World Aquaculture Society Press Releases
Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2018
[September 01, 2017]
Following up the success of the APA17 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which was attended by more than 2800 people, the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) and the Asian Pacific Chapter (APC) have agreed to organize the next APA conference (APA18) from the 23rd to the 26th of April in Taipei International Convention Centre (TICC), Taipei, Taiwan together with the help of National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) and local partners , Taiwan Fisheries Agency, Council of Agriculture (FA) , National Pingtung University, FBAT,and Fisheries Research Institute.
[More..]Advanced Aquaponics Workshop Prepares Farmers for Success
[August 30, 2017]
AMES, Iowa – Growing interest in climate-smart, sustainable agriculture has helped bring
closed-loop systems like aquaponics to prominence. Despite increased interest in aquaponics,
expert-led training opportunities that can provide an in-depth look at commercial aquaponic
production strategies are few and far between.
With this in mind, the United States Aquaculture Society, Iowa State University and Kentucky
State University have teamed up to host a full-day event titled “Advanced Aquaponics
Workshop: Application for Commercial Production.” The workshop will be held on February 18,
2018 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada in conjunction with the 2018 WAS Aquaculture
America Conference.
[More..]Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2017 - Student Presentation Award Winners
[August 17, 2017]
WAS-APC is pleased to announce the results for the Student’ Best Oral and Best Poster evaluation which took place during the World Aquaculture Society Conference in Asia Pacific Region in Kuala Lumpur at the end of July 2017. The award committee together with external reviewers have chosen the following Students for the high quality of their work:
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August 2017 JWAS Editor's Choice Papers Announced
The Editor's Choice papers have been announced for the August 2017 issue of the
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. The topics discussed in these award winning papers are:
- Linkages and trust in the value chain for small-scale aquaculture in Asia
- Assessing the reliability of water-test kits for use in pond aquaculture
- Development and application of a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Aeromonas salmonicida
- Growth of hatchery-reared juveniles of the Australasian sea cucumber, Australostichopus mollis, fed with artificial and natural diets
Check out these award winning papers.
[More..]The World Aquaculture Society Signs New Publishing Contract with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) is pleased to announce that it has signed a new publishing contract with Wiley Periodicals, Inc., a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. for the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society (JWAS). The new publishing contract will continue the more than 10-year partnership between the World Aquaculture Society and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. JWAS has seen significant growth in institutional circulation and usage over time, and launched its re-invigoration of JWAS in January, 2016.
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Societal and Economic Impacts of Aquaculture
It is common to read headlines that decry aquaculture's detrimental effects on the environment and yet difficult to find news stories about its importance as a provider of livelihoods worldwide. Aquaculture notably affects people and societies far beyond obvious contributions to food security or any positive or negative environmental impacts. Globally, 18.7 million people currently work as fish farmers and, as with fisheries, this figure increases by three- to fourfold if secondary and postharvest employment is included. The income earned by each of these employed individuals supports up to four dependents. Increased training of women and greater participation in the workforce have followed. Employment figures mirror trends of increasing production data over the past years as well. Fish farmers now represent one third of all employees involved in fish production. In 2000, 12.6 million fish farmers composed just one quarter of that global total. Macroeconomic benefits derived from expor
[More..]Special Virtual Issue of JWAS for Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2017
To celebrate the opening of the WAS Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2017 convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 24-27, 2017, the Journal of the World Aquaculture (JWAS) has compiled a Special Virtual Issue of papers that highlight aquaculture research in the Asian-Pacific Region. These papers will be available to download for free until August 27, 2017, on the JWAS home page, at this link:
[More..]Large-Scale Biofloc Tank Culture of Tilapia in Malawi – a Technical Success Story
Although Malawi is endowed with the ninth largest lake in the world and the third largest and second deepest lake in Africa, overfishing resulted in the collapse of the tilapia fishery around 1990-1991. Tilapia, known locally as chambo, is the country’s favorite fish and now costs from US$ 4.00-8.00/kg (R55-110/kg) for whole or live fish. This is a result of market scarcity which is unfortunate considering the massive demand for the fish and its abundant availability at very affordable prices (< US$1.50/kg) prior to 1990. Population growth at nearly 3 percent per annum in Malawi since 1990 has put the anticipated supply shortfall of fish in the country at around 80,000 t for 2017 based on sustaining 1990 per capita supply levels
[More..]Aquaculture America 2017 - San Antonio Texas Abstract Book
For those struggling with the program book for the San Antonio meeting, we have published the abstract book to the website. It can be downloaded from the more info link.
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June 2017 President's Column
Sadly this will be my last column as I approach the end of my term as President of the Society. Like most nice things, everything comes to an end. I must reflect upon the achievements of WAS during my term and evaluate whether we have made progress toward my proposed objectives of being the leading, high-profile and most important aquaculture society in the world, with a strong commitment to promoting the development of sustainable aquaculture across the five continents by assisting in the exchange of the latest scientific and technological information among academic, private, government and non-profit sectors. I thank all WAS members for entrusting me with the leadership of our Society, and I am grateful to our staff and governing board members for their tireless efforts on behalf of the organization.
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