The 12th annual meeting of East Asia Eel Resource Consortium (EASEC) and adjunct workshop on multi-disciplinary approach for eel conservation   Date: October 17, 2008 Venue: Not fixed Theme: The 12th annual meeting of East Asia Eel Resource Consortium (EASEC) and adjunct workshop on multi-disciplinary approach for eel conservation Keynote Speakers: Members of East Asia Eel Resource Consortium (delegation of East Asian countries) will report the annual activity and discuss about the conservation for eel with invited scientists from various disciplines. Official language: English Organizing Committee: Chair: Katsumi Tsukamoto of Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo and Hideki Tanaka of Fisheries Research Agency Committee secretary: Jun Aoyama, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo Social event: The reception will be held by East Asia Eel Resource Consortium in Yokohama in the evening of 17th October. Introduction: Eel resource has been presenting a drastic decline in global scale for these decades. To conserve freshwater eels for sustainable utilization, East Asia Eel Resource Consortium (EASEC) has been established among eel researchers, wholesalers, traders and aquaculturists in 1997 to exchange knowledge for better understanding eel problem and making possible action plan. This WFC satellite meeting is planned as an annual meeting of EASEC and adjunct workshop. The 5th International Symposium of the Japanese Society for Fish Pathology   Date: October 18-19, 2008 Venue: Yayoi Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo Theme: The role of fish pathology in sustainable aquaculture Keynote topics: Emerging diseases International trade of aquatic organisms International epidemiology Disease control Official language: English Organizing Committee: Chair: Kazuo Ogawa, Univ. of Tokyo (aogawak@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp) Committee secretary: Hiroshi Yokoyama, Univ. of Tokyo (ayokoh@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp) Current Status and Future Development of Tuna Aquaculture Date: October 25-26,2008 Venue: Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall 1-6, Hon-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, 231-0005 Japan TEL: +81-45-201-0708 - A ten-minute walk from Kannai Station (JR Line, Yokohama Municipal Subway) - A three-minute walk from Nihon Odori Station (Minato Mirai Line) Theme: Current Status and Future Development of Tuna Aquaculture Keynote Speakers: Invited speakers will present current and future Bluefin Tuna farming in Japan , North America , and Europe . Official language: English Organizing Committee: Chair: Norihisa Baba, Fisheries Research Agency Committee secretary: Misao Arimoto, Fisheries Research Agency Social event: The field excursion will be held at 25th October morning, visiting MISAKI tuna landing port and processing factory. Introduction: Global tuna consumption is increasing with worldwide expansion of eating fish promoted by the health oriented people and it makes some tuna stocks being decreasing. Recent increasing trend of capturing small size bluefin tuna for aquaculture also makes a new concern on stock management. It is necessary to develop urgently the tuna aquaculture using artificial produced juvenile. In this symposium, participants will discuss how we grow the tuna aquaculture industry and supply safe and reliable tunas continuously to the market. The First International Symposium on Asari Clam - Stock enhancement and management - Date: October 25-26, 2008 Venue: National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Yokohama Keynote topics: Scientific stock management of Asari clam Biological analyses of the physiological conditions of Asari clam Diseases and pathogen of Asari clam Environmental conditions affecting the standing stock of Asari clam Reclamation techniques of Asari clam fishing ground. Official language: English Organizing Committee: Chair: Kyoichi Tamai, Research Institute of Seto Inland Sea Committee secretary: Masami Hamaguchi, Research Institute of Seto Inland Sea (masami@fra.affrc.go.jp) Satellite Symposium on Seafood Safety Date: October 27, 2008 Venue: National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama , Japan Organizers: Michiaki Yamashita, Masakazu Murata, and Ikuo Kimura Supported by: Fisheries Research Agency Introduction: Welcome to the home page for the International Symposium on Seafood Safety, which will be held as a satellite of the 5th World Fisheries Congress WFC2008 on Monday, October 27 at the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science in Yokohama. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation for your enthusiastic participation and valuable presentation of research activities in the field of seafood safety and relevant subjects at the Symposium. The purpose of the symposium is to discuss recent progress in the fields of food safety, such as food safety risk assessment, toxicology, food chemistry and analysis of fish and marine products. It is hoped that the symposium will both encourage international cooperation in these fields and stimulate workers in the world. Plenary Speaker: Prof. Anne-Katrine Lundebye Haldorsen National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), Bergen , Norway *Other speakers will be invited from the participants of the WFC. Abstract Deadline: July 31, 2008 Abstract registration: We are asking every speaker to submit "an abstract" on the subject presented. The abstract includes: A. Title of presentation B. Affiliation and e-mail address C. Contents to be prepared by the font "Times New Roman", up to 1 page in A4 size. If you have any questions, please contact: Michiaki Yamashita, PhD Chief, Food Biotechnology Section National Research Institute of Fisheries Science 2-12-4 Fukuura Yokohama 236-8648, Japan tel: +81-45-788-7665  fax: +81+45+788+5001  E-mail: mic@affrc.go.jp