14/04/2021
USC Biology Department Alumni Webinar Series Session 12, "๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐" will be happening this ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ (๐ฆ๐๐ง) at ๐ต:๐ฏ๐ฌ๐๐ (๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง).
๐๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ is widely distributed in tropical to temperate areas of the world forming large biomass in shallow, rock areas, referred to as seaweed or ๐๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ beds. The ecosystem services these seaweed beds provide are linked to our fisheries resources. On the other hand, the commercial uses of ๐๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ biomass drives their collection from wild populations. The need to culture ๐๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ will be explained further followed by the description of the land-based hatchery system that was developed. Two methods of outplanting the hatchery-produced seedlings in the wild will be compared. With these supply of seedlings, the potential of producing biomass for harvest to meet the industrial demand and how these seaweed beds created from these seedlings could be used to enhance fishery stocks are shown.
From POTENTIAL we move on to the ACTUAL EXPERIENCE OF CREATING SEAWEED BEDS IN JAPAN.
To share this experience, Prof. Danilo Largo, will be joined by his mentor, PROF. EMERITUS MASAO OHNO of Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University. A pioneer, visionary and dedicated seaweed bed creator in JAPAN. As he worked on seaweed bed creation, Ohno sensei opened the doors to Japanโs long history and valuable seaweed research by writing in English and having foreign students in his lab, many of whom are the leading seaweed researchers in many parts of the world today. We are fortunate to have Ohno sensei with us and we look forward to a fruitful sharing of their Japanese experience in the open forum that will follow. We will also be joined by Mr. Joey Gatus, a speaker in our previous webinar who at that time brought up some questions relevant to todayโs topic.
Prof. Largo and his co-editors dedicated the 2020 edition of the Seaweed Resources of the World to Ohno sensei and has outlined his vast contribution and selfless dedication to his seaweeds and students in an editorial published in Botanica Marina. To know more of Ohno senseiโs work and accomplishments, please refer to https://www.degruyter.com/document/ doi/10.1515/bot-2020-0038/html
