The Eleventh Joint Meeting of the UJNR Aquaculture Panel was held on October 19-20, 1982, at the Shiba Yayoi Convention Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Nobuhiko Hanamura, Japanese Panel Chairman, and Mr. Conrad Mahnken, U.S. Panel Chairman, presented welcoming addresses and opening greetings. Panel Members, guests, and observers were introduced by the respective chairmen.
The business meeting was chaired by Dr. Hanamura, and symposium moderators were Dr. Hanamura, Mr. Mahnken, and Dr. Fujiya. Rapporters for the meeting were Mr. Ben Drucker and Dr. Takeshi Murai
Scientists Exchange
The Panel concluded that the scientists exchange program sponsored by the UJNR
has been an effective means of advancing aquaculture science and the exchange
of information between the two countries. This program was continued between
the Tenth and Eleventh UJNR meetings.
During this period:
a). Six members of the U.S. Panel of the UJNR and eleven scientists as observers
attended the Eleventh UJNR Meetings.
b). Dr. Hiroshi Motoh, Central Laboratory of Marine Ecology Research institute,
visited the Browns Ferry Biothermal Research Station in Athens, Alabama, the
Environmental Protection Agency Laboratory in Duluth, Minnesota, and NOAA's
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center in Seattle, Washington. He also attended
the International Symposium on the genus Chionecetes in Anchorage, Alaska
c). Dr. Susumu Ito, Director of the Aquaculture Center, Aomori Prefecture, visited
a variety of laboratories, commercial growers, fish hatcheries, and research
organizations in the Pacific Northwest. He also attended the Annual Meeting
of the North American Shellfish Association held in Olympia, Washington.
d). Dr. Nagahisa Uki, Tohoku Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, will visit
a variety of agencies from 19 November to 18 December 1982 to meet with U.S.
scientists and exchange information on molluscan culture in general, but specifically
on abalone culture.
e). In 1983, Dr. Isao Yano will visit the U.S. to do research on reproductive
physiology of prawns, and arrangements for this visit will be made be the U.S.
Panel members.
f). Efforts for Mr. Osamu Fukuhara's visit to the U.S. in 1983 will made by
the Japanese Panel.
g). Arrangements for Dr. William Seaman's visit to Japan in 1983 will be made
by the Japanese Panel.
h). Dr. Hanamura expressed his deep appreciation for the kind arrangements provided
for the Japanese scientists by the U.S. side at the Tenth Joint Meeting.
Literature Exchange
For the period 1981-82, The U.S. Panel sent to the Japanese Panel 107 scientific
papers. During this same period, the Japanese Panel sent to the U.S. Panel 78
scientific papers.
Proceedings of the symposium " Seaweed Aquaculture," which was held in 1977, was published in 1981 as a Technical Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, and 6 copies were mailed earlier to the Japanese Panel. An additional 20 copies have been sent, and 20 more copies will be sent to the Japanese Panel in the near future.
In the Future, 100 copies of each publication will be sent to the chairman of the Japanese Panel.
Sixteen copies of the Annual Report on Japan's Fisheries (a Summary for Fiscal Yea 1981) were presented to the U.S. Panel members.
This program has been very useful for both countries and should be continued.
Cooperative Studies
The discussion concentrated on two elements:
1) ongoing programs and
2) suggested new programs.
Ongoing Programs
a. Registry of Marine Pathology
By combining the talents of the United States in detection of disease in wild
stocks of fishes, with that of the Japanese for recognition of disease in cultured
fishes, an opportunity existed for the UJNR to develop a registry of marine
pathology. On that end, a collection, of slides from Japan and the United States
is being assembled by Drs. Murchelano and Matsusato which will be available
to all researchers. The achievements of this nearly complete, and hopefully
will be completed by the Twelfth UJNR Meeting.
b. Disease Resistance of U.S. Oyster in Japan
Strains of disease resistant oysters have been sent to Japan and comparisons
have been made with cultured populations. The results have been sent to the
United States, and the program was terminated with success.
c. Abalone Culture
Dr Uki, Tohoku Regional Fisheries research Laboratory, will be visiting the
United States during November -December 1982. At this time he will discuss with
U.S. workers the status of abalone culture. A determination will be made at
the twelfth UJNR Meeting whether or not to start this cooperative program.
