediate layers"
Member
2013-2017, Project for the establishment of recycling-type food production in response to climate change "Assessment of the impact of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture"
2012-2014, Advanced technology development for reproduction of food production area.
PI for proof study of the Integrated information system on offshore and coastal ocean environments.
2011-2014, Investigation for radioactive material influence elucidation.
PI for marine environmental survey from Sendai-Bay to coastal area of Fukushima.
2011-2012, Investigation of production of larvae of oyster, scallop and ascidian after the East Japan Great Eearthquake Disaster
PI for marine environmental information survey of oyster.
PI for marine environmental information survey of scallop.
PI for marine environmental information survey of ascidian.
2011-2014, Development of the cultured production engineering to reduce a death rate of scallop at the time of the anomalous hot summer.
PI for development of prediction system of anomalous temperature increase.
2011, Investigation of influence on fishing ground environment and fishery production by tsunamis of the East Japan Great Eearthquake Disaster
PI
2010-2015, Hot spot of climate system
Member of air-sea interaction observation team
2008-2011, Development of ecosystem prediction model around Japan
PI for development of ecosystem prediction model
2008-2012, Studies on prediction and application of fish species alternation (SUPRFISH)
Member for model development and application for ecosystem based management
2004-2007, Ocean Prediction Model Project in Fisheries Research Agency
Project Office
2002-2007, MER (Marine Ecosystem Study for Sustainable Utilization of Biological Resources)
Member for Development of Ecosystem-monitoring Technology
2002-2017, Global Change Project in Agriculture, Forest and Fishery
2013-2017, Member for "Lower trophic level ecosystem monitoring and impact assessment in the East China Sea"
2006-2014, Member for A-line Monitoring
2006-2014, PI for Ecosystem Modeling
2002-2005, PI for A-line Monitoring
2002-2005, 2014-2017, Member for Ecosystem Modeling
2001-2006, IT Project in Agriculture, Forest and Fishery
PI for Realtime Ocean Condition Data Mining
1997-2002, VENFISH (Comprehensive Study of the Variation of the Oceanic ENvironment and FISH Populations in the northwestern Pacific)
Team Leader for ecosystem modeling (2000-2002)
1997-2002, SAGE (SubArctic Gyre Experiment)
Project Office (2000-2002)