WWW.WA S .ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • SEP TEMBER 2022 19 Jay Parsons Awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award by the Aquaculture Association of Canada At the closing gala dinner during the recent Aquaculture Canada andWAS North America 2022 conference in St. John’s Newfoundland, Dr. G. Jay Parsons received a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Aquaculture Association of Canada, an affiliate organization of theWorld Aquaculture Society. Jay is currently the Director of the Aquaculture, Biotechnology and Aquatic Animal Health Science Branch, Department of Fisheries andOceans, Canada, responsible for national aquaculture R&D programs and aquaculture research coordination. Notably he is also a Past-president and longtime Treasurer of theWorld Aquaculture Society and has served the Society on numerous conference steering and program committees. penaeids and success went with many contacts between colleagues from France, Japan, USA, Sri Lanka, and more, in the early 1970s. When he retired from Ifremer, he continued to investigate for excellence and his results with heat shock protein activated to protect fish larvae from fatal disease; it led him to succeed in mass production of fish larvae and sustain a production of juveniles farmed in floating cages in Indonesia. We will refer to his high level of responsiveness related to biology in general and marine fish culture in particular. Up to the end he responded with accurate arguments to solve some farming aspects in France and abroad. He acquired a great recognition from various managers involved in fish farming and any recommendation he made with such pertinence will remain grooved in our memory. Thanks, Alain, for so much commitment in marine aquaculture. The scientific community just lost a great figure. Alain Michel acted so efficiently for the development of tropical aquaculture. It started in the early 1970s with the implementation at CNEXO of some large facilities in Tahiti (French Polynesia) to study some tropical species of interest for aquaculture. As a leader of the team, Alain, with his background of engineering and biology, was beneficial and helpful to implement tools to work on tropical species such as Macrobrachium and penaeid shrimp as well as local fish species. Earthen ponds and floating cages and a multi-species hatchery help acquire some fundamentals of aquaculture. Thanks to a high team spirit, Alain succeeded in maintaining a cohesion and a constant progress to produce larvae, PLs and juveniles. Reproduction in captivity with eyestalk ablation helped to reproduce several penaeid species. Cooperation at international level produced rapid results with A Tribute to Alain Michel Gérard Cuzon (Aquacop) and work together to make it happen. My hat is off especially to Dr. Matthew Lucia, who directs the CVM’s Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Dr. Meg Oeller, who directs the OMUMS, and Dr. Dorothy Bailey, who runs the Indexing program. Anyone interested in submitting a request for eligibility for indexing, including for broodstock, should contact Dr. Bailey. Dorothy A. Bailey, DVM The Of f ice of MUMS, continued from page 18 Center for Veterinary Medicine Office of Minor Use &Minor Species Animal Drug Development 7500 Standish Place, Metro Park North II Rockville, MD 20855 Phone: 240-402-0565; Fax: 240-276-9330 Email: dorothy.bailey@fda.hhs.gov
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