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held in the Sanriku region with a French delegation. Members of the delegation were as
follows;
Professor Denis Bailly (Professor of Université
de Bretagne Occidentale), Prof. Catherine
Mariojouls (Agro-Paris-Tech), Dr. Jean Prou
(the Director of IFREMER laboratory in La
Tremblade), and Mr. Olivier Laban (President of
Aquitaine and Arcachon Regional Committee
of Shellfi sh Culture). Two researchers of the
Université de Bretagne Occidentale and eight
oyster growers were funded by the French
government.
The French delegation fi rst visited Iwate and
Miyagi Prefectures to observe the areas damaged
by the tsunami, Taro and Osawa in Iwate and
Shizugawa and Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture.
At the Iwate Fisheries Experimental Station, a
ceremony of the last donation of microscopes
was realized by Professor Catherine Mariojouls.
Then at the Tohoku National Fisheries Research
Institute at Shiogama, a joint seminar was held
among the members of both the Japanese-French
Oceanographic Societies and the Prefectural
Fisheries Research Stations of Iwate and Miyagi
and invited professors of universities and oyster
growers of the regions.
After returning to Tokyo, another open seminar
was carried out at the “Maison franco- japonaise”
at the Ebisu quarter. The information exchanged
at these seminars has been highly appreciated by
both countries (Fig. 5a–e ).
5
Participation to the Oyster
World Congress at Arcachon
and Technical Visit on Oyster
Farms on the Atlantic Coast
After the joint seminar in Japan, Mr. Olivier
Laban, the president of the First Oyster World
Congress, proposed to the Japanese members to
attend the world congress and present information
on the cooperation for oyster culture between
Japan and France. This congress was an epochmarking event because the organizer was the group
of oyster farmers associated with several research
institutes. The date was from 28 November to 2
December 2012. About 250 participants from 27
countries attended. The members of the Japanese
delegation were as follows: Dr. Tetsuo Seki
(Program Offi cer of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries Technical Information Society), Mr. Kunio
Goto (Adviser of the Fishery Cooperative of
Fig. 3 Historical trend of French oyster production (Adapted from Buestel et al. 2009 )
An Example of Friendship and Cooperation Between France and Japan: Oyster Farming in Sanriku…
held in the Sanriku region with a French delegation. Members of the delegation were as
follows;
Professor Denis Bailly (Professor of Université
de Bretagne Occidentale), Prof. Catherine
Mariojouls (Agro-Paris-Tech), Dr. Jean Prou
(the Director of IFREMER laboratory in La
Tremblade), and Mr. Olivier Laban (President of
Aquitaine and Arcachon Regional Committee
of Shellfi sh Culture). Two researchers of the
Université de Bretagne Occidentale and eight
oyster growers were funded by the French
government.
The French delegation fi rst visited Iwate and
Miyagi Prefectures to observe the areas damaged
by the tsunami, Taro and Osawa in Iwate and
Shizugawa and Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture.
At the Iwate Fisheries Experimental Station, a
ceremony of the last donation of microscopes
was realized by Professor Catherine Mariojouls.
Then at the Tohoku National Fisheries Research
Institute at Shiogama, a joint seminar was held
among the members of both the Japanese-French
Oceanographic Societies and the Prefectural
Fisheries Research Stations of Iwate and Miyagi
and invited professors of universities and oyster
growers of the regions.
After returning to Tokyo, another open seminar
was carried out at the “Maison franco- japonaise”
at the Ebisu quarter. The information exchanged
at these seminars has been highly appreciated by
both countries (Fig. 5a–e ).
5
Participation to the Oyster
World Congress at Arcachon
and Technical Visit on Oyster
Farms on the Atlantic Coast
After the joint seminar in Japan, Mr. Olivier
Laban, the president of the First Oyster World
Congress, proposed to the Japanese members to
attend the world congress and present information
on the cooperation for oyster culture between
Japan and France. This congress was an epochmarking event because the organizer was the group
of oyster farmers associated with several research
institutes. The date was from 28 November to 2
December 2012. About 250 participants from 27
countries attended. The members of the Japanese
delegation were as follows: Dr. Tetsuo Seki
(Program Offi cer of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries Technical Information Society), Mr. Kunio
Goto (Adviser of the Fishery Cooperative of
Fig. 3 Historical trend of French oyster production (Adapted from Buestel et al. 2009 )
An Example of Friendship and Cooperation Between France and Japan: Oyster Farming in Sanriku…