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The PICES Technical Committee on Data Exchange was established in 1994 at the third annual meeting of PICES in Nemuro, Japan (Scientific Decision 94/S/4).

Terms of Reference:

• 1. Identify the data management requirements of PICES;

  2. Develop strategic plans to meet these requirements;

  3. Recommend establishment of expert groups to deal with specific functions of TCODE;

  4. Review the progress of task groups and provide Annual Reports to Science Board on the work of TCODE;

  5. Advise the PICES Secretariat on its data exchange activities; and

  6. Develop, review, and update PICES data policies and data inventory.

(updated November 2018)

Original Terms of Reference:

• 1. Identify the data management requirements of PICES;

  2. Develop strategic plans to meet these requirements;

  3. Recommend establishment of ad hoc task groups to deal with specific functions of TCODE;

  4. Review the progress of task groups and provide Annual Reports to Science Board on the work of TCODE; and

  5. Advise the PICES Secretariat on its data exchange activities.