The Ninth Joint Meeting of UJNR Aquaculture Panel was held on May 26-27, 1980 at the Kyoto International Conference Hall, in Kyoto, Japan.. On the first day of the meeting, Dr. S. Sato announced a change of officers for the Japanese delegation. Dr. A. Suda is the new chairman, and Dr. M. Fuijiya the new Vice-chairman. Dr. T. Nose is the new Secretary General . Mr. W. Shaw, the U.S. Chairman, announced that Dr. C. Mahnken will take over the chairmanship of UJNR for the American side at the conclusion of the 9th session; however, due to Mr. Shaw's accident, Dr. Mahnken chaired the session on the second day.
The business meeting was held on the second day. The morning session was chaired by Dr. Suda and the afternoon session by Dr. Mahnken. Dr. Mahnken introduced Dr. Banerijce as the new Vice-Chairman of the U.S./UJNR panel.
Scientist Exchange
The panel concluded that the scientist exchange program sponsored by UJNR has
been an effective means of advancing aquaculture science and the exchange of
information between the two countries, An extended study visit be one U.S. scientists
( Mr. McCormick ) is in progress and the visit of another U.S. scientist ( Dr.
Murchelano) may occur in Setember1980 or March 1981.
Dr. Shleser will visit Japanese aquaculture industries in the near future. Four U.S. scientists visited Japan to participate in the 9th UJNR Conference ( Drs. Shleser, Clark Lightner, and Malecha), It was suggested by the Japanese that a detail travel plan and coordination be affected previous to arrival of exchange scientists. Dr. Arai will be the next Japanese scientist to visit the U.S. during 1980. He will conduct cooperative research on fish nutrition with Dr. Mahnken at the Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center (NWAFC), National Marine Fisheries Service, at Seattle, Washington.
It was agreed to exchange information relative to the location and activities of aquaculture scientists in both countries. It was also agreed that a continuous exchange of information on relevant issues be affected by the two chairman.
Literature Exchange
The U.S. and Japan will continue literature exchange as done in the past.
The U.S. chairman suggested that aquaculture literature search can be obtained
from NWAFC computer facilities.
One translation (Eel culture) was given to the Japanese panel this year. The U.S. also elected to send the national aquaculture plan to the Japanese chairman. The Japanese requested literature on the culture of seaweed.
Cooperative Studies
An update of ongoing programs was presented. These included:
a) Mass mortality of Oyster
b) Disease resistance of the U.S. oyster in Japan ( project needs re-evaluation).
c) Register of marine pathology( under construction )
d) Cooperative studies on abalone ( under construction)
Second Five-Year Plans
The Japanese panel proposed two projects.
a) Large scale propagation of salmon.
b) Marine ranching
The U.S. panel proposed four projects:
a) Salmon farming with emphasis on evaluation of ocean stocking technique,
carrying capacity, and smolt physiology.
b) Aquaculture engineering with emphasis on structures and new automated husbandry
techniques.
c) Reproductive physiology, genetics, breeding of aquacultures species.
d) Environmental quality standards in aquaculture systems with emphasis on control
of metabolic by product (self pollution)
Next Joint Meeting
The theme of the meeting will be "Molluscan Aquaculture," the site, the University
of Delaware and the date September 1981.
It was agreed that UJNR will jointly sponsor a Crustacean and Molluscan nutrition symposium with the World Mariculture Society and the University of Delaware. The Symposium will be held close to the schedule time of the UJNR meeting. Japanese Participants will include Dr. Koji Wada.
Field Trip
U.S. chairman thanked Dr. Matsusato for extensive activities on behalf of the
panel 7. Publication An editorial policy ill be develop at a later date by the
U.S. panel and will be forwarded to the Japanese panel for review.
Publication
An editorial policy will be developed at a later date by the U.S. panel and
will be forwarded to the Japanese panel for review.
Akira Suda –– Japan
William N. Shaw — United States
Kyoto, Japan
May 26-27, 1980
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