International Fisheries and
Aquaculture Advisor
(Executive Officer/Secretariat –
African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society)
Mr Blessing Mapfumo (Zimbabwean nationality) is an International Fisheries and Aquaculture advisor based in South Africa, with over 20 years professional experience mostly on developments in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also the Executive Officer (Secretariat) of the African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society, which is housed at the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), South Africa. Within the WAS platform, his main assignment is to co-ordinate the organisation of the Aquaculture Africa Conferences. Mr Mapfumo has over the years worked with governments, private sector and developmental organisations mostly in project areas pertaining to building capacity on fish trade and aquaculture development in Africa. He has a number of publications to his credit.
Deputy Director,
Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI),
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
ITALY
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Professor of Fish Physiology,
Director, Entrepreneurial and innovative academic leader
University of Idaho,
Hagerman,
United States
Prof. Brian Small is a Professor of Fish Physiology in College of Natural Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences. He completed his Ph.D. in Fish Nutrition/Physiology/Aquaculture, University of Maryland. He is the Director of the Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) of the University of Idaho and a Professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences. ARI is an internationally recognized leader in aquaculture research, teaching and outreach with world-class facilities at our main campus in Moscow, Idaho and at the Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station in Southern Idaho. His personal research interests include fish nutrition and gut health, physiology, endocrinology, and genomics.
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Rhodes University
Eastern Cape,
South Africa
Prof. Peter Britz specialises in aquaculture and small scale fishery development and has played a key role in policy, post-graduate training, research, and the development the South African abalone aquaculture industry. Other research interests include the trans-disciplinary research on fishery governance, value chain development and the human dimension of fisheries. Prof. Peter Britz is an aquaculture and fisheries specialist and has made extensive contributions to aquaculture research and development, governance, policy and sector planning in southern Africa. His research group has played a key role in the development of technology for the local abalone farming industry. Other research interests include in the development of marine finfish farming technology, abalone ranching, recycling of organic effluents for aquaponics and fishery and aquaculture value chain development. He provides regular advice on aquaculture and fisheries sector development and policy to industry, government, and development agencies in the region.
Department of Fisheries,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Khon Kean University,
Thailand
Dr. Siriporn Tola Ph.D. in Fish nutrition and physiology at Ehime University, Japan. Dr. Siriporn Tola is a lecturer at Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kean University, Thailand. She has worked as a teacher assistance (Fish Ichthyology and Fish taxonomy) in the Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kean University, Khon Kean, Thailand from 2011 – 2014 and a lecturer at the Department of Animal and Aquatic Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, from October from 2019 – July 2022. She has done more than 10 international publication in the field.
Department Chair,
Natural Sciences
Angeles University Foundation Integrated School,
Angeles City,
Philippines
Dr. Analiza J. Molina is currently the Chair of the Natural Sciences Department at Angeles University Foundation Integrated School, Angeles City Philippines. She is a researcher, research adviser and consultant on studies on the isolation and molecular identification of bioluminescent bacteria from marine fishes which were published in international journals. Her presentation on the responses of bioluminescent bacteria from Philippine marine fishes on heavy metals won the best paper award in an international conference in Hatyai, Thailand in 2015. She was invited as a keynote speaker in an international conference on Agriculture, Biological and Chemical Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in the same year and in universities in Luzon, Philippines in 2017. Her work with a group of junior researchers from Angeles University Foundation Integrated School was presented in an International Scientific Meeting in 2019 held at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. As a research mentor, her team of Senior High School junior researchers were granted research funding from Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) under the Young Innovators Program (YIP) for three consecutive years. Dr. Molina was also a scientific journal reviewer of the International Post Graduate Network, Malaysia from 2015-2018, Philippine Agricultural Scientist in 2018, Journal of Visualized Experiments in 2017 and member of the Regional Scientific Review Committee, Department of Education, Region 3 from 2016 – 2019.
Department of Fisheries,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Khon Kean University,
Thailand
Assoc. Prof. Bundit Yuangsoi did his Ph.D. in Aquaculture at Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. He is serving as a lecturer at Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. His research interests are aquatic animal nutrition, feed technology and feed biotechnology. His research focuses are on feed additive and fish meal replacement in aquafeeds for sustainability of aquaculture. He has published papers and worked collaboratively with private company on his research field.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bundit-Yuangsoi