US-Japan Scientific Exchanges

October 2004- November 2005

Travel to Japan

33^rd UJNR Aquaculture Panel meeting

            NOAA Research

                        Dr. James P McVey,  November 1-6, 2004

                        Melanie Caesar,  November 1-6, 2004

            NOAA Fisheries

                        Bob Iwamoto, November 1-3, 2004

                        Linda Chaves,  November 1-3, 2004

                        Bill Heard, November 1-3, 2004

            University of Hawaii Sea Grant

                        Jim Sullivan,  November 1-5, 2004

                        Chuck Helsley, November 1-6, 2004

            University of Connecticut

                        Charles Yarish, November 1-6, 2004

            Horn Point Laboratories

                        Roger Newell, November 1-6, 2004

            Georgia Sea Grant College Program

                        Mac Rawson, November 1-6, 2004

            University of California Sea Grant

                        Paul Olin, November 1-6, 2004

            University of Masachussetts, Dartmouth

                        ChangSheng,Chen, November 1-6, 2004

            University of Southern California

                        Dale Kiefer, November 1-6, 2004

            Rensel Associates

                        Jack Rensel, November 1-6, 2004

            Oceanic Institute

                        Chen-Sheng Lee

            University of Puerto Rico

                        Dallas Alston

In November 2005, Dr. Robin Waples of the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Center will meet in Tokyo to discuss collaborative research with Dr. Shuichi Kitada (Tokyo University of Science and Technology) and Dr. Hirohisa Kishino (University of Tokyo).  Their research, which is funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, focuses on how to develop methods to increase population size of depleted marine species with hatchery supplementation while maintaining genetic diversity.

North Carolina Sea Grant, Dr. Craig V. Sullivan attended and presented the following paper at a symposium in Hokkaido: Sullivan, C.V. Couch, C.R., Garber, A.F., Westerman, M.E., Rexroad III, C., Hiramatsu, K., and N. Hiramatsu. 2005. Hybrid Striped Bass Farming in the United States: 20 Years of Breeding Research and Industry Development. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium of the Hokkaido University 21st Century Center of Excellence (21 COE) Program, Reproductive, Genetic and Disease Management in Aquaculture and Ocean Ranching, 8-11 October 2005, Hakodate, Japan.

North Carolina Sea Grant, Dr. Sullivan also attended and presented the closing remarks at the 1st International Symposium of the Hokkaido University 21st Century Center of Excellence (21 COE) Program, Potential and Perspective of Marine Bio-Manipulation, 26-27 February 2005, Sapporo, Japan.

North Carolina Sea Grant, Dr. Sullivan also visited the Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, 1-3 March 2005, to conduct research on fish reproduction with Dr. Takahiro Matusbara and Ms. Sayumi Sawaguchi.

US Host

North Carolina Sea Grant

Dr. Yoh Yamashita, Director of the University of Kyoto Marine Laboratory spent two weeks at North Carolina Sea Grant during which he and Dr. John Miller developed a Japanese flounder version of our red drum ecophysiological model to predict growth.

Dr. Naoshi Hiramatsu and Kaori Hiramatsu, M.Sc., both formerly of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan worked in Dr. Sullivan's laboratory at NCSU over the last several years on the functional genomics, physiology, and biochemistry of fish reproduction.  Dr. Hiramatsu is a Senior Research Associate and K. Hiramatsu is a Research Assistant Supervisor at NCSU.

Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Dr. Munetaka Shimizu,  Hokkaido University: Visiting scientist at Dr. Walt Dickhoff's lab at Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Dr. Haruhisa Fukuda,  Kochi University:  Visiting scientist at Dr. Walt Dickhoff's lab at Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Dr. Masashi Yokota,  Tokyo University of Science and Technology: Visiting scientist at Dr. Robin Waples' lab at Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Collaborations

Terry Barry worked in Japan long ago and continues to coordinate research with Dr. Makito Kobayashi, U. Tokyo, Dr. Yoshitaka Nagahama, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki  Dr. Kohei Yamauchi, Hokkaido U.  Dr. Kazou Ikeda, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Mei

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