[March 11, 2003]
Taiwan's Fisheries Administrator will talk on the culture of cobia and tilapia at the 2003 Boston Seafood Show
The Head of the Taiwanese Fisheries Administration, Mr. Sing-Hwa Hu, will deliver a keynote address on tilapia and cobia aquaculture in his country at the 2003 Boston Seafood Show. Hu’s keynote speech is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, 2003, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 200 at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston. The address will be open to show attendees, exhibitors, and registered media. In addition, there will be a Taiwanese seafood tasting, which will be hosted by Mr. Hu, in Room 103 of the Hynes Convention Center from 2 to 4 p.m. on March 11.
Taiwan has recently gained a worldwide reputation in aquaculture technologies as a complement to its longtime prominence in distant-water fisheries. Aquaculture production of both tilapia and cobia has increased in Taiwan in the last two decades. Taiwan is one of the major farmed-tilapia producing countries in Asia, and has been an important supplier of whole-frozen tilapia to the U.S. market since 1993. Taiwan also exports high quality fresh and chilled fillets, including cultured cobia, to the Japanese sashimi market. Cage-culture of cobia started about a decade ago in Taiwan.
Mr. Hu will discuss the development of tilapia and cobia culture to demonstrate the advantages and contributions of Taiwan’s aquaculture sector. Mr. Hu will also discuss the production and marketing of these two species, followed by an overview of their global trade. He will highlight the advantages and constraints of tilapia and cobia as culture species; and present development programs for the tilapia and cobia industries in Taiwan. Finally, he will outline the future prospects for these two industries.
Currently, Mr. Hu is the Administrator, Fisheries Administration, Council of Agriculture, Taiwan, Republic of China. Mr. Hu received his master’s degree from the Florida Institute of Technology, Florida, U.S.A. He was a Research Fellow of the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute and held various executive and administrative positions at government fisheries agencies from 1970 through 1997. Since 1998, Mr. Hu has served as the Administrator of Taiwan Fisheries Administration. The Fisheries Administration is the highest fisheries policy-making agency in Taiwan. Mr. Hu is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the National Taiwan Ocean University.
Mr. Hu has published numerous papers in the fields of fisheries policy, fisheries administration, fish culture, aquaculture, and marine fisheries. He has also published several books on fisheries, including “Printing Fisheries of Taiwan”, “Talking Fisheries of Taiwan”, and “Ocean Taiwan”.
Contact Person:
Frank Chiang, Taiwan Tilapia Alliance, frank@mail.ntou.edu.tw
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[March 7, 2002]
Gateway to Tilapia Business-Taiwan Tilapia Alliance (T2A)
The Taiwan Tilapia Alliance (T2A) is a non-profit and non-government organization established to coordinate and collaborate with national and international tilapia activities and efforts; to promote Taiwan’s tilapia industry to become more environmentally friendly, socially acceptable, economically viable, technically appropriate, and market responsive. The alliance was formed on February 19, 2002. The Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Executive Committee of the T2A are responsible for addressing policy issues and reviewing projects. There are nine committee members who all come from industry representing various fields of farming, processing, and trade. Day to day business is carried out by the T2A Secretariat, hosted by the Institute of Applied Economics, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan. The duties of the Secretariat include assisting in Executive Committee meetings, publishing the T2A Yearbook, T2A Newsletter, and T2A Membership Directory, maintaining the T2A web site and membership database, facilitating communication and cooperation among alliance members, conducting government funded projects, and other administrative activities. Currently, our members include tilapia breeders, farmers, processors, packers, traders, marketers, feed manufacturers, equipment suppliers, service providers, and researchers of tilapia products in Taiwan.
The mission of the Taiwan Tilapia Alliance is to promote competitiveness and profitability of its members by pooling the resources from the industry, government, academia, and research institutes to foster cooperation regarding production, product and quality certification, research and development, marketing, and information sharing; to contribute to economic viability and sustainability by providing a mechanism that serves to assimilate and disseminate relevant information, facilitate communications, and coordinate information exchanges among alliance members, governmental agencies, and other domestic and foreign organizations.
For further information about the Taiwan Tilapia Alliance, please contact Dr. Frank Chiang, Executive Director, Taiwan Tilapia Alliance (T2A), +886-2-2462-2324 or t2a@taiwantilapia.org
Contact Information:
Gateway to Tilapia Business
2 Pei-Ning Road, MAF Room 525
Keelung, Taiwan 202, R.O.C.
Tel: +886-2-2462-2324 Fax: +886-2-2462-7396
E-Mail:vwchang@mail.ncyu.edu.tw
WebSite:www.taiwantilapia.org
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