KC-WAS 2011 Annual Conference and Business Meeting
- On June 21-22, the Korean Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society (KC-WAS) and the Aquaculture Chapter of Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (AC-KOSFAS) joined together at the annual conference at the Tongyeong Campus of Gyeongsang National University in Tongyeong City, Gyeongnam Province, Korea.
- During the KC-WAS & AC-KOSFAS annual conference, the KC-WAS annual business meeting and the election committee, which is chaired by Prof. Sungchul C. Bai (Pukyong National Univ.), were held. Unfortunately, there has been no candidate of the President-elect for last 6 months, the election of the President-elect is postponed to the next meeting when there will be candidate(s). Two new Directors and one replacement were elected to the Board of Director; Prof. Jong Ahm Shin (Chonnam National Univ.) and Mr. Hack-Churl You (Pegasus International, Inc.) were elected and will serve a term of four years, and Prof. Seok-Joong Kang (Gyeongsang National University) replaced Prof. In-Kyu Yeo (Jeju National Univ.) and will serve for two years till 2013.
- Several topics were discussed including the KC-WAS website. The committee approved the draft of logo design in the following Figure.
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Figure. The logo and letter typeset for the Korean Chapter of WAS
- There were a little bit more than 70 KC-WAS and KOSFAS members registered from Japan, China, Indonesia, Philippine, Bangladesh and Korea. Four lecturers were invited to give lectures on following topics; (1) Tunicate Cluster Center and its role for the local business by Prof. Byeong-Dae Choi (Gyeongsang National Univ.), (2) Soft tunic syndrome in the edible ascidian Halocynthia roretzi by Dr. Kumagai Akira (Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan), (3) The Necessity and Importance of Economic Analysis in Aquaculture Researches by Dr. Dohoon Kim (National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) and (4) Environmentally friendly Agro-fisheries integrated aquaculture system (Aquaponics System) by Prof. Gwan Sik Jeong (Chonnam National Univ.). Total of 44 presentations including 7 orals and 37 posters were addressed. |