4^th International conference on Fisheries & Aquaculture November 28-30, 2016 San Antonio, USA

Olaf Jensen is a Danish medical doctor, specialist in occupational and environmental medicine and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Aarhus. He has since 1992 been a scientist at the Center for Maritime Health and Society (CMSS), Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark. Now he is a senior researcher on part-time. His research includes several epidemiological studies on occupational injuries, working environment and health among seafarers and fishermen. He is the author of numerous international and national scientific publications; now mainly in international research collaboration.

Health and safety for seafarers and fishermen, Injury epidemiology, Health promotion

Dr. Bill Wurts done his Ph.D., 1987. Texas A&M University. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, aquaculture and applied physiology, M. Ag., 1981. Texas A&M University. Fisheries Science, aquaculture, Medical Science, 1975-1978. University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Graduate courses (68 hours) -- physiology, biochemistry, pathology, microbiology, cell biology, immunology, anatomy and genetics, B.A., 1975. University of Texas at Austin. Biology major/chemistry minor. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.

Aquaculture, applied physiology, aquatic biochemistry/chemistry, production biology and nutrition.

Joel Carlin has spent 15 years in fisheries and conservation science education. He believes that conferences such as Fisheries 2016 can and should play an integral role in bringing marine environmental issues to inland voters and consumers. Joel is currently interested in the biological impacts of petroleum drilling and spills upon marine genetic diversity. He has investigated genetic diversity of nongame aquatic species, particularly marine benthopelagics and freshwater sculpins. Joel has led environmental education trips in Ecuador, Mexico, China, and Malaysia, and currently serves as Biology chair at Gustavus Adolphus College, a small private liberal arts college in Minnesota.

Biological impacts of petroleum drilling and spills upon marine genetic diversity.

Dr. S. M. Nurul Amin was born at Mymensingh district in Bangladesh in 1971. He completed B.Sc (Hons.) in Marine Science from the University of Chittagong (CU), Bangladesh and stood first class first place in order of merit in 1992. He received Ph.D in Aquatic Biology from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia in 2008. He is an Associate Professor with the Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM. He has 18 years of teaching and research experience in Aquaculture and Fisheries Biology. By this time, a total of 25 students (22 Master and 3 Ph.D students) were graduated under his supervision and co-supervision. Consequently, he have been involved in conducting 28 research projects and 4 consultancy projects funded by different national and international organizations (1998-2016). Throughout his career, he has won several international and national awards for my innovative research and teaching contributions. Simultaneously, he has published 135 articles in referred journals, 13 refereed proceedings, 32 book of abstracts and six (6) books. His current h-index is twelve (12) in Google Scholar and Seven (7) in SCOPUS and total citations number is 635.

Aquaculture and Fisheries Biology.

I got my bachelor degree from Ocean University of China (1988-1992), and my Master and PhD degree from Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1994-2001). I became an executive council member of shandong society for cell biology (China) since 2014. Currently as a professor in Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, I am interested in the development of continuous cell lines from the adult tissues and early embryos of economically important penaeid shrimps. To this aim, a series of methods for immortalization transformation and reprogramming have been tried in the shrimp primary culture cells. I also did some works on the In vitro and in vivo safety assessment of cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, embryotoxicity and teratogenicity of environmental pollutants using cultured fish cells, embryos and adult of zebrafish. I also have wide interests in the developmental biology and conservation of aquatic marine organisms like coral, jellyfish and fish species.

Developmental biology and conservation of aquatic marine organisms like coral, jellyfish and fish species.

He is an Assistant Professor of Fisheries Department at University of Cumhuriyet, Turkey. He was a research assistant at Mugla University, Science and Art Faculty, Department of Biology, 1998-2001. Dr., Cumhuriyet University, Susehri Vocational Training School, Department of Fisheries, 2006-2013. His research interests are fisheries, aquaculture and environment, water quality, aquatic organisms and pollution, Limnology. He is an editor and reviewer in various international journals.

Fisheries, aquaculture and environment, water quality, aquatic organisms and pollution, Limnology.

Dr. Shivakumar M., Professor of Aquatic Biology has completed his PhD with Aquaculture specialization at the age of 25 years from Karnataka Animal and Fisheries Sciences University. He was aquaculture consultant before joining the Animal University dealing with shrimp seed production and farming. His major research work is on stunted fish seed production, reclamation of saline and alkaline soils through aquaculture. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and 12 books related to fisheries and aquaculture.

Stunted fish seed production, reclamation of saline and alkaline soils through aquaculture.

Dr. A. Ramachandran is an university level professor for the last 17years and worked as Scientist in Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin with 32 year of teaching and research experience. Worked as Controller of Examinations and Registrar, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. He is a member of World Aquaculture Society. He is an editorial board member of International Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources published by American Association for Science and Technology. His research includes Fisheries Management, Fish Processing Technology, Coastal Zone Management and Ornamental Fisheries.

