2 JUNE 2014 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG President’s Column I write this final column with both joy and sadness at the sunset of my WAS presidency. It has indeed been an honor and a privilege to serve you, the WAS membership, as president over these past 16 months. During my administration we have had three very successful chapter meetings: LACQUA13 in Villavicencio, Colombia in October, Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in December, and Aquaculture America 2014 in Seattle, Washington, USA this February, all of which I had the opportunity to attend and represent our Society. Additional Society outreach and service activities, including WAS-sponsored sessions, had me representing the WAS at the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture 2014 in February in Abu Dhabi, UAE and the American Fisheries Society-Mexico Chapter and Western Division Annual Meeting 2014 in April in Mazatlan, Mexico. I further represented WAS at the FEEDing Pakistan Aquaculture Conference in April 2014 in Lahore (the first ever aquaculture meeting in Pakistan), and the Oman Aquaculture Development Program May 5, 2013 in Muscat, Oman, and Isla Mujeres Aquaculture in June 2013 in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. With my travel agenda occupied for World Aquaculture 2014, Dr. Jay Parsons, a Past-President of WAS kindly offered to step in and give a WAS presidential address at Aquaculture Canada in June 2014 in New Brunswick, Canada. In conjunction with the WAS Affiliations Committee, chaired by Juan Pablo Lazo, we have planned a joint special symposium at this event on “The Effects of Climate Change on Aquaculture.” By the time this issue of World Aquaculture reaches you, this meeting will have already occurred. Two very important Society action items have arisen during my term. One is the development of a Secretariat position for each of the Asian Pacific and Latin American and Caribbean chapters of WAS. In addition, a review of the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society as a membership benefit is underway. Both items are in the final phases of development and analysis towards action that will be taken at the WAS Pre-Conference Board Meeting in Adelaide. Under the guidance and chairmanship of Kevan Main, Immediate Past-President of WAS, the WAS Elections Committee developed and ran an excellent slate of candidates for the 2014-2015 term. I wish to provide my sincere thanks to all candidates for their willingness to run and to congratulate the winners, Rebecca Lochmann (President Elect), Patricia Abelin (Secretary), and Carole Engle and Zuridah Merican (Directors). I look forward to welcoming them in Adelaide, and serving with them during my coming year on the Executive Committee. With my transition to Immediate Past-President at the WAS Annual Business Meeting in Adelaide, I thank my good friends Jimmy Avery and Juan Pablo Lazo for their kind service and support through various committees and boards over the past three years as they transition off the Board. I am very thankful for the friendship and service of Kevan Main, outgoing Immediate Past-President, and for her endless guidance and support. I welcome Graham Mair, who will take over the reigns as WAS President in Adelaide. Graham brings the ability and dedication that will be much needed over the next term to implement the developing Secretariats and JWAS activities and the new agenda items he will surely bring to the table. With that, I thank all of you wholeheartedly for the opportunity to serve you as WAS president for 2013-2014 and look forward to continued official and unofficial service to the Society. — Michael Schwarz, President Contents (continued) Society 2 President’s Column 3 Editor’s Note 4 USAS Report 4 Asian Pacific Chapter Report 5 Latin American and Caribbean Chapter Report 5 Korean Chapter Report 70 Conference Calendar 71 Future Conferences and Expositions 72 Advertisers’ Index 72 Membership Application Visit the WAS Online Store for books under $10! Check out recently published books on microalgal culture, biofouling, pond fertilization, health and diseases, behavior and more.
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