Suggested New Program
The United States proposed a study entitled "Sea Ranching of Western Pacific Pink ans Chum Salmon in the Western Atlantic". The purpose will be to determine the best donor stocks for transplantation to the Western Atlantic (coast of New England). The approach would be to obtain stocks of Asian origin from Japan and North America (controls). These stocks would be reared, released, and recaptured in Maine.
Also, Japan is interested in the transplantation of North America stocks and will develop a cooperative study with the United States. Details of the project will be developed between the United States and Japan by next meeting.
As a test shipment, approximately 350,000 chum salmon eggs from stock in Japan will be shipped in the fall of 1982 to the United States. This transplantation project is being funded by the National Science Foundation which will enhance the credibility of the program and allow the United States to pay all costs of the transplantation experiment in New England.
After consideration of the results of the test shipment and development of a plan, the newly proposed project should be adopted at the Twelfth Meeting.
Second Five-Year Plan
For the second five-year plan, a modification was proposed and accepted as follows:
Year 2 ( 1983 ) U.S.A. Reproduction/Maturation/Seed production
Year 3 ( 1984 ) Japan Environmental quality in aquaculture systems
Year 4 ( 1985 ) U.S.A. Aquaculture engineering
Year 5 ( 1986 ) Japan Marine ranching
Publications
The slow progress in publishing papers presented at past UJNR meetings is a
matter of concern to both the U.S. and Japanese Panels. At the Tenth Annual
UJNR Meeting in Delaware last October the panel made two decisions that should
speed the process of publication: 1) all manuscripts must be presented to the
panel chairman at the time of presentation at the Joint Meeting, and 2) the
U.S. side would publish all annual proceeding as NOAA Technical Reports. Progress
since last October in publishing the results of past meetings is as follows:
a. Proceedings of the Sixth U.S.- Japan Meeting (1977) have been published.
b. In September, the U.S. chairman received the four Japanese papers delivered
at the Seventh U.S.-Japan Meeting held in Tokyo, Japan , in May 1978 (marine
finfish culture). These will be combined with the U.S. papers and submitted
to NOAA editorial office within the next 2 months.
c. Proceedings of the Eighth U.S.-Japan Meeting held in Bellingham, Washington
, in October 1079 (freshwater finfish culture) have been edited, galley proofs
approved, and will be published as a NOAA Technical Report in November 1982
d. Papers presented at the Ninth U.S.-Japan Meeting held in Kyoto, Japan, in
May 1980 (Shrimp culture) were received by the U.S. Panel Chairman in September.
These seven papers will be combined with the papers from the Tenth U.S.-Japan
Meeting held in Rehoboth, Delaware, in October 1981 (molluscan culture), and
will be submitted for publication to NOAA by early spring 1983.
e. Papers from the Eleventh U.S.-Japan Meeting on Aquaculture, Tokyo, 1982 (salmon
enhancement) will be edited and submitted for publication to NOAA by late winter,
1982. Because of the importance of this matter, the papers will be published
in both Japanese and English, with the U.S. responsible for the English version
and the Japanese Panel responsible for publishing the version in Japanese.
Other Matters
The United States side proposed a study for the " Experimental Transplantation
of Japanese Scallops (Patinopectin yessonsis) to Puget Sound." The Purpose would
be to determine growth and survival of scallops. A shipment of a small number
of scallops will be made to be brought back to the United States in October
1982 for disease certification. After being certified, additional live scallops
will be imported for experimental purposes in the winter of 1982 and placed
in a variety of Puget sound environments to determine their adaptability. The
number involved would be about 1,600 scallops at 2.5 g each .The scallops should
never have resided on the sea floor.
The Japanese side approved this experimental planting and will have the juveniles and several adults ready to be taken back to the United States at the end of the field trip. It was requested that the Science Counselor/Fisheries Attache of the U.S. Embassy, formally request the subsequent winter shipment from the Japanese Fisheries Agency
Field Trip
The schedule of the field trip was announced by Dr. Nose, and Dr. Hanamura thanked
Drs. Kobayashi and Koganezawa for their cooperation for the field trip.
Next Joint Meeting
As the theme of the Twelfth Meeting has been changed, details of the schedule
for that meeting will be decided in the near future.
Respectful submitted
Conrad Mahnken - United States
Nobuhiko Hanamura - Japan
October 19-20, 1982
Tokyo, Japan
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