Fisheries Management, Fish Processing Technology, Coastal Zone Management and Ornamental Fisheries

Dr. Xinzhong Wu is currently a Professor of Qinzhou University and Dean of Ocean College, Qinzhou University,GuangXi, China. He is a scientific researcher in fish health field such as marine mollusc disease, and mollusc and fish immunology. His research interest is cell and molecular evolutionary immunology and the immune mechanisms of mollusk models (oyster and abalone) and fish. He was a visiting scientist in University of Alberta, Canada (from 2007-2008). He also served as a collaborative professor in cooperation with Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Canada (from 2012-2014), so now he is especially focus on understanding the immune diversity and evolutionary immunity of marine molluscan animals, gene regulatory network between mollusc model and echinoderm model to compare the diversity and evolution of two models in immunity, and also interaction and mutual evolution between pathogen ( Rickettsia-like organism) and its host (oyster). Up to now, Dr. Wu has published about 45 papers in English journals such as Molecular Immunology, PLOS ONE, Developmental and Comparative Immunology, Fish and Shellfish Immunology, and so on, and more than 60 papers in Chinese. He has authorized nine of China national patents. Now he is one of the 11th council members of Asian Fisheries Society and the chair of Workshops, Symposia and Training Committee of AFS, the Councilor of Federation of Asian Biotech Association (FABA), Chairman of China Chapter (2006-), Member of Steering Committee of the World Oyster Society (WOS) (2007-), Councilor of the China Society of Fisheries (2005-), Councilor of the Chinese Society of Oceanography (2005-), etc. He served as the Editorial board members in several journals of international and China.

Cell and molecular evolutionary immunology and the immune mechanisms of mollusk models (oyster and abalone) and fish.

Professor Huang Shuolin graduated from the London School of Economic and Political Science (LSE), University of London, United Kingdom in 1987 with M.Sc in Economics. His research interests are fisheries policy, fisheries management, international law of fisheries and the law of the sea. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in marine fishing and fisheries management. he was vice president of Shanghai Ocean University from 2000 till 2014. Now He is director of Institute of Marine Policy & Law, Shanghai Ocean University, president of Asian Fisheries Society, Vice president of China Society on the Law of the Sea and Editor in Chief of Journal of Fisheries of China.

Fisheries policy, fisheries management, international law of fisheries and the law of the sea.

Maciej Zalewski is Professor of Lodz University, Department of Applied Ecology and Director of European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research interests evolved from fish bioenergetics towards river ecosystems ecology, where he proposed the “Abiotic-Biotic Regulatory Concept” that defines hierarchy of factors determining structure of water communities along river continuum in different geographic zones. This theorem laid down foundations for a new paradigm for environmental sciences enclosed in Ecohydrology. He initiated the development of the Ecohydrology concept under the framework of UNESCO-IHP program and is a respected international expert in this field. As the expert of UNESCO Prof. Zalewski supported establishment of Centres for Ecohydrology in Portugal, Indonesia, China, Argentina and Ethiopia.

fish bioenergetics,river ecosystems ecology.

Patrick Woo has been a faculty member at University of Guelph since 1974 (Assistant Professor 1974; Associate Professor 1978; Professor 1984). He was also Professor (1993) of Collaborative International Development Studies; and elected Director (2002), Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology. Senate also elected him University Professor Emeritus; conferred at convocation (2006) by The Honorable LM Alexander, Chancellor. Prior to his academic appointment at UoG he was MRC Postdoctoral Fellow and Ballard Fellow, UoG; FAO Andre Mayer Research Fellow, East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization,Uganda and Serengeti Research Institute, Tanzania and IDRC Consultant & visiting Scientist at Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Nigeria. His other appointments/awards (1985-2014) include as NUS Visiting Research Professor, National University of Singapore, and as short-term Visiting Professor at 7 Universities, Visiting Scientist at 5 research institutes/universities, CNPq Visiting Scholar, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janerio, Brazil, Research Fellow, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia. He was Editor in 11 books, 3 journals, 1 'special journal issue' and recipient of The Robert A Wardle Award " for contributions to Parasitology"

Trypanosomiasis Research

Dr. Andrea Liceaga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science at Purdue University. She has an MSc and PhD in Food Science from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada).Her BSc is on Biochemical Engineering from the Technological Institute of Monterrey (ITESM)-Guaymas, Mexico. Her research includes studying structure-function relationships of fish proteins and peptides, cryopreservation and shelf-life extension of fresh and frozen fish, as well as sensory evaluation and development of value-added products from under-utilized fish. Dr. Liceaga teaches the “Aquatic Products” undergraduate/graduate course. She is also the Director of the Sensory Evaluation Laboratory at Purdue University

Studying structure-function relationships of fish proteins and peptides, cryopreservation and shelf-life extension of fresh and frozen fish, as well as sensory evaluation and development of value-added products from under-utilized fish.