June 16, 2009

 

Dear AFS Members,

 

The triennial forum of the AFS has been one of the most important and successful events of the Society calendar. During the forum, members are able to meet and network with each other, exchange and update follow members the latest finding on fisheries and aquaculture sciences etc.  The triennial meeting is also an important fund raising event of the Society. Each forum is expected to earn at least US$30,000 in support of the Society and its activities for the subsequent three years before the next forum is held. Without the income from our triennial forum, it will not be possible for the Society to pay for a fulltime Executive Officer at the AFS Secretariat, to publish the AFS Science journal, maintains the current low level of membership fees (compared to other societies) and provides numerous services to members of the Society.

 

Since its founding in 1984, the AFS has successfully held it triennial forum in one of its member countries. Attendance at the previous triennial forum has gone as high as 850 and the coming 9AFAF is expected to bring in about 1,000 participants with two major symposia – the 9^th International Symposium of Tilapia Aquaculture (9ISTA) and the 4^th International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching (4ISSESR) joining hand with AFS to present the forum in Shanghai between September and October, 2010. The 9AFAF will be hosted by the Shanghai Ocean University (SHOU), China.

 

To provide certainty, and a clear and transparent process for selecting the country for hosting AFS forum, the 8^th Council of the Society implemented an EOI process whereby member countries are encouraged to bid for the right to host the triennial forum. The first successful EOI was completed in 2006 and the SHOU was the successful host.

 

We are pleased to inform that the 9^th Council, in its 36^th Council meeting held on the 2^nd April 2009 in University Putra Malaysia (UPM), has announced the EOI for the 10th AFAF opened to member countries.

 

The successful host country from the EOI is expected to sign an agreement with AFS to host the 10AFAF to be held between September and November 2013.

 

Organizations, government agencies and/or institutions interested in hosting the 10AFAF in 2013 need to fill in the EOI form and email to Ms Mariati Tiansin, the Executive Officer of AFS to register their interests. A copy of the EOI form is attached. The deadline for submission is the 31^st October 2009 (Malaysian time). Successful organization will be informed by the end of 2009

 

Thank you for your cooperation and continued support to the Society.

 

Sincerely yours,

Ms. Mariati Tiansin
Executive Officer
Asian Fisheries Society
c/o Laboratory Marine Science and Aquaculture
Institute of Bioscience
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor
MALAYSIA


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1st International Symposium in Aquaculture and Fisheries Education (ISAFE)
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
27 - 30 November 2009
Bangkok, Thailand



9th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum 2010 (9AFAF)
Shanghai Ocean University
14 – 19 October 2010
Shanghai, China