WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • MARCH 2014 25 chaired by AwF Director Geoff Allan (Table 3); only those projects meeting specific scientific and practical criteria were referred to board members for approval. From the inception of AwF, we recruited volunteers who registered for field work. Some even came forward after my 2003 keynote paper in Brazil, before AwF was officially registered. The volunteer database was initially managed by myself, later by AwF board members Joe Tomasso and Dave Conley, and then with the assistance of Cormac O’Sullivan. AwF volunteers have served in a wide range of countries, including those with specific AwF field projects and those involved in the ‘Farmerto-Farmer’ programs. Expertise from almost every scientific discipline in aquaculture quickly became available to AwF and the list includes many from the private sector. In 2008 there were 180 AwF volunteers in the database; by the end of 2012 this had grown to nearly 350. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 26) the name Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF). The development of our initial strategy enabled the launch of AwF during a special session at the WAS conference in Hawai’i in 2004. At the end of this session it was gratifying that one of our original supporters, Dallas Alston, ‘passed round the hat’, thus obtaining the very first donations from people who were not part of the founding group. Management and Volunteers AwF and AwF (UK) were registered as non-profit organizations in 2004. AwF (UK) was absorbed into AwF in 2012 and their remaining funds transferred to the latter’s account in California. Many distinguished individuals have served as board members during the first decade (Table 2). All provided their time and energy to AwF as volunteers; it was this that enabled us to claim zero management costs – something very unusual for any charity organization. AwF projects were solicited through our website and reviewed by a voluntary technical advisory group TABLE 1. Founding members of Aquaculture without Frontiers. Name Background (2003) Location (2003) Geoff Allan Past-president, international aquaculture society; aquaculture research scientist Australia Craig Browdy Past-president, international aquaculture society; aquaculture professor USA Pedro Bueno Director, aquaculture IGO (NACA) Thailand Manuel Carrillo Aquaculture professor Spain John Cooksey Executive director, international aquaculture society USA Claude Forthomme Regional director, international aid agency (FAO) Italy Mauro Doimi Aquaculture consultant Italy Dan Fegan Aquaculture consultant Thailand John Halver* Emeritus professor, aquaculture nutrition consultant USA Yves Harache Director, government research station Nouméa Freddy Ib Retired from feedstuff industry suppliers; consultant Denmark Narayanan Kutty Retired from international aquaculture public sector; consultant India Denis Lacroix Director, government aquaculture research station France Ricardo C. Martino Aquaculture research scientist Brazil Deb Menasveta Retired from international fisheries aid agency Thailand M.C. Nandeesha* Aquaculture professor India Cornelia Nauen Senior fisheries adviser, regional government (EC) Belgium Michael B. New Retired from aquaculture public & private sectors; president and past-president, international aquaculture societies; consultant UK William Northcroft Retired research scientist, food industry; marketing consultant UK Peter Prior* Former managing director, fishing industry suppliers UK Roger Pullin Retired from international fisheries/aquaculture research organization; environmental consultant biologist Philippines François René Director, government aquaculture research station France Ziad Shehadeh* Retired from aquaculture public sector; consultant USA Patrick Sorgeloos Past-president, international aquaculture society; aquaculture professor Belgium Amos Tandler Director, national aquaculture research organization Israel Wagner Valenti Aquaculture research scientist; aquaculture professor Brazil Michel Vincke Retired senior FAO aquaculturist Belgium Ulf Wijkstrom Fisheries policy service chief, international aid agency (FAO) Italy Meryl Williams Director, international fisheries & research organization (WorldFish Center) Australia * Now deceased
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