Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Sustainable Food Systems

Date : November 22, 2022
Venue : Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences Building 

Opening Remarks     

KOYAMA Osamu  (President, JIRCAS)

Welcome Remarks

KOYA Takashi (Director General of Fisheries Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF))

Keynote Speeches

• The role of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture in sustainable food systems
  YAGI Nobuyuki (Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo)
• Transforming Food Systems: Aquatic Foods for Nourishing People and Planet
  Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted (Global Lead, Nutrition and Public Health, WorldFish)

Session 1:“The Challenges of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Sustainable Food Systems”

Chairperson: NAKASHIMA Kazuo (Program Director/Food, JIRCAS)

• The issues of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture in sustainable food systems in Southeast Asi
  MIYATA Tsutom (Director, Fisheries Division, JIRCAS)
• Issues of sustainable aquacultural seedlings in Japan
  SAKIYAMA Kazutaka (Director, Production Engineering Division, Aquaculture Research Department,
  Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA))
• Potential of seaweed utilization for greenhouse gas emissions reduction
  Jeffrey T. Wright (Associate Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania)

Session 2: “Research and Application to Enhance Sustainability and Productivity of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture”

Chairperson: KANAMORI Norihito (Project Leader/Information Hub, JIRCAS)

• Development of sustainable bivalve aquaculture technology adapted to tropical monsoon region
  YURIMOTO Tatsuya (Senior Researcher, Fisheries Division, JIRCAS)
• Management, production and utilization of small indigenous species “Zako” for nutritional improvement in rural areas and biodiversity conservation in inland Southeast Asia
  MORIOKA Shinsuke (Professor, Department of Field Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Science University of Human Environments)
• Improving artisanal fisheries through community-based prawn stock enhancement in a mangrove estuary
  Jon P. Altamirano (Scientist and Head, Farming Systems and Ecology Section, Research Division Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD))

Panel Discussion

Panel Chair: Marcy N. Wilder (Project Leader, Research Application/Ventures, JIRCAS)

Closing Remarks

YAMAMOTO Yukiyo  (Vice President, JIRCAS)

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