WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • DECEMBER 2012 7 USAS President’s Report, continued from page 4 you, members of the United States Aquaculture Society, a chapter of the World Aquaculture Society as President. I wish to thank the members of the Board: Kevin Hopkins (PresidentElect), Michael Schwarz (Immediate Past-President), Mike Denson (Vice-President), Reginald Blaylock (Secretary/ Treasurer), Steve Rawles (Director), Andy Lazur (Director), Rick Barrows (Director) and David Cline (Director); Aaron Watson the Student Liaison and, Carol Mendoza and Judy Andrasko (the Home Office) for your support and kindness. Best wishes for your holidays and a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year to each and every one of you. — Gary Fornshell, President Korean Chapter News The first meetings of the Steering Committee (SC), Program Committee (PC), and Industrial Committee (IC) for World Aquaculture 2015 were held from 17-20 October in Jeju. Seven members of the WAS Board of Directors met with six Korean local Steering Committee members. On 18 October, WAS Executive Director John Cooksey and Industrial Committee member Mario Stael visited the Jeju International Convention Center (ICC) to meet the directors and managers and survey the convention center and facilities. On 19 October, the WAS SC/PC meeting was held to discuss the listed agendas. An official welcome lunch reception for the WAS SC/PC and the Korean local SC was hosted by the Deputy Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. The next meeting of the WAS SC/PC with the Korean local SC was scheduled for 16-18 October 2013 at the Jeju ICC. On 20 October, the WAS SC/PC/ IC took a tour of Jeju Island, visiting a newly opened aquarium, Jeju Aquaplanet (www.aquaplanet.co.kr), Jeju Folk Museum, a flatfish farm, and a fish feed producing company. The WAS SC/ PC/IC members expressed their gratitude to the Korea local SC members to organize this first meeting. Special thanks were also expressed to the Director and staff of the Division of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Jeju Province and to the Governor for their great support for World Aquaculture 2015 in Jeju. Dr. Sandra Shumway, a member of the WAS Board of Directors, visited Korea for a seminar, symposium, and the 15th ICHA. She presented a seminar on “How to Write a Research Paper” for graduate students at Seoul National University on 25 October. As Editor-in-Chief of Harmful Algae, the Journal of Shellfish Research, the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, and Reviews in Fisheries Science, and a Research Professor at the University of Connecticut, she presented some important points on how to prepare a good paper, poster or oral presentation, and encouraged publication in refereed journals. She also stressed the importance of originality when conducting a study. More than 40 graduate students from Seoul National University, Hanyang University, Pusan National University, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and other institutes attended this seminar. She also presented a lecture on “Harmful algal blooms, shellfish aquaculture and restoration” at the 2012 Special Symposium on Red Tides: Red-Tide World on 26 October at Seoul National University. Donald Anderson (MITWHOI), Theodore J. Smayda (Co-Editor-in-Chief of Harmful Algae, University of Rhode Island), Diane K. Stoecker (University of Maryland) and Ojvind Moestrup (University of Copenhagen), Myung-soo Han (Hanyang University), Wonho Yih (Kunsan National University), Hae Jin Jeong (Seoul National University) also presented their work at this symposium. This event was organized by Seoul National University, Ministry of Land, Transport and Marine Affairs, Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology Promotion — Long Term Marine Ecological Research, and Pohang University of Science and Technology. For further information, please contact Prof. Hae Jin Jeong (hjjeong@snu.ac.kr). The 15th International Conference on Harmful Algae HAB2012 (ICHA) was held under the theme of “Mankind and HABs” from 29 October to 2 November at the Changwon Exhibition Convention Center (CECO), Gyeongnam. The ICHA aimed to address all issues related to the causes and effects of marine and freshwater harmful micro- and macro-algae and to serve as a forum for exchanging research outcomes and relevant ideas between researchers, industries, governments, and other interested parties (www.hab2012.kr/page?id=eng_index). More than 500 participants from more than 45 nations were gathered in this event and over 400 papers were presented. The annual joint meeting of the Fishery Sciences Association of Korea was held on 15-16 November in Busan. The Fishery Sciences Association of Korea consists of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, the Ichthyological Society of Korea, the Korean Society of Fish Pathology, the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology, and the Malacological Society of Korea. This event was part of the Busan International Seafood & Fisheries Expo 2012 (www.bisfe. com) on 15-17 November at BEXCO in Busan. This is the tenth year of this event and it has always been a great chance to see new products and technologies in fisheries. The 10th Japan-Korean Joint Symposium on Aquaculture will be held on 8-9 December, at Nagasaki University in Nagasaki, Japan. Fifty-five Koreans of members of the Aquaculture Chapter of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science and their families will participate in this event. — Ik Kyo Chung, President
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