6 SEPTEMBER 2012 Collaboration is a win-win. In Las Vegas, at Aquaculture America 2012, the Fish Culture Section of the American Fisheries Society and the United States Aquaculture Society jointly sponsored a continuing education workshop on statistics. Dr. Walter Stroup, Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, taught the all-day course. In addition to being co-author of SAS for Mixed Models and SAS for Linear Models, 4th edition, he has held a statistical consulting, research and teaching faculty appointment at UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources since 1979. I commend the organizers of the workshop for bringing in such a high-quality instructor. The workshop was attended by 28 participants, including students, academics, and government personnel. It was a USAS President’s Report pleasure to work with the Fish Culture Section of the American Fisheries Society to plan and implement an educational program for professional development and continuing education credits that benefited participants. In addition, attendance was high enough to surpass breakeven and provide a financial benefit for both societies. Kudos to Steven Rawles, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Jesse Trushenski, Southern Illinois University and Alf Haukenes, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for their successful efforts. Partnerships such as this one demonstrate what can be accomplished through cooperative efforts. The United States Aquaculture Society looks forward to continued collaborative endeavors. — Gary Fornshell, President Latin American and Caribbean Chapter President’s Report The LACC annual meeting in 2012 will be held during the International Symposium on Mariculture (SIM 2012) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 6-9 November. The theme of SIM 2012 is “Science and Technology as a Basis for Sustainable Mariculture.” The symposium has been organized and supported by the Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Regional de Abastecimento e Pescado, Estado do Rio de Janeiro (SDRAP) and the Fundação Instituto de Pesca do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FIPERJ), and will be chaired by Dr. Ricardo Martino, Immediate Past-President of WAS. The president of the LACC has obtained additional support from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq / Brazil). The objective of SIM 2012 is to promote a broad debate among academic, public and commercial sectors to strengthen and consolidate mariculture on a sustainable basis in Brazil and other Latin American and Caribbean countries. The presence of researchers from countries where mariculture—especially marine finfish culture—is more advanced will help extend knowledge and techniques to the regional public and establish opportunities for future scientific cooperation, which is important to encourage and promote this area of research. With emphasis on the culture of shellfish and marine fish, the program includes a wide variety of themes to be developed by internationally renowned researchers specifically invited to attend. The following speakers have confirmed their participation: Jay Parsons (Aquaculture Science Branch of Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada), Michael Schwarz (Virginia Tech, USA), Kevan Main (Mote Aquaculture Research Park, USA), Marisol Izquierdo (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canarias), Juan Pablo Lazo Corvera (Centro de Investigacion y de Educación Superior Scientifica, Ensenada, Mexico), Luis Fajardo Mario Araya (Chile), Ricardo Martino (FIPERJ, Brazil), Ronaldo Cavalli (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil), Vinicius Cerqueira (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil), Luis Sampaio (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil), Eliana Mosque (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil), Marcos Pereira. (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Luzia Triani (FIPERJ, Brazil) Diniz Petcov Henry (Empresa de Pesquisa e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina, Brazil), Carlos Alberto da Silva (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Brazil), as well as representatives of the commercial sector. We invite all members of the LACC to join us and contribute to the success of this important event. Our motto in Portuguese is: Diga SIM à Maricultura! (Say YES to Mariculture). — Maria Célia Portella, President World Aquaculture Magazine has a New Layout Editor Readers of World Aquaculture might notice some subtle changes to the design and layout of the magazine with this issue. Please join me in welcoming Linda Noble to the magazine staff. Linda brings considerable skill and experience to our publication and will no doubt contribute to improvement of the overall quality of this key member benefit.
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