AQD presents in ISAFE and ISAMBC

AQD presents in ISAFE 2009

Training Section Head Ms. KG Corre and Devcom Section Head Ms. MT Castaños represented AQD in the International symposium on aquaculture & fisheries education

(ISAFE) which was held last November 27-30 at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Conference Center in Pathumthani, Thailand.

Ms. Corre and Ms. Castaños, who made the trip with support from AquaFish CRSP and AQD, gave an oral presentation on “Experiential learning and book development: the case of SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department.”

Participating educational institutions except those from Vietnam and China shared a common decline in their fisheries enrollment. This was attributed to students choosing the more popular IT and business courses. Educators agreed to encourage student exchange programs to enhance their students’ on-the-job-training experience.

ISAFE brings together speakers from all over the world to discuss the status of aquaculture, fisheries education, and how education could support the aquaculture industry.

AQD scientist participates in ISABMC

AQD scientist Dr. Emilia Quinitio participated in the international symposium on aquaculture biology, and management of commercially important crabs (ISABMC) last November 8-12 at Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China. Dr. Emilia Quinitio (3rd person sealed from the left) with other symposium participants

Dr. Emilia Quinitio (3rd person sealed from the left) with other symposium participants

Dr. Quinitio presented a paper on “Domestication of mud crab Scylla serrata” which she co-authored with Dr. Ma. Rowena Eguia, Dr. Fe Dolores Estepa, Ms. Joana Joy dela Cruz, Mr. Eduard Rodriguez, and Mr. Gaudioso Pates (see seminar note on page 8).
Moreover, Dr. Quinitio also presented a poster on the assessment of microsatellite marker variation in four Philippine wild populations of Scylla serrata on Dr. Eguia’s behalf.

The poster authors were Dr. Eguia, Dr. Quinitio, Dr. M Ikeda, Dr. M Kanno, Prof. A Kijima, and Ms. dela Cruz,
as a scientific committee member of the ISABMC, Dr. Quinitio chaired and co-chaired sessions on Genetics & breeding and hatchery & larval culture respectively.

Participants also had a field trip to Yangchen lake which is famous for Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) production.

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SEAFDEC / AQD is made and a copy of the article where the AQD material appeared is sent to

aqdchief@seafdec.org.ph or to any of our contact addresses.