In order to promote the creation of world class universities that are internationally competitive, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) has selected programs in different academic fields that aim to develop global research and education sites, and is creating '21st Century COE (Centers of Excellence)' to provide these programs with focused support.
The 'Center for Aquaculture Science and Technology for
Bluefin Tuna and Other Cultivated Fish' proposed by
the Fisheries Laboratory of Kinki University and the
Graduate School of Agriculture was selected for one
of these COE programs in the field of 'interdisciplinary,
combined fields, new disciplines', one of the five fields
announced for FY2003.
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[April
24, 2008] |
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| Participation
reports posted for the Seminar
on New Directions in Marine Science & Aquaculture 'Towards Sustainability
of Seafood Resources' held in Sabah,
Malaysia in March. Reports written
by Taro Matsumoto and Gentoku Nakase
(COE Postdoctoral Fellows). |
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[April
17, 2008] |
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| Participation
reports posted for the Seminar
on New Directions in Marine Science & Aquaculture 'Towards Sustainability
of Seafood Resources' held in Sabah,
Malaysia in March. Reports written
by Yoshizumi Nakagawa, a COE Postdoctoral
Fellow, and Associate Professor Keitaro
Kato of the Fisheries Lab. |
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[April
08, 2008] |
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| The Final Reports of the COE program
have been posted. Please click the
banners listed on the right of this
page to read the reports. Thank you. |
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[March
31, 2008] |
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| Prof. Sei-ichiro Ono, the leader
of the Distribution and Economics
Group, was awared the Japanese Society
of Fisheries Science Prize (Award
of Merit) with respected to 'Studies
on Fisheries Policy of Japan'. The
study on economics and distribution
of cultured bluefin tuna, which has
been conducted in this COE program,
also contributed to the prize. |
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[March 26, 2008] |
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| COE News Letter Vol.12 PDF file
has been posted. Since we will finish
our COE program in the current fiscal
year, this News Letter is the last
issue. |
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[March 17, 2008] |
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| The report on studying at the University of Rostock, Germany has been posted, which is written by Yumiko Tamura, a member of the graduate school doctorate course. |
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[March 15, 2008] |
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| The COE graduate school special lectures will be held in the Shirahama Experiment Station of the Fisheries Laboratory on March 19. Prof. Dr. Roshada Hashim (University Sains Malaysia), Prof. Dr. Ridzwan Abdul Rahman (University Malaysia Sabah) and Prof. Dr. Shigeharu Senoo (University Malaysia Sabah) are invited and give lectures on fish nutrition, coral reef biology and aquaculture. |
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[February 1, 2008] |
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Our COE Leader, Hidemi Kumai is going to be awarded the Japan Prize for Agricultural Sciences with respect to 'Research on 'Complete Culture of Bluefin Tuna'.
The Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies consists of approximately 50 academic societies which research on agricultural science, forestry, fisheries, animal medicine, biological production, bioenvironment, social science, biotechnology and other subjects, and therefore the Japan Prize for Agricultural Science awarded by the association is regarded as the greatest honor.
In addition to the research result that we've achieved complete culture in 2002, the researches on the production and shipment of the completely cultured second generation, that is, the industrialization of artificially hatched bluefin tuna, and the education and training for young researchers participating in such research activities also contributed to the prize.
For more information, please see the Web sites of the Association of Japanese Agricultural Science and the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science. |
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[January, 21, 2008] |
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| Participation report posted for the 61st meeting of the Canadian conference for fisheries research, held in Halifax, Canada in January. Report written by Taro Matsumoto, a COE Postdoctoral Fellow. |
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[January 18, 2008] |
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We made our first shipment of completely cultured bluefin Tuna fry (the second generation) as seedling for the culture.
The 'Industrialization of Artificially Hatched Bluefin Tuna' is one of the COE program goals. This shipment has ensured the achievement of the goal. For more information, please see the PDF file.
Click here
for the English PDF file. |
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[January 18, 2008] |
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| The report on studying at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research has been posted, which is written by Toshihiko Kubo, a member of the graduate school doctorate course. |
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[January 2, 2008] |
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| Participation report posted for 'European Aquaculture 2007', held in Istanbul Turkey in October. Report written by Naoki Yagishita a COE Postdoctoral Fellow. |
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