4 DECEMBER 2012 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG President’s Column Society 2 President’s Column 3 Editor’s Note 4 Latin American and Carribean Chapter President’s Report 4 USAS President’s Report 5 Korean Chapter News 6 Asian Pacific Chapter Update 7 WAS Names Three New Fellows 8 Student Spotlight: Highlighting Student Scholars and Researchers 9 Peter Edwards Receives Honorary Life Award 10 Caffey and Halver Obituaries 14 News Items 18 AQUA 2012 in Prague 67 Calendar 70 Advertisers’ Index 71 Financial Report 72 Membership Application Contents (continued) AQUA 2012 in Prague was a tremendous success. The scientific and technical program, workshops, trade show, industry tours and local arrangements were well planned and executed, thanks to the Steering Committee led by Michael New, the Program Committee, the Home Office staff of both the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) and the European Aquaculture Society (EAS), and our Conference Management Team led by John Cooksey. Attendance exceeded 2000 delegates from more than 76 countries and was well represented from the research and industry sectors in Eastern Europe, a new audience for a WAS convention. The Plenary Session included opening addresses by WAS President Ricardo Martino and EAS President Yves Harache, followed by the presentation of WAS and EAS Society awards. WAS gave the Honorary Life Member award to Dr. Peter Edwards from the Asian Institute of Technology, and WAS Fellows awards were given to Dr. M.C. Nandeesha from the Thoothukudi Fisheries College and Research Institute, Dr. Patrick Sorgeloos from the University of Ghent, and Dr. Craig Browdy from Novus International (see the special column on these award recipients). Dr. Geoff Allen, who was designated a WAS Fellow in 2011 but was unable to attend that meeting, was given his award. Two plenary addresses were given: Peter Arneson from Marine Harvest in Norway presented the industry perspective on securing our future through global aquaculture and Geoff Allen from the Port Stephens Institute in Australia presented this same topic from a research perspective. The plenary closed with three short Student Spotlight talks and awards were presented to these students during the President’s Reception. The program included over 600 presentations, 440 posters, and we had 100 exhibitors in the trade show. Finally, student oral and poster presentations were judged throughout the conference — information on the winners of those awards is presented in the student awards column. The WAS Board of Directors met for two days before the conference and one day after to review committee and staff accomplishments and to identify goals and assignments for the coming year. Discussions focused on our financial health (see the Treasurer’s report in this issue), trends in membership, services (World Aquaculture magazine, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, books, website), our conferences, chapter activities, student services, developing closer linkages with affiliate organizations, and expanding services to attract and retain membership. There was agreement among the Board that we need to expand our services if we are going to attract WAS membership in under-represented countries. The Promotions and Membership Committee and a new ad hoc committee (International Membership) was formed to develop a plan and a template to expand WAS membership in countries with large aquaculture industries (such as India and China). The Promotions and Membership Committee was also charged to work with the Electronic Networking Committee to explore ways to provide expanded information services to current and new WAS members. I want to close by thanking our Board members, Chapter Presidents and their Boards, our Executive Director, the Home Office staff, and all the past presidents for their support and dedicated service to the Society. These individuals spend countless hours working to provide services to our membership and exploring new opportunities to expand those services to meet the professional needs of our members. We look forward to seeing all of you in February at World Aquaculture 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. — Kevan L. Main, President
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