World Aquaculture 7 Asian Pacific Chapter Update It has been about a year since the last WASAPC event, the Asian-Pacific Aquaculture Conference held in Kochi, India. We are now gearing up for the next big event, Australasian Aquaculture 2012, which will take place from May 1-4 in Melbourne, Australia. Here are some quick updates on the state of the Chapter since the last meeting. After discussions between representatives of Asian Pacific and Japan Chapters, a decision was made to begin to merge these two chapters together to strengthen the Asian region overall. We hope to complete this process later in 2012. We have a new president elect, Dr. Amrit Bart, who is currently Director of the Asian Institute of Technology Center in Vietnam. He has already been taking part in Chapter activities, including helping to plan the next APA meeting. Plans have been moving forward to hold the next AsianPacific Aquaculture meeting in 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City and to support this effort John Cooksey and Mario Stael visited Vietnam in December 2011. It is expected that this event will occur in the last quarter of 2013. This location was chosen because of Vietnam’s strong aquaculture sector, third in the world after China and India, and Ho Chi Minh City in particular because of its close proximity to prominent aquaculture production areas. This event will be held in conjunction with the International Oyster Symposium (IOS5). The Asian-Pacific Chapter Executive Committee has been working on some ideas for regional symposia, as outlined in the Kochi meeting. The goal is to have smaller, targeted events to bring knowledge to areas that need more focused attention. Some possible targets are arid aquaculture in the Middle East, post-tsunami/high value aquaculture in Japan, and national aquaculture development in Myanmar. As president, I have been giving presentations about WAS in various venues, including Myanmar, Philippines, and Indonesia. I will be moderating at the 3rd Annual AquaTech Conference in the Philippines in April 2012 where the Asian-Pacific Chapter is a named supporter of the event. We continue to work on the idea of an expanded role for others in our Chapter through an Executive Advisory Council and Country Ambassadors Program. If you are a member of the WAS-APC we encourage you to contact the Board member in charge of this effort, Dr. Ram Bhujel, by emailing the WAS-APC (apcwas@was.org). This is only a short update of our Chapter activities. If you are in the Asian region and not yet a member of the WAS or APC, please feel free to contact us via our email above. We are looking forward to an eventful and exciting 2012 for WAS and the Asian-Pacific Chapter! —Lukas Manomaitis Asian Pacific Chapter President Korean Chapter Update A technical seminar on recirculating aquaculture systems was held on May 12, 2011 in Seoul, Korea. This international seminar was co-organized by the Korean Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society (KC-WAS) and the Aquaculture Chapter of Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (AqC-KOSFAS), and supported by the Organizing Committee of the International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012 (EXPO 2012 Yeosu). EXPO 2012 Yeosu will be open on May 12 and run for three months in Yeosu, Korea (eng.expo2012.kr). The main theme is “The Living Ocean and Coast,” conceptualizing the most desirable future for the ocean whose sound preservation and well-being is essentially linked with the survival of humankind. As the KC-WAS and AqC-KOSFAS have been supporting this event since its inception in 2007, we enthusiastically welcome all WAS members. We expect to see all of you in Yeosu soon. On June 24-25, 2012, the KC-WAS and the AqCKOSFAS will join together at the annual conference in Kangnung, Korea. At the last joint meeting, about 100 members registered and delivered oral and poster presentations. During the last AqC-KOSFAS annual business meeting the election committee identified the new chapter president, Seok-Joong Kang, professor at Gyeongsang National University. Ik Kyo Chung, President-Elect of the KC-WAS, professor at Pusan National University acceded to his presidency for the 2012-13 term. New members of the Board of Directors are Gun Wook Baeck of Gyeongsang National University as Secretary and Joo Myun Park of Chonnam National University as Treasurer. — Ik Kyo Chung Korean Chapter President
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