54th Annual Meeting was a Success

11/08/2016 19:29

The 54th CSJ annual meeting was held at the Kagoshima University, Shimoarata Campus on October 22-23, 2016.


Participants:


Photo: Organizing Committee


There were 17 oral presentations and 26 poster presentations.



Photo: Organizing Committee


The CSJ annual award was presented by the president Akira Asakura to Mariko Nakayama and (Nara Women's University) for her paper entitled "Life history and behavior of a rare brackish-water crab, Ilyograpsus nodulosus (Sakai, 1983) (Macrophthalmidae). Crustacean Research, 44: 11-19." with co-author Keiji Wada.


Phot: Kazuoshi Nakata


Symopsium

Symposium of "Biology of the EBI (prawn, shrimp, and lobster)" dedicated to Dr. Ken-Ichi Hayashi, Emeritus Professor of National Fisheries University was held. There were 6 presentations.


Speakers and organizers of the symposium. Pictured (left to right) are: Akira Asakura, Keiichi Nomura, Junji Okuno, Jung Nyun Kim, Tixiong Cai, Marcy N. Wilder, Ken-Ichi Hayashi, Kooichi Konishi, Akira Araki.

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Prof. Tin-Yam Chan (Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University) presented Prof. Hayashi with a stuffed specimen of Heterocarpus hayashii. Prof. Peter Ng Kee Lin (National University of Singapore, Left) handed the specimen to Prof. Hayashi.

Photo: Kazuyoshi Nakata


Greetings from the honorary member Prof. Shigemitsu Shokita.

Photo: Kazuyoshi Nakata


Banquet ceremony


The president Akira Asakura (Left) and the chair of the organizing committee Hiroshi Suzuki

Photo: Organizing Committee


Greetings from the former president Keiji Baba

Photo: Organizing Committee